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Innovation Agents: Oscar Morales And One Million Voices Against FARC

BY David D. Burstein | 05-21-2012 | 2:37 PM | INNOVATION

Long before the Arab Spring, Oscar Morales was among the first people to use Facebook to mount a successful large-scale political activism effort.READ MORE›

Tracking Facebook's IPO Day On Social Media

BY Nidhi Subbaraman | 05-18-2012 | 3:36 PM | INNOVATION

Zuck's big day, curated by Fast Company writers and editors.READ MORE›

Predicting Summer Box Office Hits With Social Media And People, Algorithms Be Damned

BY David Zax | 05-14-2012 | 9:06 AM | MANAGEMENT

Could Twitter have foreseen the tsunami that was the Avengers opening weekend? Fizziology uses social media to make predictions about box office success--and is doing as well or better as traditional industry predictions.READ MORE›

How Collectives Help Indie Filmmakers Make Better Movies

BY Evan Hochberg | 04-27-2012 | 12:34 PM | MAGAZINE

Beasts of the Southern Wild, which nabbed Sundance's top 2012 prize and comes out June 27, is the product of a new trend in indie films--collectives, or groups of collaborating artists. Collectives champs explain. Benh Zeitlin, ...READ MORE›

"The Hunger Games" Takes Cue From Hitchcock And Spielberg, As Kids Fight To The Death

BY Tara Moore | 03-23-2012 | 7:30 AM | WORK/LIFE

Nothing makes moviegoers squirm like watching children die on the big screen. As The Hunger Games hits theaters today, Film historian Joseph McBride talks us through the flicks that have successfully depicted this sensitive subject matter.READ MORE›

IPhone Investigation: An Undercover Documentary From Syria Made Using Phones

BY Neal Ungerleider | 03-16-2012 | 8:30 AM | SYRIA

"Syria: Songs of Defiance," a new film about the violence in Syria airing on Al Jazeera, was filmed by an undercover journalist using an iPhone, providing coverage the Syrian government won’t allow regular TV journalists. READ MORE›

The Psychology Behind Movie Poster Designs

BY JD Rucker | 02-13-2012 | 5:59 AM | DESIGN

There's a lot more to movie poster design than meets the eye. Unlike most other marketed products, movies require immediate emotional impact while still maintaining a continuous push to each subsequent level of distribution. It's enough to make someone with a dual-major in psychology and graphic design wish they'd gone to law school.READ MORE›

Twitter Breaks Record During Super Bowl XLVI: 12,233 Tweets Per Second

BY Tyler Gray | 02-06-2012 | 12:48 PM | INNOVATION

Meanwhile, TV viewership of the New York Giants' 21-17 defeat over the New England Patriots remained flat, if not a bit down, from last year. READ MORE›

Some Mobbing Behavior Of Birds With Your Popcorn? Rebranding Science At The Movies

BY David Zax | 01-19-2012 | 2:22 PM | ETHONOMICS

Want to hear a Harvard professor hold forth on the neuropsychology of zombies? Then attend an event at the newly expanded "Science on Screen" series, where films are followed by scientific discourse.READ MORE›

Memberly Helps You Give Your Day Job The Finger

BY Shane Snow | 01-12-2012 | 12:56 PM | INNOVATION

From coffee to crafts to paywalled blog posts, Memberly customers are building businesses based on predictability. READ MORE›

The Black List's Franklin Leonard Looks Ahead

BY Susan Karlin | 12-16-2011 | 4:41 PM | INNOVATION

After six years of annually spotlighting Hollywood's favorite unproduced screenplays, The Black List is expanding as a business brand and screenwriter community. READ MORE›

Comedian-Actor Patton Oswalt On The Hazards Of Too Much Nostalgia

BY Rick Paulas | 12-14-2011 | 11:13 AM | INNOVATION

Comedian-actor-author Patton Oswalt talks about his breakout performance in the new film "Young Adult," how our teen years make or break us, and why our cultural obsession with nostalgia should be a thing of the past. READ MORE›

There Will Be Beard: The Daniel Day-Lewis Facial Hair Correlation

BY Rick Paulas | 12-07-2011 | 1:13 PM | TRENDS

An actor's dedication is often measured by his awards. For Daniel Day-Lewis, however, the creative manscaping applied to his facial hair speaks volumes about the creative ways he approaches roles (and, often, those roles' ... READ MORE›

Why The "John Carter" Trailer Pecs, No ... Piques Our Interest

BY Terrence Russell | 12-02-2011 | 5:51 PM | SLIDESHOWS

If the film's half as alluring as the trailer, we might whip off our shirts and go buck wild, too. But the teaser isn't just about shiny effects--and chests. Here's a look at the geeky heritage behind the well-toned new Martian movie. READ MORE›

Gonzo Filmmaker James Bobin Reveals Muppet Movie Easter Eggs!

BY Nancy Miller | 12-01-2011 | 5:26 AM | DESIGN

From "Chinatown" to "Flight of the Conchords," the director of "The Muppets" reveals a slew of the secret references he snuck into his first feature film. READ MORE›

"Twilight" Soundtrack Saga: Why There Will Be No "White Wedding" For Bella And Edward

BY Matt Haber | 11-14-2011 | 8:31 PM | WORK/LIFE

The retail music landscape may be walking dead, but the carefully curated soundtracks to the "Twilight" franchise are alive and well, thanks to music supervisor Alex Patsavas "marriage" of story and song, featured in the upcoming "Breaking Dawn--Part 1."READ MORE›

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