reported by Samuel Grigsby, CyberScreenwriter.com

Today, the landscape of independent filmmaking changed when Four Eyed Monsters (http://www.foureyedmonsters.com/) became the first ever full length feature film to be featured on YouTube. And Spout (http://www.spout.com/), a gathering place for movie- lovers spreading word about great films, was right there to support this ground breaking initiative. With exclusive advertising and a financial commitment to Susan Buice and Arin Crumley, creators of Four Eyed Monsters, Spout is helping Susan and Arin make their next movie.

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reported by David Hillsboro, CyberScreenwriter.com

PG-13 films have lots of "happy violence," say UCLA researchers. Borrowing from the late communications theorist George Gerbner, happy violence is that which is "cool, swift and painless." PG-13 films don't consider the consequences of violent acts, such as injury, death and the shattered lives of the people involved.

And why this matters is simple, says Theresa Webb, a researcher with the department of epidemiology and the Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center at UCLA's School of Public Health: Youth violence is a commonplace occurrence in American society. Homicide is the second leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds. And media depictions of violence help teach such acts to children, leading to three effects — increased aggression, fear for their own safety, and a desensitization to the pain and suffering of others.

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