Why podcasting companies are getting more into scripted shows | September 2018 | Max Willens at Digiday notes a feeding frenzy of popular podcasts getting optioned for films, TV shows, and books and the growing focus on producing narrative-style podcasts.
They have also produced articles about the unravelling relationship between Nato powers and local power brokers in Afghanistan and other stories, producing narratives on military and clandestine matters.
The Oscars are capable of producing narratives that read like cosmic justice.
Moreover, informants may have felt under pressure to justify and excuse their own perceived failure to avert the tragedy, thus producing narratives that are primarily defensive in orientation.
It's also the first highly produced narrative podcast about hip-hop.
He wanted to produce narrative comics instead of "manga with wild characters jumping about" or "manga that concerns itself with 'humor' and 'punch lines.' " After watching "Shane," he was taken with the vividness of Jack Palance's cruelty.
He produced narrative paintings like "Incident at Walden Pond," a triptych from the late 1970s depicting the aftermath of a rape, and, beginning in the 1990s, abstract landscapes based on his own vascular system and on Chinese landscapes of the 12th to 15th centuries.
I wonder where Abbas Kiarostami's "Shirin" is (I've seen a thematically related short film of his, which is utterly ingenious and deeply moving); I'm amazed that there isn't a single American, independently produced narrative feature, such as Josh and Benny Safdie's "Go Get Some Rosemary," which amply deserves inclusion.
I chose to begin with "Ways of Hearing" both because it offers the immediate pleasures of a great podcast — interesting ideas presented in a sound-rich, thoughtfully produced narrative format — and because it makes us think about the act of listening itself, in ways that feel timely and vital.
