John August writes: A good response at a festival is gratifying, but it doesn’t translate particularly well to the larger business. … Focus on what’s next. Don’t dwell on what-mighta-beens. The iron was never that hot, and while you’re at square one, you didn’t get sent any further back. You made a movie. Get the [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 22, 2008
Ninja’s Got A Celly
We had an impressive meeting with the team behind SayNow.com this week and we’re happy to say that we’ve launched a new number that fans can call and ask the Ninja questions or leave a comment. Call it yourself, 818-237-9807. You can get a flavor of the messages so far here. What impressed me the [...]
August 18, 2008
YouTube is a Company, We Are The Community
Nalts has a piece on Renetto becoming discontented with YouTube: For months, YouTube Cewebrity Paul Robinette (Renetto) has been posting video blogs (vlogs) about his discontent on YouTube. He has criticized the site for how it handles the small but vocal video community, and has stirred up drama with the grace of an Olympic gymnist. [...]
August 16, 2008
Breaking the Rules Right: Teen Wolf from summeroftears
Okay I’ve watched this video five times in the last 12 hours. I’ve known about Summer of Tears since we started AskANinja.com when we saw them at Comedy Cocktail, produced by the fabulous Jay Leggett and Amber J. I loved their stuff, and they’ve been doing solid sketch stuff for a while. But they haven’t [...]
August 9, 2008
Take The TV Deal, but only if the money makes sense
Daisy writes: Traditional TV still has a bigger audience, bigger money, bigger everything. And like it or not, that’s still what most creators want. So you know what I think web stars and shows should do? Tap into those TV coffers to their advantage. If a network is hot for you, grab that cash and [...]
August 2, 2008
Get Cast In Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes Contest
HOW TO ENTER: Post a video at www.youtube.com/realredmenace or a response video on YouTube to: (video entitled: “I Got Killed by a Tomato!”) Or post a response video on Seesmic (conversation entitled: “I Got Killed by a Tomato!”) Follow the on-screen instructions and complete the entry form by providing all of the information requested. Entry [...]
August 2, 2008
Making Time For Family And Baseball In NYC
I’m in Manhattan in a small hotel room that I’m sharing with my dad. I treated him and my brother Jeff, who lives here in New York, to the Yankee game last night and saw our Angels win 1-0. I over splurged on tickets right behind homeplate. My first (and probably last) frivolous purchase since [...]
