We've all had theose projects where we are just so very, very close to starting and we're getting everyhthing cleared away so we can be prepared when it starts but then there is a delay and we wait....

Last week I attended the Korea Media and Content Market sponsored by the Korean Trade-Investment Agency (Kotra).   The event was held at the Hollywood & Highland Center and was designed to introduce a number of Korean animation and media companies and their projects to interested investors and potential partners.

The conference opened with the attending companies holding brief meetings with interested attendees and then Mr. Won-Sok Yun, director General of Kotra LA welcomed everyone.  This was followed by an additional welcome from the Council General of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Yeon-Sung Shin.

Once the formalities and niceties were concluded, Jim Chabin, President of the International 3-D Society spoke about the exponential growth of that industry and how it effected the film and gaming media as well as television and mobile devices.

I thought his presentation offered a clear forecast of what we all needed to be aware of in the coming year or two.   Some of the more salient points he offered are as follows:

Sometimes people can be a jinx.  There are some that have suggested that I might be one of those.  I don't believe in all that stuff but you never know.... 

UNIVERSAL/NBC UP FOR GRABS BY COMCAST IF VIVENDI WANTS OUT

If virture is its own reward, as the old homily goes, where's the fun?  Awards are recognition and we all need that from time to time, even if the work itself is its own reward in the long run. 

A congenial ramble about box office numbers, marketing and how studios can lose money and still make money.

LA Times reports that conservatives are up in arms over Avatar's liberal messages and storyline.  Many complain that Hollywood does not create films that reflect the opinions and values of the majority of Americans.

I was having lunch recently with some old friends and the conversation turned, as it often does, to a gripe session about the state of the industry.  Nothing seemed to any good any more and as I worked on my # 6-combination plate I listened with a full mouth but an open ear as one after another of my companions lamented the present day industry landscape.  To listen to these guys we were all but done, our chances were about as good as Joan Rivers swearing off plastic surgery.

 

sort of like going back to Junior Highschool - It's not always about the film.

There's no use banging your head against a brink wall.  The holidays are here and instead of grumbling because you can't get anything done, take some time to enjoy your friends and family.  The New Year will come soon enough.