While both the acting unions and the Writer's Guild now have New Media divisions to set guidelines and rules for the protection their members, generally actual shoots for web-based projects don't have such guidelines and rules in place.  Some choose to run their sets much like television and film sets, as many people working in the web space have TV and film backgrounds.  Some projects, especially first-person projects such as lonelygirl15 or the work of Philip DeFranco, don't require as stringent guidelines because of the bare-bones nature of their sets and crew needed.

Having worked on both film sets when I used to be a filmmaking assistant at the Los Angeles Film School to producing a great number of web shoots from scripted series to the before-mentioned first-person projects, I've seen a lot of things that just generally should not be happening. 

This article isn't designed to be an end-all-be-all document on how you shouldn't run your set but a series of suggestions on potential Standards and Practices that could maybe make your next web project shoot run a little bit smoother and keep your cast and crew happier and healthier.

Just three weeks ago, Warner Bros unveiled a new movie rental platform: facebook.  To kick things off, the studio was offering just one title, the phenomenally successful Batman sequel The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan.  Well, the experiment is proceeding apace, as four films have been added to the social media's new rental service.  As of ten pm tonight, you'll be able to rent the first two films in the Harry Potter franchise, Yogi Bear, Life As We Know It, and Nolan's latest film, Inception, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Netflix is figuratively out living it up, macking on ladies at the club while Blockbuster lays comatose on life support, and now social media monolith facebook might just go ahead and help pull plug on the brick and mortar rental chain.  Warner Bros has announced that, starting today, March 8th, it will become the first studio to offer movie rentals on facebook.  Right now, it's officially a sort of test phase, and the only film available to rent is Christopher Nolan's obscure art house film The Dark Knight, but presuming the success of this new endeavor, Warner Bros is planning on unveiling more titles in the near future.

Teen pop-starlet Selena Gomez, 18, has encountered no end of shenanigans for being the apparent ladyfriend of fellow teen sensation and Canada’s current favorite son, Justin Beiber, 16.  The two were seen kissing recently, and she subsequently received a rash of death threats.  Now, a hacker known as “Pkinj0r-aka-Prokill” applied his or her considerable skill to hacking Gomez’s Twitter and Facebook accounts.

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Mark Zuckerberg has now made a few statements in regards to The Social Network, which portrays Zuckerberg as a less-than-nice guy. He spoke with Oprah in the past, as well as Mashable.com. Now, he’s opening up more, and confronting a few of the film’s issues.

David Fincher’s The Social Network made it’s official theatrical arrival today. The film centers on Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg), and his socially pivotal creation, Facebook.com. You’ve likely spotted the picture’s trailer on TV, or online at this point, and if the trailer didn’t get your blood boiling, I’ll give you 5 more reasons to see The Social Network.

With the recent release of Catfish and of course, The Social Network which arrives in theatres this coming Friday, it is clear that what Mark Zuckerberg started back on February 4th, 2004 has become a major force in society today.

There was a time, long before Facebook, where people met the old fashioned way… face to face. Whether it was at a club, or a grocery store or possibly even work, the idea of making friends on-line was mostly delegated to dating services and Chris Hansen and his frightening news series, “Dateline: To Catch a Predator”.

Yet all that has changed. In the past few years, social networking sites have stretched beyond simply college students chatting about parties and each other. Membership for the extremely popular Facebook has reached over 500 million according to Dawn.com, and since that was back in July, the number has probably grown since then. As it is, these are pretty hefty numbers, so it is clearly no surprise that Hollywood took notice.