Comments on: How to Succeed in Hollywood http://lateralaction.com/articles/hollywood-success/ Creativity + Productivity = Success Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:49:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Smashing Through Creative Blocks with Lateral Action http://lateralaction.com/articles/hollywood-success/comment-page-1/#comment-4680 Smashing Through Creative Blocks with Lateral Action Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:01:50 +0000 http://lateralaction.com/?p=2911#comment-4680 [...] full of solid articles, you’ll find fantastic case studies (How to Succeed in Hollywood; The Kurt Cobain Guide to Startup Success), engaging interviews/talks (Is Everyone Creative?;  [...] [...] full of solid articles, you’ll find fantastic case studies (How to Succeed in Hollywood; The Kurt Cobain Guide to Startup Success), engaging interviews/talks (Is Everyone Creative?;  [...]

]]> By: New Year’s Resolution: Make Your Hollywood Dreams Come True http://lateralaction.com/articles/hollywood-success/comment-page-1/#comment-4620 New Year’s Resolution: Make Your Hollywood Dreams Come True Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:28:20 +0000 http://lateralaction.com/?p=2911#comment-4620 [...] No matter what anyone tells you, there’s one thing you need to know. In Hollywood, your success or failure is entirely up to you. [...] [...] No matter what anyone tells you, there’s one thing you need to know. In Hollywood, your success or failure is entirely up to you. [...]

]]> By: Exploring Alternatives « Cuban Nomad http://lateralaction.com/articles/hollywood-success/comment-page-1/#comment-3866 Exploring Alternatives « Cuban Nomad Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:02:13 +0000 http://lateralaction.com/?p=2911#comment-3866 [...] Action (one of my favorite blogs) recently published an article about film making.  Titled “How to Succeed in Hollywood”, it was guest authored by a husband and wife team.  Joke and Biagio (with an equally named [...] [...] Action (one of my favorite blogs) recently published an article about film making.  Titled “How to Succeed in Hollywood”, it was guest authored by a husband and wife team.  Joke and Biagio (with an equally named [...]

]]> By: Biagio http://lateralaction.com/articles/hollywood-success/comment-page-1/#comment-3826 Biagio Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:51:05 +0000 http://lateralaction.com/?p=2911#comment-3826 countzeero, thanks for the comment and for the Twitter follow! Part of the reason I wanted to start blogging and tweeting was to expose myself to new ideas, new sources of inspiration. This thread is now a concrete example of how taking that action has lead to something new...Twitter Time at our blog being one of them (and a few forthcoming TV show ideas being another.) I admit to being more afraid of "what all the cool kids are doing" than I should, especially for someone working in Hollywood. But by jumping into Twitter and blogging, my eyes have been opened to what I've been missing, and I believe I'm becoming a better producer. Best, Biagio Twitter: @jokeandbiagio countzeero, thanks for the comment and for the Twitter follow!

Part of the reason I wanted to start blogging and tweeting was to expose myself to new ideas, new sources of inspiration. This thread is now a concrete example of how taking that action has lead to something new…Twitter Time at our blog being one of them (and a few forthcoming TV show ideas being another.)

I admit to being more afraid of “what all the cool kids are doing” than I should, especially for someone working in Hollywood. But by jumping into Twitter and blogging, my eyes have been opened to what I’ve been missing, and I believe I’m becoming a better producer.

Best,
Biagio
Twitter: @jokeandbiagio

]]> By: countzeero http://lateralaction.com/articles/hollywood-success/comment-page-1/#comment-3825 countzeero Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:32:10 +0000 http://lateralaction.com/?p=2911#comment-3825 @Biagio, I think that is a great example of leveraging social networks and twitter - glad to have delivered a creative spark that led to a great idea. cz @Biagio, I think that is a great example of leveraging social networks and twitter – glad to have delivered a creative spark that led to a great idea.

cz

]]> By: Biagio http://lateralaction.com/articles/hollywood-success/comment-page-1/#comment-3816 Biagio Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:32:30 +0000 http://lateralaction.com/?p=2911#comment-3816 countzeero, your comment really got me thinking about more ways to use Twitter to interact with our audience instead of just talking at them. I went ahead and launched Twitter Time...a new feature at our blog where people get to ask us questions via Twitter, and we in turn not only answer their questions, but promote their Twitter name. Thanks for helping to get those wheels turning! http://www.jokeandbiagio.com/twitter-time-take-1 Biagio countzeero, your comment really got me thinking about more ways to use Twitter to interact with our audience instead of just talking at them.

