Netflix e le altre. La rivoluzione delle tv digitali

by Neil Landau

TV Outside the Trailblazing in the Digital Television Revolution explores the new and exploding universe of on-demand, OTT (Over the Top) Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Crackle, CW Seed, Vimeo, AwesomenessTV, and many more. Featuring in-depth conversations with game-changing content creators, industry mavericks, and leading cultural influencers, TV Outside the Box is essential reading for anyone interested in the dynamics of a global media revolution – while it’s happening. Readers will

Genres: Writing

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

Neil Landau is a screenwriter whose TV and film credits include "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead", "Melrose Place", "Doogie Howser, M.D.", "The Magnificent Seven" and "Twice in a Lifetime". He has developed feature films for Fox, Disney, Universal and Columbia Pictures, and TV pilots for Warner Bros., Touchstone, Lifetime and CBS. He works internationally as a script consultant and teaches at UCLA's School of Film, TV and Digital Media. "101 Things I Learned in Film School" is his first book."

Reviews

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Neil Landau covering the Golden Age of TV and interviewing trailblazers is awesome. However, I think his green book TV Writing On Demand: Creating Great Content in the Digital Era offered more insights and substance. I enjoyed hearing about how writers are micromanaged less at Netflix and Amazon given the format and loved interviews with Issa Rae (Awkward), Charlie Booker (Black Mirror), and Raphael Bob-Waksberg Bojack Horseman, and more. All his books are helpful but don't start with this one.

[Chris Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Though not quite as essential as TV Writing On Demand, since it's almost 100% interviews, this book is still an invaluable resource for anyone who's trying to break into the industry, or just curious about how great television is made.

[Adriano Barone]

Secondo libro di Landau tradotto in italiano e secondo che leggo.
Stavolta il focus si sposta dalla scrittura e dalla centralità del tema (vera e propria ossessione di Landau nel volume precedente) al modo in cui ci si approccia alla scrittura (e in piccoliiiissima parte anche come ci si approccia alla produzione) nei nuovi scenari produttivi tipo Netflix e Amazon.
Abbastanza interessante la parte in cui i vari direttori di network spiegano con che criterio vengono scelti gli show.
Abbastanza surreale come quanto sia accaduto a Hollywood recentemente abbia già reso il libro obsoleto: per Amazon venne intervistato Roy Price, licenziatosi/fatto licenziare a metà ottobre per i ripetuti casi di sexual harassment.
Lettura veloce, poco impegnativo, almeno per me; suppongo che per chi non si aggiorna in maniera ossessivo-compulsiva possa essere in tutto o in parte una scoperta interessante.