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MICHAEL R. BARNARD'S THOUGHTS & DISCUSSIONS. FILMMAKING. LIFE. ACTING. Menu Skip to content * Home * About Me * Acting Résumé * Michael R. Barnard acting videos * Michael R. Barnard SAG-AFTRA actor photos * Professional Résumé Search Search for: MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH HOLLYWOOD: IS HOLLYWOOD GOING TO RECOVER? October 4, 2024October 23, 2024 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 2 Votes By Michael R. Barnard https://IMDb.me/MichaelRBarnard Those of us who have slogged through “Hollywood” as long as I have — since the 1980s — (all of whom have been far more successful than I) have seen a lot of ups-and-downs in the industry. My opinion to the question, “Is Hollywood going to recover again?” No. First … Continue reading My Bumpy Road Through Hollywood: Is Hollywood Going to Recover? SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS September 2, 2023 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i Rate This A.I. has a lot of potential for evaluating opinions and facts. One of the strong points of A.I. in its chat versions is its speed and comprehensiveness to accomplish broad research. CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS Of course, with any source of information, the most important part of critical thinking skills is for the person to gather … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence and Critical Thinking Skills SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... PROTECTING ACTORS FROM DIGITAL SCANS August 8, 2023August 30, 2023 / Michael R. Barnard / 2 Comments i 1 Vote The Honorable Chuck SchumerU.S. Senate Majority LeaderWashington, D.C. August 30, 2023 Dear Senator Schumer, You are conducting a series of very important “AI Insight Forums” with Artificial Intelligence experts. I am grateful that you outline your vision for how the Senate can harness AI’s potential and protect our society from its potential harms. The sudden … Continue reading Protecting Actors from Digital Scans SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... HOLLYWOOD UNIONS VERSUS REAGANOMICS June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 3 Votes Hollywood union solidarity could undo four decades of damage to America’s middle class caused by Reaganomics. Redistribution of wealth by Reaganomics is often cited as the reason for the degradation of America’s middle class. Returning to a fair share of shareholder value for workers could reduce America’s growing extreme income inequality. By Michael R. BarnardMay … Continue reading HOLLYWOOD UNIONS VERSUS REAGANOMICS SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” — WHAT WILL BE THE NEW NORMAL? May 22, 2020February 27, 2021 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 3 Votes UPDATE: Today is Friday, June 12, 2020 and California and the County of Los Angeles have opened up cinema/TV production in "Hollywood." The "Reopening Protocol for Music, Television and Film Production: Appendix J" is now published. SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” – MY 2003 BUSINESS PLAN & FINANCIAL PROJECTION FOR EVERYBODY SAYS GOODBYE June 14, 2019August 5, 2019 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 1 Vote The indie film world was very different than it is today. This was before the near destruction of indie film caused by the triple disasters of the Writers Strike, Digital Disruption, and the Great Recession a few years later. The excitement around "cheap digital filmmaking" was centered on the Canon XL1 mini-DV standard definition camera. If you were cool in Hollywood in those days, you had to carry around an XL-1. SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” — THE BLENDED SCREENS: WHY SHORT FILMS? August 18, 2018September 1, 2018 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 2 Votes Above the common question “How long is a short film?*” should be the more significant question, “Why a short film?” Good short films are enjoyable and moving, with stories that can have an impact as strong as good feature-length films or powerful TV series. You can laugh, cry, and be inspired watching a good short … Continue reading My Bumpy Road through “Hollywood” — THE BLENDED SCREENS: WHY SHORT FILMS? SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” – PALLION THE YOUNG STALLION SPEC SCRIPT FOR BOJACK HORSEMAN June 18, 2018September 1, 2018 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 3 Votes My favorite show on Netflix is BoJack Horseman, which reveals a lot about me, since it’s a show about an emotionally dysfunctional has-been in Hollywood. So, back in January 2018, I was motivated to write a spec script for the show. I thought maybe I could replay the events decades earlier, described in “My Bumpy … Continue reading My bumpy road through “Hollywood” – PALLION THE YOUNG STALLION spec script for BoJack Horseman SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest1 * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” – THAT TIME I DESIGNED THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN June 17, 2018September 5, 2018 / Michael R. Barnard / 2 Comments i 1 Vote I worked on a Paramount Television production from the team responsible for the hit 1980s series MIAMI VICE. It was a pilot starring Edward James Olmos for a proposed TV series called “Hollywood Confidential.” SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” – THERE ONCE WAS MOONLIGHTING December 30, 2017September 1, 2018 / Michael R. Barnard / 1 Comment i 11 Votes Before Bruce Willis was BRUCE WILLIS, and when Cybill Shepherd was CYBILL SHEPHERD, there were only three TV networks, a couple independent TV channels, and cable TV was mostly just rebroadcasts of old shows and movies (HBO wouldn’t get an Emmy nomination until more than a decade later). One of those three networks – ABC, … Continue reading My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” – THERE ONCE WAS MOONLIGHTING SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” — ON SET FOR LAW & ORDER TRUE CRIME: THE MENENDEZ MURDERS December 27, 2017April 20, 2019 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 2 Votes This is my stream-of-consciousness report about production experience these days. SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” — STARTING OVER. AGAIN. October 28, 2017August 5, 2019 / Michael R. Barnard / 2 Comments i 2 Votes Since Middle School, I have been a writer, and was the editor of my school paper in Ninth Grade. I began in television in high school and became producer and writer for the New Year’s Eve variety program “CELEBRATION” which aired on network affiliate TV stations in Minneapolis for several years. I then helped build … Continue reading My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — Starting