Chris Brogan has decided that he is going to do a bunch of things over this summer, all social media projects. He has started the first project and has made it a collaborative effort. The project is the 100 Comments Challenge and I was invited to participate. Click here to see the fruition of the idea. The question that was sent to me was:
How do we figure out what grabs Internet video viewers and apply it to our own work?
I gave it much thought and finally replied with a answer that reflects my experience and the interactions I have had since the social media network has began to fast forward in a positive way with a burst of new internet shows and social network sites. Now I offer the challenge to you. Stop by the 100 Comments Challenge, read what I had to say about it, leave your answer, and then post the challenge on your blog/website/webpage whatever you may call it. Let’s help get this ball rolling so we can get ourselves ready for Chris’s next challenge.
I had the priviledge of attending a Network2.tv get-together. Not only was it a chance to meet Chris Brogan and Jeff Pulver, but I also got the chance to meet some people I have been connecting with on Twitter along with meeting new Twitter users.I got the chance to listen to and learn about the ideas that these amazing people are trying to implement and/or try to get more people involved. I will definitely suggest you visit the pages of these Twitter people who are also shakers and movers making things happen on the web.Thank you Chris and Jeff. You guys are awesome and I hope I get to hang out with you guys in the future so some of that innovation can rub off on me.Here’s a list of the people I got a chance to hang out with:leahjones, Bleu Caldwell, Jeff O’Hara/Zemote, Mark/1god, Randy Lawrence/Randalaw, Lance Weber, Chris Brogan, and Jeff Pulver.
This is a reminder for all of you screenwriters that the American Zoetrope Virtual Studio Screenwriting Contest early deadline is approaching. The early deadline is April 1st, 2007 with a $35 fee and the deadline is September 4th, 2007 with a $50 fee. There is a $5000 grand prize. The winners will be announce February 1st, 2007.
According to the website this is what the winners will receive:
The winner’s and ten finalists’ scripts will be considered for film option and development by American Zoetrope, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, IFC Entertainment, Paramount Classics, Icon Pictures, Working Title, Dimension Films, Antidote Films, Bull’s Eye Entertainment, C/W Productions, Exile Entertainment, The Film Department, First Look, Frelaine, Greenestreet Films, Matinee Pictures, Michael London Productions, Number 9 Films, Phoenix Pictures, Pretty Pictures, The Schiff Company, This Is That, Roserock Films, Benderspink, Room 9 Entertainment, Industry Entertainment, Nine Yards Entertainment, and Ziskin Productions.
Those writers will be considered for representation by ICM, UTA, Paradigm, William Morris Independent, The Gersh Agency, CAA, and The Firm.
Click on the website for the rules and how to submit your story. I hope to have something myself completed before the deadline. What do you plan to do?
