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Impact Storytelling Is Reshaping Entertainment — And Awards Season Is Proving It
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The Five Most Important Minutes in Entertainment And Why the Industry Is Finally Ready
Every Film Has Social Impact Whether We Design for It or Not
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Hollywood, Health & Society and Entertainment Industries Council Join Forces to Focus on Shared Missions
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A powerful idea is gaining traction; the minutes immediately after a film ends may be the most psychologically valuable window in the entire storytelling...
Impact & Storytellers
In this case, it felt like common sense. By “case,” I mean actual litigation as our work ultimately would be one of too few...
Impact & Storytellers
As I walked through the large steel gate towards the vibrantly colored mural on the windowless concrete facade, the pulsing beat of Reggaetón greeted...
Filmmakers
In today’s filmed entertainment environment a screenwriter is often asked, “Why this, why now?” In other words they are asked to prove a story’s...
Companies
This episode is an interview with entertainment attorney Mark Litwak called, "Filmmaking Pitfalls in Deal-Making and Distribution." Mark Litwak is a veteran entertainment attorney....
Filmmakers
Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer was born in 1974 in Austin, Texas. He is a two-time Oscar-nominated American film director based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Member Voices
I have been fascinated and engrossed in films for as long as I can remember. Even as a child I knew I wanted to...
Impact & Storytellers
Films that entertain and films that drive positive change in the world are often thought to be mutually exclusive. That’s the way it’s always...
Filmmakers
There is no other film that has made more of an indelible mark on history and pop culture than Star Wars. In its most recent...
Exchange
This article is part of the CoC@SXSW2015 series. Back in March 2015 I attended SXSW in Austin, Texas. After six months of endless work, finally this...
Impact & Storytellers
In 2003, two plaintiffs sued McDonald’s Corporation for their failure to warn consumers of the dangers of its food. The case was dismissed, noting...
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What happened to the days of classical Hollywood when hit movies weren’t a sequel or some variation thereof? When a film wasn’t made on...
Exchange
There is no single silence, but a typology of non-hearing and non-listening. Whether the supposed silence of a musical rest, of the anticipation of...
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