barrington99@gmail.com This year, for the first time, I actually forgot my cancerversary, maybe because I was in Indiana visiting my mom. My cancer diagnosis was a few days after Thanksgiving, and my surgery was December 4th or 5th. I was in intensive care for a day or two–the time is blurry. But I always remember waking … Read more
The second week officially ended on Tuesday night, but Friday seems like a nice recap day. 1400 projects up on the site now. I also received an email linking to a PR piece/ blog post/interview with Roy Price, Amazon Studios chief. Among other things, he discusses is Amazon Studios’ decision to have a “bonus” contest … Read more
This post appears here because it is 448 characters too long to be a status post on Facebook. Freemuse World Forum wants to be my friend. While I am totally pro “free musical expression,” I do not want to be their “friend.” I would happily be their “fan.” Is it too rigid in this day … Read more
Housekeeping:It’s Wednesday night as I begin this blog post–approximately the end of the first full week at Amazon Studios. There are now 1094 entrants on the site. Also, just today, the displays of the films have been altered–from the front page you can now differentiate between movies and scripts, and the number of downloads has … Read more
Housekeeping: Amazon Studios Day…Six? It’s confusing because they launched at 5pm on Tuesday, but had such an onslaught of entrants right off the bat, that you pretty much need to count the day.Things seem to tapering off a little. They’re at 936 projects right now. Two of the first three that you see are actually … Read more
Some collected reading for you: John August turned my attention to this article at HITFIX. I have some reactions that I will deal with in more length after the weekend, but for the moment I was interested in this note that “the media is just swallowing it without digesting it or analyzing it.” It is … Read more
We’ve just passed 750 entries. I note that the entry that had boasted 2500 downloads has somehow had 2000 downloads “deducted.” It’s now gaining downloads at a pace more in keeping with the other frontrunners of the group. I have garnered four more reviews. One is a five star review from someone named Robert! This … Read more
The Amazon Studios experience continues. As of last night there 395 projects, and today before 5pm–less than 48 hours after launch–there were over 500. It gives you an idea of how many people see themselves as potential filmmakers and either don’t read or understand the terms of the contract, or are desperate enough for a … Read more
How cool does this look? All except for the immigration stuff. I don’t want to be part of busting and deporting families. But everything else? How much great research would that be. Unfortunately, I don’t have two years of school left, but believe me, it’s tempting to adjust that… Immigration & Customs Enforcement – Student … Read more
Day 2 of the Amazon Studios Experiment: After launching at 5pm last night, as of 9:30 this morning, the numbers of entrants has grown from the original seven to 110. The most “popular” script has about 300 downloads. No scripts have any comments or notes as of yet. My script, which, by the way is … Read more