As we bring up every chance we get, YII is a big fan of “making it real” and we are especially excited when someone creates something as useful and potentially powerful as IntershipRatings.com. Students go to this website to give feedback on their internship experiences, and to check out other people’s experiences before choosing where to intern. The [...]
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When you’re looking for intelligent and insightful conversations with today’s filmmakers that remind you of your best film studies classes (or the ones you wish you had), look no further than “The Treatment” from public radio station KCRW. Host Elvis Mitchell delves into the motivations and influences of his guests to the point where director [...]
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Normally at YII, we stick to spotlighting resources directly related to the entertainment industry so at first glance, this book may not seem to qualify, but stick with me here– and with author Dan Pink– and you will see why majoring in film or storytelling or new media these days might just be a safer bet than studying accounting or [...]
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And Here’s the Kicker by Mike Sacks is a deeply entertaining and enjoyable book. So deeply entertaining and enjoyable, in fact, that you seldom pause to realize how much you are learning about the delicate art of creating comedy. You are hearing stories about how many times the makers of BORAT got stopped by the police [...]
Read More →Written by and about mothers of child actors, it isn’t exactly the same demo as YII, but like the background actor’s blog we profiled in December, the Hollywood Mom blog has created an online resource and community for a niche in Hollywood that often has to (or, rather, had to) make its own way, in this case through the trials [...]
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Almost every writer I know has a well-worn copy of this book. Whether they’re having trouble getting started or hit a snag midway through a screenplay or TV script, these writers know that Bird By Bird by Ann Lamott has the right words to get the project on course. I would add that some of the [...]
Read More →The MediaShift blog bills itself as “Your Guide to the Digital Media Revolution” and, I have to say, no matter who you are, it most likely will live up to the name. Created and maintained by PBS, MediaShift does an extremely thorough job of tracking new media’s effect on society and culture. There are sections [...]
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Thought it would be appropriate that the first recommendation of 2010 be a book by/about the patron saint of the Mogul Mindset eBlasts. (Don’t know what those are? Click here.) Richard Branson was a mogul-in-the-making from very early in his life, starting up a publication called Student when he was still in high school and having the [...]
Read More →Hollywood can be challenging for those who are just starting out when they have no connections and no insider information. Actors without representation or notable credits often turn to background acting to get connections, experience, and a little money. Others who want to be in the industry and on camera but without further acting aspirations pursue [...]
Read More →As a rule, we here at Your Industry Insider trust whatever our readers tell us, but we find it hard to believe that Danny King of “The King Bulletin” is a high school student. The amount of effort he puts into his site, not to mention the maturity of his critical voice, bespeak an older [...]
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