11 Oct
UK-based Hi-ReS! (Handsome information - Radical entertainment Systems), founded in 1999 by Alexandra Jugovic and Florian Schmitt, have been creating amazing award-winning websites for the film, TV, music and marketing industries for a few years now. Some of their sites, like Requiem for a Dream and Donnie Darko, I mention in my article about ‘Filmmakers That Think […]
Posted in Internet, Film, TV, Marketing, Creative by: christy
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11 Oct
Those who have attended one of my presentations over the few of years will recall Peter Greenaway’s multi-platform project: The Tulse Luper Suitcases. One part of this massive work is the online game Tulse Luper Journey. Here is some info about the TLS and the TLJ from the game’s site:
Tulse Luper is the lead character in an ambitious […]
Posted in Internet, Film, Participatory Design, Creative by: christy
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11 Oct
New Line Cinema CEOs Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne were interviewed on the Charlie Rose show. They talk about the importance of franchise sequels being equal to or better each time; online fans and Snakes on a Plane; digital on-demand cinemas; simultaneous release across media; audience testing; gambling on Lord of the Rings; merging with Ted […]
Posted in Internet, Digital Cinema, Film, Marketing, Audiences, Industry by: christy
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10 Oct
From Peter at the Criterion blog, comes this gem created by Alonzo Mosely:
If you’re interested, Alonzo has put the full list of films at his blog.
Posted in Film by: christy
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09 Oct
X Timeline is a site that provides a system for anyone to create timelines of any topic, and embed them on another site. There are plenty for entertainment — in particular properties, technology timelines and so on. This technology makes it easier to share what fans and researchers have been doing for a very long […]
Posted in TV, Film, Internet, Digital Games, Culture, UGC, Creative, Audiences, Technology, Industry by: christy
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07 Oct
This is on old one (oct 2006) but I only just discovered it from Vassilen’s site Mobile Aesthetic. The mobile series is distributed in the UK through O2, T-Mobile and 3; and in the US through amp’d mobile. The series of 20×2 minute episodes, directed by Johannes Roberts, will be available as a feature film on […]
Posted in Film, Mobile Content, Creative by: christy
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07 Oct
Here is the blurb from Develop Mag:
TIGA Cross Media Content Conference: ‘Working with Games’ at Bafta, 195 Piccadilly Tuesday 23rd October, 9.00-5.00 at the London Games Festival.
The conference will feature speakers from the games, film, TV, advertising and web areas but the unifying theme will using games and games related skills to reach audiences.
The conference is structured […]
Posted in Digital Games, Film, TV, Event, Industry by: christy
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07 Oct
A few posts ago I mentioned the new blog, The Extratextuals, and an (at the time) upcoming event . The session was put together by Jeff Gomez:
Jeff Gomez (Moderator), CEO Starlight Runner Entertainment
As the host of the seminar, PGA member Jeff will familiarize producers with the history, criteria and relevance of trans-media storytelling. An expert […]
Posted in Film, Internet, Digital Games, TV, Marketing, Industry, UGC, Cross-Media Design by: christy
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03 Oct
Ivan Askwith, Jonathan Gray, and Derek Johnson have started a group blog called The Extratextuals, which they explain in their birth post as:
This is a blog about the media. However, with other blogs on television, film, and the media in general, we wanted to carve out a specific niche. So our blog will focus primarily on […]
Posted in TV, Film, Digital Games, ARG, Culture, Marketing, Research, Industry, Academia, Cross-Media Design by: christy
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25 Sep
There is a new wave of cinema experiences emerging that points to the revival of the cinema event. Contrasting interactive film (which can be experienced by one person and the interaction is limited to a DVD or remote input), these cinema events require audiences to participate in some way in an event environment.
Kinoautomat (movie vending-machine), 1967… 2007
This […]
Posted in Digital Cinema, Mobile, Performance, ARG, Narrative, Film, Culture, Industry, Creative, Audiences, Event, Cross-Media Design by: christy
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