IS SG’s Media Industry Selling Out?
With a limited box office, unlimited online options and piracy still rampant in the region it seems Singapore’s filmmakers have given up on charging audiences and are going to charge advertisers...
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How To Make An Award-Winning Web Series
Jason Chan and Christian Lee are the multi-talented, multi-hyphenated writer-producer-directors-stars of multi-award-winning web series Perfect Girl. Hear the behind the scenes story of how they got it...
View ArticleIs Ad Blocking Killing Content?
If you are one of the lucky content creators who make a living doing what you do there is a very good chance that advertising, in one way or another, is paying your salary; either you work for an ad...
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The SG Stylist Making Over NYC
On a stunning late summer day in September I met Singaporean-New Yorker Nazya Ayaz for brunch in Brooklyn, home of craft beer and cottage industries including Nazya’s very own fashion label. In 2007...
View ArticleHow To Work With Brands
As I reported from the MDA’s Media Industry Conversation in Singapore recently, more and more filmmakers and other content creators are turning to brands to help them fund their work, particularly in...
View ArticleThe Making Of A Filmmaker
Currently in pre-production on a special effects intensive short featuring talents from Harry Potter and new Tom Hiddleston movie High-Rise, Mark J. Blackman and Roxanne “Roxy” Holman are the...
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How To Find & Reach A Paying Audience
The Singapore International Film Festival is on right now and, in addition to screening some of the region’s best independent movies, it’s hosting a series of panels and workshops for filmmakers to...
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An Investor Speaks: How To Fix Film Financing in S.E.A
Justin Deimen is a man of many job titles including creative producer, investor, executive director of the Southeast Asia Audio Visual Association and co-producer of this year’s Screen Singapore, part...
View ArticleYour Curated, Creative Calendar for 2016 (SG)
Content and creativity don’t exist in a vacuum, everyone needs inspiration and it can’t always be found through Google. I am a big proponent of “getting amongst it” so here is my personally curated...
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The Backing Singer Who Stepped Forward
“I really, really, really wanted to tour with an artist and I accidentally landed a tour with the biggest artist of that time, Adele.” So begins the story of Kelli-Leigh, a singer, songwriter and...
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There Goes My Hero: A Tribute To David Bowie
I had something else planned for today, but then I heard the news (oh boy) and now I’m writing this instead. I know it will be just one in the thousands of stories, blogs and think pieces about Bowie...
View ArticleIs working for “exposure” ever worth it?
We’ve all been there, someone wants to make use of your time and talent but they either can’t or won’t pay you. Instead they offer you that most intangible of rewards “exposure”, which is rarely...
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The author who plotted a startup with his kids
Don Bosco is founder and creative director of the brilliantly named Super Cool Books, publishers of the Sherlock Hong Series and Lion City Adventures for kids; both authored by Don and his talented...
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How to increase the quality of events (and reduce the quantity)
I frequently hear the complaint that there are too many conferences, exhibitions and networking events, not just in Singapore but everywhere, and most of them aren’t up to much. The complaints are...
View ArticleSingapore Web-Series Sells To Viki.com
Regular readers may recall in October last year I interviewed Bananamana Films founders Jason Chan & Christian Lee about How to Make An Award-Winning Web Series. Well, now I can update that...
View Article5 Alternative Content Platforms That Pay Creators
Getting brands to fund your content either through commissions, sponsorship or plain old advertising isn’t the only way to make money on the internet. In fact, it might be one of the least lucrative...
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How Musicians Make Money Now
Catherine Manners is the Director of Manners McDade in London, a music composer’s agency and publishing company. Whilst on a business trip to Singapore she took some time out to talk to me about how...
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The Business of Being A YouTuber with Night Owl Cinematics
Ryan and Sylvia are the husband and wife team behind Singapore’s #1 independent YouTube channel Night Owl Cinematics (NOC), which has over 450,000 subscribers and more than 90 million views. As part of...
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EVENT: Monetize Your Creativity in the Digital Age
In association with StoryCode Singapore I am presenting a panel of media industry experts from advertising and content creation, acquisition and legal to talk about ways of monetizing creativity in the...
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Content Creators, Know Your Rights
The Internet promised to connect content creators with audiences at an unprecedented scale and it has done so, but at what cost? Digital ad revenues barely compare to traditional channels and digital...
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