A Brainstorm on Crowd-Sourcing Documentary Film Logging and Transcription…

The below is excerpted from an email I sent to some friends at an unnamed tech company, regarding my documentary This is Fi. I think this would actually work as a way to crowdsource documentary film logging and transcription – allowing people to donate labor instead of cash. The Problem: * We have over 100+ [...]

Game Show Mechanics

Another passed-on idea that I’m reposting because I still think it holds water: a game show that rewards players for their ability to lie convincingly, not about personal information (a la “what’s my line?”) but about facts. It’s pure bluffing – poker without the poker. It’s called “Million Dollar Bluff.” As always, would love to [...]

The English Lesson

“The English Lesson” tells the story of a wormy, closeted momma’s boy who gets his comeuppance from a Croatian gangster and his sex-starved wife. There’s not a likable character in it and a very large part of me wishes it had been my thesis project at UCLA.

You can download the pdf here or scroll down. I promise that (I think) it’s funny. I want somebody to make this film.

Your Cell Phone is Your Reality Series

A while back, I was invited to participate in a think tank about mobile/entertainment put on by Nokia. I pitched to them an idea that I still really want to see happen: the idea that an intelligent video camera (like Nokia’s N95) could become the filming media and platform for self-generated first-person documentaries. First-person documentary [...]