Transforming Hollywood and New Media in The New Era of Visionary Entertainment with Derek Rydall Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Transforming Hollywood and New Media in The New Era of Visionary Entertainment with Derek Rydall
Hosted by Randall Libero
Derek Rydall is the author of two marvelous books, "There's No Business Like Soul Business" and "I Could've Written a Better Movie Than That!". In this program, we talked about this new spiritual consciousness that is growing in Hollywood today. How artists, writers, performers, and entertainment professionals are finding a deeper calling to ignite a profound transformation and evolution in the industries of film and media, how the motion picture has effected social change by introducing socially relevant ideas into mass consciousness, and the trend happening in both Hollywood and independent film to create movies with deeper meaning for audiences. More about Derek can be found at EnlightenedEntertainer.com and ScriptwriterCentral.com
Spirit of Film: Conversations
Movies are changing the way we think, live and dream. "Spirit of Film: Conversations" with Randall Libero showcases the resurgence of modern movies beyond traditional Hollywood fare; those with a strong social conscience, a search for values and meaning, and a willingness to take risks. The program explores the personal and artistic journeys of today's independent and visionary filmmakers who are 'breaking the mold' and communicating their message by using new methods of distribution available in the New Media culture to make an impact. The program celebrates motion picture's unique magic power to move us emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually in this New Era of 'Visionary Entertainment'; as new methods of storytelling, art, technology, and movie distribution are converging.
Randall Libero
Randall Libero is a producer with more than 25 years of professional experience across three major media industries; creative and technical film and TV production for network and independent television, broadcast news journalism, and Internet Radio and TV. His career began as a cameraman, editor, and producer of TV pilots, documentaries, TV talk shows and commercials in Los Angeles during the 1980s. In the 1990s, he created the first online media research facility and historical news archive for the U.S. State Department's International Bureau of Broadcasting and WorldNet TV. His innovation earned him a major and prestigious agency award nomination for his efforts. He continued his career as a journalist for several years after writing national and international breaking news for CBS Radio and AOL Time Warner. Randall brought his expertise to VoiceAmerica in 2005, and since has produced shows for many of the network's leading hosts such as Jack LaLanne, Dr. John Gray, Dr. John Demartini, Dr. Joe Dispenza, Dr. Zhi Gang Sha, actress Dee Wallace, Gary Douglas & Dr. Dain Heer, Brett King, and many more. As Senior Executive Producer, Randall imagined and developed the design for the VoiceAmerica 7th Wave channel, which premiered in May 2006 and in ten years, has reached more than 50 million listeners internationally. He is also the producer and host of the "Spirit of Film: Conversations" radio show, which ran as a live show on the network from 2006 - 2011. Randall is also a speaker on media industry subjects, a self-taught musician, playing both bass and acoustic guitar, a major cat lover, and a writer working on a number of book and screenplay projects. He lives with his wife in Phoenix, Arizona and has two grown children.