Hollywood’s Content Crisis: Robert McKee (Part 4)

SM: I don’t have any disagreement that the human condition is universal. What is it that these other cultures can learn from the craft that Hollywood seems to have mastered to build their own film industries? Bollywood is unpalatable for anyone outside of a segment of the Indian consumer base. RM: Let me mention two

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Hollywood’s Content Crisis: Robert McKee (Part 3)

SM: The film industry aspirations of the rest of the world, for example Europe, India, and China, are cultures that have long histories and great stories. RM: So does America. I think you have cultural bias. You think that the cultures of India and China are older than American culture. I don’t agree. American culture

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Hollywood’s Content Crisis: Robert McKee (Part 2)

SM: The film “Up” did well with more sophisticated audiences. RM: That is partly because “Up” was a family film. I think that even the more sophisticated audiences enjoyed “Up”. I enjoyed it a lot. Pixar is the most successful film company in Hollywood, and all of the creative staff from the CEO on down

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Hollywood’s Content Crisis: Robert McKee (Part 1)

The Guardian has called Robert McKee the “most influential storytelling theorist since Aristotle.” As a screenwriting instructor, he has taught students as illustrious as John Lasseter of Pixar and Akiva Goldsman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “A Beautiful Mind”, “The Da Vinci Code” and other films. For over 15 years, his Story Seminar has been the

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Teaching 50,000 Students Online: APEI CEO Wally Boston (Part 7)

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Teaching 50,000 Students Online: APEI CEO Wally Boston (Part 6)

SM: Can you talk about the financials? When you came on board in 2002, what was the revenue level and what was your financial strategy to move the company ahead? WB: In 2002 I believe we finished the year at $10 million in revenues. We raised $10 million through our private equity firm. In 2005

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Teaching 50,000 Students Online: APEI CEO Wally Boston (Part 5)

SM: It seems as though your learning outcomes are similar to a corporate vision. WB: We have five institutional learning outcomes: Lifelong Learning, Information Literacy, Communication, Academic Skill, and Critical Thinking. They were developed by our faculty as the key learning outcomes.

Teaching 50,000 Students Online: APEI CEO Wally Boston (Part 4)

SM: Can you synthesize what it takes to achieve regional accreditation? WB: You must have a commitment and affirmation to a mission. They look at your institution mission and they verify that you are truly committed to it.