Making of a PSA: Interview with Casting Director Jessica Daniels
Casting Director Jessica Daniels (right) and Casting Associate Candice Alustiza-Lee (left) at the Little Leading Ladies casting session. Image courtesy of Adorama Rentals. This is the second installment of a five-part series co-presented by New York Women in Film & Television and Adorama Rentals. NYWIFT member Amanda Lin Costa interviews Casting Director Jessica Daniels about her work casting the PSA Little...
READ MOREMaking of a PSA: Interview with Writer/Director Aubrey Smyth
Writer/Director Aubrey Smyth (center) works with the young actors on the set of Little Leading Ladies. Photo courtesy of Gingersnap. This is the first installment of a five-part series co-presented by New York Women in Film & Television and Adorama Rentals. Intro:When fellow NYWIFT member Aubrey Smyth shared her idea to create a PSA inspired by Sheryl Sandberg’s...
READ MORENYWIFT at Women of the World Summit
A high-five moment captured by Livestream at the 2014 WITW Summit. On April 3rd to 5th, women and men, but mostly women, crowded into a theater at Lincoln Center to engage with and listen to women from all corners of the world as they shared tales of heartbreak (personal accounts of surviving chemical warfare attacks...
READ MORENYWIFT MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: AMANDA LIN COSTA
As a new editor of the NYWIFT Blog, I thought my first NYWIFT Member Spotlight interview should be the voice of NYWIFT, Amanda Lin Costa. Amanda serves on the Board of Directors of NYWIFT and is the Vice President of Communications and Committee Chair. Amanda calls herself a “little engine that could”, which is remarkably...
READ MORENYWIFT Panel Recap: Writing Fiction for Transmedia and Cross-Platform Entertainment
Panelists spend a half hour in discussion with audience members post-panel. Photographs by Emon Hassan. On Tuesday May 21, 2013, NYWIFT held a panel at the WGAE as part of Internet Week New York, produced by Amanda Lin Costa and moderated by WGAE Director of Programs Dana Weissman. Four transmedia writers discussed creating cross-platform content for...
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