Michael on Media
Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.
He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.
How To Start Your Own Production Company
First, lose the film! Yesterday I got an email from an old friend in Colorado who is a professional television cameraman. He works in news and is one of the best in the business. But he also sees what...
Read moreUndaunted Courage
This way ahead…. OFFÂ THEÂ MAP I am reading Undaunted Courage, by Stephen Ambrose, the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition across North America. Lewis and Clark set out in 1804 to chart the overland path from St. Louis...
Read moreWhy TV News is SO VERY TERRIBLE (and why ratings keep dropping)
same old.. same old… When television was launched by David Sarnoff at the 1939 World’s Fair in NY, no one knew what to do with it. Think Internet 1992. But they knew what to do with radio. Radio was...
Read moreThe Camera That Changed The World
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqxQGI3BTXs&feature=related[/youtube] one of the all time great movies This is the trailer from A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouche Produced in France (needless to say) in 1966, it was written, directed and filmed by Lelouche using a...
Read moreA Great Story, A Crap Video & A Business Opportunity
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhEAr8xMryk[/youtube] or… a really bad music video… Yesterday, Lisa and I ran a very successful live webinar on ‘How To Start Your Own Production Company’. The core, beyond the legal stuff, is ‘where do you find the clients’. Today, I...
Read moreLucian Freud, The Queen of England and TV
We are not amused… Last week saw the passing of Lucian Freud, often described as one of Britain’s greatest painters. Freud, the grandson of Sigmun Freud, as famous for being unrelenting to showing absolute realism in his paintings. Fat...
Read moreFilm made for $0 on Canon 5D earns $200,000 on iTunes
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJa1pw-Fm1w[/youtube] reminds me of A Man and a Woman In 1969, French director Claude Lelouche shot and edited the outstanding French film, A Man and a Woman. If you havent’ seen it, go. Lelouche had a background in commercial...
Read moreHow The Travel Channel Could Save Itself
That’s gratitude for you… There is an old expression that says ‘never bite the hand that feeds you’. There is also an old expression that says, ‘when your friend is drowing, throw them a life preserver’. I am torn...
Read moreBig Cameras v. Small Cameras
Call the chiropractor!! My very first job in TV news was at WCBS, the CBS local station in New York. I was a researcher and my boss was a guy named Tom Petner. During my first month at work...
Read moreThe Power of the Individual
Not a team player There was an interesting article in The Harvard Business Review that caught my eye this week: “Why A Great Individual Is Better Than A Good Team” by Jeff Stibel. Stibel is the Chairman and CEO of...
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