Do kill your darlings, but get to know them first!
One of the most popular teaching among creators, is the advise to kill one’s darlings. This is often helpful, I agree, but I would like to expand on that a bit…
Continue reading “Do kill your darlings, but get to know them first!”Platforms, they come and they go… Good riddance!
To its owners, Instagram probably works exactly as intended: it has after all, been built first and foremost into a money making machine. But to me, as an independent content creator, Instagram is a highly dysfunctional platform.
Continue reading “Platforms, they come and they go… Good riddance!”Live content is not the future, but quality content is!
The production of live content has been on a heavy increase, pretty much everything should preferably be made live. In broadcast days, when something was live, it was a big deal; it was a guarantee that something extraordinary was happening.
Continue reading “Live content is not the future, but quality content is!”Redefining a star
The audiences love big stars; the majority follows will what the majority follows; people don’t have time to process things themselves, at least nothing that comes out from the social media platforms, heck no, that is the one place where they come to relax, rest their poor brains from all the stress.
All you need to do is ask!
Somebody posted my video on his channel. This got me thinking about what should I do about it. Should i feel flattered that someone saw it worthwhile to choose my content to be shared; or should i feel angry for someone using my content without my permission…
Continue reading “All you need to do is ask!”Good & cheap & fast
The idea of mobility is very appealing, and in the camera department, the dream of mobile quality is being realized in great leaps. But when it comes to post production, no computing power is enough for post processing and at this moment, the power offered by a desktop solution, is roughly double of any reasonable laptop solution currently available.
Continue reading “Good & cheap & fast”Quality vs. quantity
The media landscape is changing so fast that the only thing we know for certain is that what works this year, most likely wont work next year. The creators have reacted to this volatility by starting to increase their volume – When they don’t know, what form is the winner, they create as quickly, as much content as they possibly can.
Continue reading “Quality vs. quantity”The ability to communicate
Some of the greatest failures in life are often caused by the most embarrassingly obvious things. When Martin Scorsese was asked, What is a good film director? He replied: a director makes sure that everybody in the team is making the same movie.
Continue reading “The ability to communicate”Witch as an archetype
In a divided nation, people hide away, into their separate foxholes. What they need is a witch to bring them out into the fresh air. When things become too settled and stagnant, when we become too certain of what is good and bad, life starts to become too restricted, as eventually everything will be divided into good or bad; mostly bad.
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