If you’ve ever worked on a clip show, or any show that requires lots and lots of clips from movies or television you know the search can be painfully slow and expensive. When producing a clip based show, you have ideas of what clips would work but unless you actually see the footage in the … Read more
Why do we love Superheroes? Because they have the power to get things done. We’re thrilled when they fly, we’re excited when they transform, and we cheer when they destroy evil. Producers with superhero qualities create great shows and they work again, and again and again. So what’s the trick to unleashing the superhero in … Read more
Newspapers filled their headlines with it, the United States Senate investigated it, and Robert Redford made a movie about – it was the television quiz show scandals of the 50’s. The fallout began in 1956 when millions of Americans across the country sat in their living rooms, hunched over their TV dinner trays watching Columbia … Read more
TV’s are getting bigger while television productions are gearing up for the smallest screen in the arsenal of viewing devices – the mobile phone. Albie Hecht, the man behind SpongeBob SquarePants is rolling out his latest animated series Bigby to an iPhone near you. Animation isn’t cheap to produce. An episode of The Simpsons can … Read more
Matthew Ostrom is the VP of Current Series and Development for Original Media. Matt and I worked together several years ago and since then he’s been busy creating original programming for a wide variety of networks. In his current position he has executive produced a large slate of original shows including King of Dirt, Masters … Read more
There are really only two tricks to producing on a small budget – hire the right people and do as much as you can yourself. Gone are the heady days when budgets were plentiful and the Brinks Truck backed up to your office and spilled piles of money onto your doorstep. We’re living in a … Read more