MediaSilo Blog

How to Build a Viral Video

Thanks to the Fibonacci Sequence, a mathematical model that unlocks patterns that appear to be  →

Why Vary Your Social Content? Ask a Professor. Or Two.

You want to persuade someone? Strike a balance between repetition and variety. Persuasion has  →

Will Production Assistants Be Next to Unionize?

The heart of the film industry is unionized labor, with its members paid well above the minimum  →

How to Walk Away When a Movie Production Is a Dumpster Fire

Working on a movie is never a walk in the park, but some productions can be worse — much, much  →

The Companies Revolutionizing News Media

Rapid technological change has wrought a visual revolution that the news and media industries are  →

The Writer’s POV: Your Work Adapted for Film or TV

For writers, getting published — whether that results in a novel, essay, or article — can feel like  →

The Ins & Outs of Joining a Film Collective

Making a film takes a village — the long scroll of credits at the end of any movie proves it. But  →

What to Do If You’re the Victim of Video Piracy

Writer-director Yen Tan recently emailed to tell me Ciao, the movie we made in 2008, had been  →

Funding Your Documentary Film with Equity Investments

It’s no secret that the golden age for documentary films is upon us. Companies like Netflix and  →

When Your Short Film Uses Live Action and Marionettes

Rounding out the first installment of posts from the inaugural cohort of our Shift Creative Fund,  →

Screenwriter Matt Kazman on the Challenges and Rewards of Pre-Production

Matt Kazman, screenwriter for short film "Father Figurine, " waves hello. When we launched the  →

The Real Hollywood or Paige Klone’s Origin Story

Actress and producer Paige Klone, who received a Shift Creative Fund grant earlier this year  →