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Gift Economy

February 18th, 2010 · → 8 Comments

I just watched an inspiring short video. It didn’t cost me anything. It was on KarmaTube and is part of a movement called the gift economy.
What’s the gift economy? In simple terms it’s about giving stuff away for free without expecting anything back. Hold on, isn’t everything supposed to be monetized? Where’s the revenue [...]

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The Rise and Rise of the Editor

February 11th, 2010 · → 5 Comments

Can you feel the burn? It’s not your fast-twitch muscle fibers that are on fire. It’s the immolation of pop culture, consuming itself almost as fast as it can be produced.

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Dirty Tricks

February 4th, 2010 · → 1 Comment

They were played on Nixon. They were played on Senator Mary L. Landrieu. Sacha Baron Cohen used them in Borat. I’m talking about dirty tricks. In a citizen-journalist-famous-for-15-minutes way, they are back. They’ve even been called a legitimate tool of “investigation.” (“Honey, I was using this nanny cam to investigate the babysitter and it [...]

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Thunder Thunder Thunder ThunderCats

January 28th, 2010 · → 4 Comments

A writer from the UK contacted me recently with the news that he is writing a book about ThunderCats. I wrote four scripts for the series, which later became a beloved media fetish object. (“Honey, what are you doing with that plush toy?”) The writer wants me to reminisce about cartoons and recall stories [...]

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Listen to Me

January 14th, 2010 · → 2 Comments

Written by Lee Schneider, founder of DocuCinema
Yadda yadda. Is that what you hear when someone is speaking? Or maybe it’s the trombone in those Charlie Brown specials. You know, when the parents or teachers talk: wah wah wah. If that’s the case, you’d suck as a documentary director.
Listening is an art. Ask [...]

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Cameron’s New Consciousness

January 7th, 2010 · → 4 Comments

Written by Lee Schneider, founder of DocuCinema
Have you heard about the new world consciousness arriving by 2012?
According to experts:
a) A worldwide natural disaster will occur, directed by Roland Emmerich, only this time the special effects will be really happening.
b) A return to the Utopian world of Avatar, only this time you won’t need 3D glasses [...]

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500 Words

December 24th, 2009 · → 3 Comments

Written by Lee Schneider, founder of DocuCinema.
The most challenging thing about writing this blog is not the deadline every week, nor is it generating the snappy content, nor putting an edge on the sharp wordplay. It’s the damn title. 500 words is a cruel master. (Thursday is OK, though.) Some readers have noted that [...]

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Fundraising the Honest Way

December 17th, 2009 · → 4 Comments

Written by Lee Schneider, founder of DocuCinema.
If you’re making a film you want the biggest budget possible. (“I can’t live without at least one crane shot. I get depressed otherwise. Now get me a latte, tall, with crispy foam.”)
So one morning you wake up, make your own damn latte and start plugging in numbers into [...]

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Swadeshi

December 10th, 2009 · → 8 Comments

Written by Lee Schneider, founder of DocuCinema.
Around the holiday season more and more people are thinking about trying some swadeshi. It sounds like a crazy-ass office party dance or maybe something spicy to eat. (“I’ll have the swadeshi and a mango lassi.”)
Swadeshi isn’t either of those things, though it might inspire a crazy-ass dance or [...]

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Making Money in Yogaland

December 3rd, 2009 · → 2 Comments

Written by Lee Schneider, founder of DocuCinema.
Yogaworks has opened a new studio in New York, at the corner of Broadway and Grand Street. It’s got bamboo floors, showers with impressive pressure, electronically-locking lockers and walls painted in restful Ralph Lauren colors. The only thing missing? People. On the two days we went there there were [...]

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