Author: Hanson Hosein

  • An interesting New York Times analysis on how Obama is losing his way (and the faith of Americans) because of his muddled narrative.  Maybe he needs that one logline that’ll simplify everything for us?  (I think “Yes We Can” has been crossed off the list). “You’ve got to have a clear, easy to understand story,”…

  • Boring, formulaic, and poor story structure.

  • For years, I only knew of George Lucas’ 1977 cinematic sci-fi breakthrough as “Star Wars.”  Then I found out that it was part of a trilogy.  But wait, Lucas had a plan all along.  Believe it or not, this tale of an oppressed rag-tag alliance looking to overturn an overly orderly, hierarchal monopolistic political system…

  • I produced this for USAID in 2005 to tell the story of public-private partnerships in southern Africa. Shot with a Sony HVR-Z1 in HDV (downsampled to SD), edited in Final Cut Pro.  The client wanted to move beyond a dry Powerpoint presentation and try to inspire its constituents into adopting a new strategy.  This film…