by Michael Mandaville | Sep 17, 2021 | Filmmaking, Trends, Trends-Media
Spain was always a natural jumping off point for filmmaking, particularly streaming as the mother country of Spanish into the Latin American market. Many territories have strong linguistic ties. For example, France with Senegal and West Africa. China with certain...
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 16, 2021 | Filmmaking, Trends, Trends-Media
The changing of the Guard at the great Paramount studio signals another sea change. As Theatrical is dead right now, perhaps it’s a near permanent shift. Why? Audience Behavior to some degree, weary of the high cost of theatrical films, their script...
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 12, 2021 | Trends, Trends-Economic
“Demographics is Destiny” but perhaps quite true in today’s world. It is widely attributed to the father of sociology, August Comte. Ask yourself these questions (before looking at the table!) What are the world’s most populous nations? ...
by Michael Mandaville | Jul 30, 2020 | Creativity Resources, Filmmaking Stuff, Trends-Media, Writing
VIDCON, the premiere online gathering for Online Video, is FREE. You merely have to register to get into their Virtual Gathering. I have gone for the last 7 years and it’s an amazing place to learn about Online Video, connect with people and hear the stories...
by Michael Mandaville | Apr 15, 2020 | Economics and Finance, Filmmaking, Headlines, Ideas, Trends-Economic
Disney (DIS) stock has been cycling up and down in this volatile climate, replete with the Coronavirus, a frozen economy, a quarantined populace and considerable uncertainty for Social Public behavior for the vast majority of American consumers – the absolute...
by Michael Mandaville | Jan 22, 2020 | Filmmaking, Trends-Media, TV, Uncategorized
Michael is in Miami reporting for Indie Brigade at the worldwide NATPE conference. NATPE is the much required short version of ”National Association of Television Programming Executives”. While the organization started as traditional television, the group now...