I went ahead and launched Twitter Time…a new feature at our blog where people get to ask us questions via Twitter, and we in turn not only answer their questions, but promote their Twitter name. Thanks for helping to get those wheels turning!

http://www.jokeandbiagio.com/twitter-time-take-1

Biagio

]]> By: Biagio http://lateralaction.com/articles/hollywood-success/comment-page-1/#comment-3805 Biagio Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:35:42 +0000 http://lateralaction.com/?p=2911#comment-3805 Finola, It's true...fear can be a major obstacle to success. At the same time, knowing when something isn't good enough to put into the world is a wisdom not easy to come by. My advice is to listen to your gut when you finish a pitch. Ask yourself "If I knew nothing about this project, and I saw this, would I be excited?" If the answer is "yes" go for it. Like the wise man once said, the greatest risk of all is to risk nothing. Daydreaming of Caribbean waters... Biagio Finola,

It’s true…fear can be a major obstacle to success. At the same time, knowing when something isn’t good enough to put into the world is a wisdom not easy to come by. My advice is to listen to your gut when you finish a pitch. Ask yourself “If I knew nothing about this project, and I saw this, would I be excited?” If the answer is “yes” go for it.

Like the wise man once said, the greatest risk of all is to risk nothing.

Daydreaming of Caribbean waters…
Biagio

]]> By: Finola Prescott http://lateralaction.com/articles/hollywood-success/comment-page-1/#comment-3800 Finola Prescott Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:57:10 +0000 http://lateralaction.com/?p=2911#comment-3800 Just getting back to this, having made a note of advice I read somewhere over the weekend that perfectionism can be procrastination-I had to work hard to get over my feeling that 'it's not good enough yet' to just get my work out and selling AND of course to not just sell rubbish either. My point, there are so many ways we can fail to execute, and so many obstacles that can get in our way and that's what I love about Lateral Action blog - so many discussions of how to get over those challenges. See you in the Caribbean some day then guys! Just getting back to this, having made a note of advice I read somewhere over the weekend that perfectionism can be procrastination-I had to work hard to get over my feeling that ‘it’s not good enough yet’ to just get my work out and selling AND of course to not just sell rubbish either.

My point, there are so many ways we can fail to execute, and so many obstacles that can get in our way and that’s what I love about Lateral Action blog – so many discussions of how to get over those challenges.

See you in the Caribbean some day then guys!

]]> By: Biagio http://lateralaction.com/articles/hollywood-success/comment-page-1/#comment-3790 Biagio Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:40:41 +0000 http://lateralaction.com/?p=2911#comment-3790 As a side note, coutntzeero, when you do go "Hollywood" on all of us, don't forget being a graphic design artist is a HUGE asset! Hollywood's all about the visuals...anyone with any kind of visual skills has a huge advantage when it comes to breaking in. Designing show or movie logos, coming up with story boards, putting together killer presentations that don't look like you used a template in MS Powerpoint...people pay big bucks for that stuff. Just saying, we always tell aspiring producers to build on their strengths...graphic design is a pretty powerful place to start. As a side note, coutntzeero, when you do go “Hollywood” on all of us, don’t forget being a graphic design artist is a HUGE asset!

Hollywood’s all about the visuals…anyone with any kind of visual skills has a huge advantage when it comes to breaking in.

Designing show or movie logos, coming up with story boards, putting together killer presentations that don’t look like you used a template in MS Powerpoint…people pay big bucks for that stuff.

Just saying, we always tell aspiring producers to build on their strengths…graphic design is a pretty powerful place to start.

]]> By: countzeero http://lateralaction.com/articles/hollywood-success/comment-page-1/#comment-3789 countzeero Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:02:29 +0000 http://lateralaction.com/?p=2911#comment-3789 Thanks for the reply Biagio, if I do decide to break into Hollywood one day you guys will be the first one I hit up with my "Big Idea" wish you all the best out there on the cutting edge. Thanks for the reply Biagio, if I do decide to break into Hollywood one day you guys will be the first one I hit up with my “Big Idea” wish you all the best out there on the cutting edge.

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