R:ID features conversations with key players across the vertical drama and vertical series ecosystem, including platform executives, producers, agents, and creators. Through these interviews, Real Reel captures first-hand perspectives on how microdrama and vertical video are being developed, financed, and scaled.
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The vertical drama format is proven, but the platform layer is still open. John Lewis on muVpix, storytelling economics, and why the next phase of vertical video may be built by those who move early.
RID Creative Interviews
This is an original R:ID editorial interview. Reproduction or redistribution without prior written permission is prohibited, except for brief quotations with attribution. Music Infrastructure, Creator Ownership, and Why Ted Lucas Sees Vertical as the Next Distribution Shift Slip-N-Slide Records founder and VURT creator Ted Lucas on bringing music-industry thinking
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This is an original R:ID editorial interview. Reproduction or redistribution without prior written permission is prohibited, except for brief quotations with attribution. As long as we have a good story, I don’t think audience expectations are that different. Interview with Han Choi, U.S. Content Lead, Vigloo (SpoonLabs)
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This is an original R:ID editorial interview. Reproduction or redistribution without prior written permission is prohibited, except for brief quotations with attribution. From Cultural Nuance to Commercial Instinct, Rooted in Decisions. COL Group General Manager Timothy Oh on thinking globally, filtering what travels, and why vertical drama is structural,
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This is an original R:ID editorial interview. Reproduction or redistribution without prior written permission is prohibited, except for brief quotations with attribution. Vertical Is Not a Side Project. Tina Randolph Contogenis, founder of Eris Talent Agency, the first Hollywood agency to open a division specifically dedicated to vertical-drama actors.
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This is an original R:ID editorial interview. Reproduction or redistribution without prior written permission is prohibited, except for brief quotations with attribution. THE FIRST AUTEUR OF THE ALGORITHM AGE? 500 Million Views, Zero Illusions - A Director Redraws His Boundaries. ⁙ Opening ▙ ▙ When the frame shrinks and the algorithm accelerates
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This is an original R:ID editorial interview. Reproduction or redistribution without prior written permission is prohibited, except for brief quotations with attribution. From Algorithms to Decisions, Not Theory. GammaTime Co-Founder & CCO Alex Montalvo on Taste Infrastructure, Content Responsibility, and Scaling Without Dilution. ⁙ Opening ▜ ▜ While much of the industry
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This is an original R:ID editorial interview. Reproduction or redistribution without prior written permission is prohibited, except for brief quotations with attribution. From Television to Vertical, Not an Escape. My Drama Studio Head Sasha Tkachenko on Narrative Compression, Creative Control, and Sustained Delivery. ⁙ Opening ▜ ▜ At a moment when vertical