Over. Again. SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... KICKSTARTER STEPS UP FOR CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY, BECOMES NEW BENEFIT CORPORATION September 21, 2015September 21, 2015 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 3 Votes If you follow business issues, particularly corporate entity structure and how the existing incorporation laws require companies to ignore the common good in favor of shareholder profits, then you may have applauded the recent creation of a new corporate entity form: the Benefit Corporation (also referred to as a "B-Corporation"). The popular current corporate structure … Continue reading KICKSTARTER steps up for corporate responsibility, becomes new Benefit Corporation SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” — HOT CAR January 20, 2015September 1, 2018 / Michael R. Barnard / 1 Comment i 7 Votes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5zfhD2GSo4 I said to myself, for quite some time now, "I gotta do SOMETHING." Tired of projects failing, hating the junior high cliquishness of crowdfunding, realizing it's been too many years. I sought the Holy Grail of indie filmmaking: two people, one room, one day. So, at Thanksgiving time 2014, I took an inventory of … Continue reading My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — HOT CAR SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... THE PRESENT THREAT TO THE INTERNET November 30, 2014July 17, 2015 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 7 Votes WHAT IS THE THREAT TO NET NEUTRALITY? Millions of American citizens have flooded the FCC website with comments to let the agency know our demand for Net Neutrality. Many citizens are intimidated by this wonky and technical issue, knowing they do not fully understand the complex issues or its importance and urgency. The threats to … Continue reading The Present Threat to the Internet SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... BARNARD’S LAWS September 30, 2014December 15, 2018 / Michael R. Barnard / 1 Comment i 14 Votes Observations of life. SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” — A VENOM IN THE BLOOD August 28, 2014September 1, 2018 / Michael R. Barnard / 1 Comment i 7 Votes Two decades ago, I bought a book. In producer-speak, that means I acquired the rights via option to make a movie from a book. I knew a TV news reporter, and she had made contact with a reclusive author who wrote a book she thought I might be interested in. Actually, “reclusive” is too weak … Continue reading My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — A VENOM IN THE BLOOD SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” — CONSUMED BY A PASSION PROJECT August 7, 2014September 1, 2018 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 4 Votes How Is a Filmmaker Consumed by a Passion Project? The following is a guest post from Michael R. Barnard, who is in the final days of an Indiegogo campaign for his film, Everybody Says Goodbye: The Story of a Father and Son. For many years, I have been chasing a motion picture project that … Continue reading My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — CONSUMED BY A PASSION PROJECT SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” — THE MEAN STREETS August 6, 2014September 1, 2018 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 6 Votes I spent a lot of time on the mean streets of Hollywood. I lived there, worked there, had friends there, I walked them a lot. My screenplay for the feature film EVERYBODY SAYS GOODBYE—The Story of a Father and Son is set there, in 1998. The sketchy stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard between La Brea … Continue reading My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — THE MEAN STREETS SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” — THERE WAS A RECESSION IN 1991 August 6, 2014September 1, 2018 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 7 Votes (originally published April 22, 2010) There was a recession in 1991. Not as big as this Great Recession, but big nonetheless. A hallmark of the 1991 recession was that, for the first time ever, a recession had a negative impact on "Hollywood" [Entertainment Weekly, 2/22/91: "How will the recession affect Hollywood?"], [Den of Geek, 8/18/14: … Continue reading My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — THERE WAS A RECESSION IN 1991 SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... FILMMAKERS: BLACKER IS ‘THE NEW BLACK’ May 25, 2014July 18, 2014 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 6 Votes The NAB Show 2014 in Las Vegas is showing many new and innovate products and processes for indie filmmakers. Colors are becoming important, including black. How much of the image you create is black? Black cannot be projected. It exists in media by turning off light of any color. (Consider as an example that your … Continue reading FILMMAKERS: BLACKER IS ‘THE NEW BLACK’ SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... MY BUMPY ROAD THROUGH “HOLLYWOOD” — WHEN PRINCE WAS KING April 25, 2014September 1, 2018 / Michael R. Barnard / 1 Comment i 8 Votes [UPDATE: This was written long before my friend Prince passed away. I still miss him and am still shocked.] A friend just now found and sent to me this post from Prince.org, the Prince fan site that described how I pulled off the production of Prince's ALPHABET STREET video on impossible notice! It is from … Continue reading My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — WHEN PRINCE WAS KING SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest32 * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... THE INTERNET NEEDS TO BE FREE. [UPDATED APRIL 23 2014] April 23, 2014July 19, 2015 / Michael R. Barnard / 5 Comments i 26 Votes THE INTERNET NEEDS TO BE FREE Yes, free. That’s not a statement about pricing, it’s a statement about democracy. This is what is commonly referred to as “Net Neutrality." The following blog post keeps evolving since its original posting in 2010, because the concept of "Net Neutrality" (or the attempt at a more popular term, … Continue reading The Internet needs to be free. [UPDATED APRIL 23 2014] SHARE THIS: * Email * Print * Twitter * Facebook * LinkedIn * Pinterest * Tumblr * Reddit * Like Loading... EQUITY CROWDFUNDING IS DEAD FOR US. WHAT’S NEXT? March 19, 2014July 19, 2015 / Michael R. Barnard / Leave a comment i 3 Votes If you remember that there once was a glimmer of hope for more sustainable financing for innovative small business (and, for my concern, an indie film industry) through "Equity Crowdfunding" as demanded by the JOBS Act of 2012, the fact is that it's not going to happen. It's already far past the Act's imposed deadlines … Continue reading Equity Crowdfunding is dead for us. What’s next? 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