Coronation Day

In 2017 I had the amazing honor of meeting King Charles III during his visit at HOSPICE Casa Sperantei Long live the King!  
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6 May, 2023

10 Takeaways from SXSW 2023

Sorry for not writing these last two weeks but, boy, do I have a great story to tell in this blog post. I finally crossed the big Pond for the first time and travelled to Austin, Texas, where I attended one of the most popular Festivals in the USA: South by Southwest, or as it is called by everyone SXSW. As described best, SXSW is “an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly”. Basically it is a place where all the big names of all the above mentioned industry professionals meet, drink, party and build new businesses. What started as a music festival in 1987 expanded to a heavyweight event that hosted more than 300.000 people in 2023 spread all across Downtown Austin. With more than 200.000 steps registered in the 10 days of SXSW, I have 10 takeaways that I want to share with you: The most complex event I have ever seen One month ago I witnessed with my own eyes a monster event in Dubai, Gulfood. A...
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21 March, 2023

The film’s message: The foundation of a successful screenplay

The screenplay is the fundamental element on which a film is built, and every element that comes together to form a script (characters, plot, dialogue or context) is important in its way. However, at the foundation of this narrative construction there is, as in any other construction, the cornerstone. For the screenplay, this is represented by the message. The crucial component of the screenplay, the message, is the force element that enables the story to exist and develop. In this article we will explore why the film message is important and how it can be built. To understand the concept of a message, it is important to look at the scheme of communications. Essentially, the film is a way to communicate used by one or more filmmakers in order for them to send out a message to their audience from the theatres or in front of the TV. So, the person sending out the message is the film creator (screenwriter, director or producer). The film creator codes the message under the form o...
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26 February, 2023

How does a writer become a screenwriter?

A lot of people think that if you know how to write a script, you can automatically be a writer. The same happens to screenwriters who think they can automatically be writers. I do not embrace this popular opinion and I will explain why. First of all, to make a difference between a writer and a screenwriter, I will be discussing a bit about the technique to write a script, compared to that of writing a novel. A screenplay is written in present tense. You cannot write it differently. Basically, the main difference between a script and a novel is that in the script we write only what we see and hear... here and now. The script is meant to become a film and in a film we only see and hear what is going on right now. If we change the place or time the action occurs, then it is mandatory to change the scene. In literature, things are quite different. There are cases when authors opt to write their books in a way that resembles scripts (present tense) but it is not mandatory. A book use...
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12 February, 2023

What is Live Shopping?

Since I joined the Streams.live team in 2022, I received this question a thousand times. So, I will try to briefly explain what’s going on with this Live Shopping concept that I am talking about wherever I am going. This is why, at first I was a Customer Success Manager (as my position was called) but then I transformed into a Live Shopping Evangelist. Basically, I became the first Live Shopping Apostle in Romania. Thus, going on this evangelical path: Live Shopping is a new and innovative way to sell products. It is located at the crossroad between eCommerce and entertainment, combining the classical way to sell products online with live streamings. What does that mean? Well, Live Shopping is when an online store representative (or an influencer) goes in front of a camera, on the store’s main website, and presents different products. The audience can interact with the host using a chat and can receive answers to questions related to the product, or useful information that they can ...
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12 February, 2023