About this site, the web series and myself.
This site aims at promoting a discussion regarding online video, with an emphasis on orginial scripted content. It is updated with news and views concering New Media, Cross Media, financial aspects of the industry and study cases of effective storytelling on the smaller screen. ( Following are two such translated articles: How to tell a story in the New Media and Who's afraid of Youtube? )
Diary of a Freelance Hitman is a comic web series that tells the story of a modern day gun for hire, who sees himself as a film noir character and accordingly sees the world in black and white.
About me :
Born and raised in Israel, I studied Film and Theater in New York City where I earned the "W. Eaton award for excellence in playwriting" and the IFC's sponsored Festeyeful "Best of Festival award" for my short film The Art of Talking to Girls.
My recent efforts include writing for prime time Israeli TV, commercials for US market of Israeli products, acting as artistic manager of an emerging artist's theater festival , writing the comedic play The Chat and its Punishment and acting as associate story editor on Channel 10's prime time show "The sting" In 2009 I acted as head writer and story editor for the first Israeli ARG "The Architect" and later won the Entertainment Master Class 2010 scholarpship
Currently working as head of content at THE BOX - House of new Ideas.
Email : danielravner@hotmail.com
