The Snobby Robot

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Building Characters 2.0

Matt Damon Good Shepherd

I have recently talked a lot about great writing in modern media, using Mad Men and Battlestar Galactica as examples. Today I want to look at one of the core aspects of those articles - Character - but I want to do so in light of my last post - a discussion on the impacts of technology and business on entertainment.

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Democratizing Entertainment

Youtube iPadIt can be easy to forget sometimes that ‘entertainment’ does not live in a vacuum. Entertainment is a group of industries that meet at the intersection of business, technology and leisure. For most of us - or at least those likely to read this blog - we are aspiring actors, writers, filmmakers, musicians, or entrepreneurs and with such a strong focus it can be difficult to really see the big picture. Where is all of this heading? In many ways that is the question The Snobby Robot seeks to answer. Obviously this is a very broad subject, but looking broadly there are some very real changes I see taking place currently which will continue to expand in the future.

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