Companies spend millions of dollars creating eye-catching Super Bowl ads each year, but the fifth best Super Bowl ad of all time was created by a few two handed warrior friends for a few hundred bucks.
CNN Interview with Nathan Scoggins, Co-creator of ‘Sling Baby’ and ‘Fashionista Daddy’ Doritos ‘Crash the Super Bowl’ Ads
The momentum gathers, but we still need your vote!
Follow up to: The Making of “Fashionista Daddy” Doritos Super Bowl Commercial”
CNN Interview with Nathan Scoggins: Making of Award-winning Doritos Super Bowl Commercials ‘Sling Baby’ and ‘Fashionista Daddy’
Of the nearly 5,000 commercials submitted to Doritos, five were chosen as finalists for the $1M grand prize, including our spot “Fashionista Daddy.” Here’s the story behind the story.
Jessica Rieder, Writer for Leverage (TNT) and Hawaii-Five-O (CBS): Culture Makers Who Influenced the Culture Makers of TV
With this week’s wrap of TNT’s long running series Leverage, we thought we’d repost our interview with one of the writers who helped Leverage gain such popularity. Jessica Rieder lists the writers, shows, films, and musicians who have most deeply influenced her life.
Children of Men: Alfonso Cuarón’s Christmas Story set in Apocalyptic Future, by Ashley Arielle
While Alfonso Cuarón’s film adaptation of P.D. James’ novel strips most of the overtly Christian images from the story, there is no missing the fact that we are confronted the tale of a miraculously pregnant unwed mother and her reluctant protector set amidst the most horrific violence an empire can throw at them: in short, the Christmas story.
Support Biola’s Student Filmmakers at 12/12/12 Premiere of AWAY
Biola Cinema and Media Arts program is considered one of the top film schools for young filmmakers of faith. Their goal is to prepare our students spiritually, intellectually, and professionally to become exceptional visual storytellers who can compete and succeed with the best of the best in the areas of film, television, and digital media.
Join the student filmmakers of Biola University’s Cinema and Media Arts Department for the premiere of their student film, “AWAY.”
Doors open at 7PM at the historic Whittier Village Cinema in uptown Whittier, with a dessert reception to follow.
And don’t miss Biola CMA grad Zach King’s cool video “IPad Hologram Setting,” It just passed 1.7 million views.
LOS TRAFICANTES: When a Drug Lord Finds Faith, Can His Movie Find an Audience? by Kurt Tuffendsam
Writer/producer Kurt Tuffendsam describes his new film following the most unlikely convert in the most unlikely of places. ‘Los Traficantes’ retells the incredible true story of Esteban Mendoza Cruz, former Mexican drug lord, who in 1999 experienced a major transformation after finding redemption through faith in Christ while serving a 33-year sentence in La Mesa prison in Tijuana.
Hilarious and Insightful Video: Monty Python’s John Cleese on Creativity
“Telling people how to be creative is easy – being creative is difficult.” -John Cleese. In an uproariously funny and profoundly instructive lecture, the co-creator Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers and a host of creative ventures, shares the five secrets of a creative life.
Screenwriting 101: A Step by Step Guide to Achieving the Impossible – Step 6, by Christopher Riley
“There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.” …
Variety: Spirituality and DVRs Changing Primetime TV
BET adds spiritual themes to primetime By CYNTHIA LITTLETON in Variety New telepic franchise, reality show have religious touch BET TV, like a number of general entertainment cablers, has renewed faith in spiritually themed programming. The Viacom-owned cabler is expanding the range of…
How to Write Everyday Without Missing Your Life, by Genevieve Parker Hill
“The earlier in the day I write, the more likely I am to: a) write that day, and b) write more that day.” …………………………….-Genevieve Parker Hill by Author and World Traveler, Genevieve Parker Hill I’m deep in the thickets of drafting my…
The Poetry of Batman: This is how The Dark Knight Rises, by Mike Friesen
by Mike Friesen Soren Kierkegaard once said, “What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely…