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February 08, 2010Canadian National Film Board's Online Screening Room Sets the Bar for Open Distribution
(Source: Michael Geist @ the Toronto Star)In recent years, Canadians have become increasingly accustomed to hearing about Internet success stories els ... -
February 05, 2010'Ante-Mortem' Powerful Animated Short
A short movie by Daphné Parrot, Yann Poyac, Anthony le Saout, Charles Schneck and Geoffroi Ridel. Brilliant. ... -
February 04, 2010'Very Mary Kate' is Very Friggin' Funny
A lot of web series comedy is, well, not very funny. Happy to bring to your attention a new series that defies the pattern: 'Very Mary-Kate' hilarious ... -
February 03, 2010The Indie Filmmakers' Guide to Cross Media/Berlinale Talent Campus
The Berlinale Talent Campus (Feb 13th-18th), taking place during the 60th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 11th-21st), is an international crea ... -
February 01, 2010'Heroes' Producers on Transmedia
Producers of the Heroes franchise discuss transmedia storytelling strategies. ... -
January 26, 2010Examining 'The Lost Ring' Choose Your Own Adventures
(Source: bonnieinbetween.blogspot.com)Imagine a story, told in 6 different languages , from a myriad perspectives, that you personally have a hand in ...
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Synopsis: A glimpse at the power that hardcore fans have to potentially influence the production design of a film franchise. (Guest contribution provided by David Brisbin, a production designer on The Twilight Saga: ... more >
January 28, 2010 /
Interactive / Narrative
Synopsis: Jawbone.tv takes a closer look at the augmented book projects of Camille Scherrer, the media and interaction designer behind
'Le Monde des Montagnes' (World of Mountains), the 'Haunted Book' and
most ... more >
Annually, a group of six prominent artists are selected to create a series of six fragrances with six celebrated perfumers in order to raise awareness and funding for a deserving charity. The initiative, and end ... more >
January 13, 2010 /
Film / Interactive
Interactive Cinema has been promising to break through for more than a decade, but Hollywood has yet to calculate how to make interactive films and what to do with them once they're made (like, you know, to make money ... more >
January 20, 2010 /
Documentary / Film
Max Lugavere and Jason Silva (see maxandjason.org) are popular hosts on Current TV, the Emmy-winning cable network founded by Al Gore, known best for alternative media and citizen journalism. Dubbed the network's "Party ... more >
Synopsis: Jawbone.tv takes a look at Numero 8: The Santos Dumont Project, the first Brazilian social network narrative. (C. S. Soares is a guest contributor. He is a Brazilian author and literary blogger. Follow him ... more >
January 11, 2010 /
Educational / Web
For those Jacks of all trades, masters of none, there is Ninety Three Studios. Ninetythrees.com takes a topic and explores all components of it via video, text, links, and interviews. And this machine of ... more >
Transmedia has jumped out as a buzzword in 2009, with some declaring the multi-platform approach to storytelling as the noble savior of narrative in the digital age. Others though, dismiss it as industry hype over ... more >
When advertising marries art, it's unsettling. But maybe that's the
intention, be it sinister or playful, of both the artists and the
advertisers involved in onedreamrush.The project was commissioned by vodka brand 42 ... more >
December 01, 2009 /
Communications / Interviews
Synopsis: A look at StoryCorps, one of the largest oral
history projects of its kind, including an interview with Founder David Isay.
Earlier this year, we covered the David Lynch backed 'Interview Project' (read ... more >
According to the ever reliable Wikipedia, "Exquisite corpse ... is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled … Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following ... more >
In a city where thousands of people are in the same place at the same time, Charlie Todd is causing a scene. Charlie Todd created Improv Everywhere in 2001 in New York. The idea was that a group of people, ... more >
Synopsis: Project London writer/director Ian Hubert reveals how a team of online
volunteers using free software created an indie sci-fi flick with as
many VFX shots as Poseidon.
By modern standards, 650 visual ... more >
Synopsis: Jawbone.tv presents 10 tips for hoax-based story and promotion.
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles performed a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds—and it scared the bejesus out of ... more >
November 18, 2009 /
Transmedia / Games
Can a geeked out, niche Alternate Reality Game (ARG) be used to launch an otherwise unheard of entertainment franchise?An ARG is an interactive story that uses many channels, both real world and online, to create a game ... more >
To the narrative purists, the product-centric realm of advertising is beneath study. But there is no larger a 'conch' than advertising, and it tells us more stories over the course of our lives than any other industry. ... more >
November 11, 2009 /
Events / Interactive
Synopsis: Four leading figures from the worlds of alternate reality gaming and
participatory storytelling reflect on how involving the audience is
changing the role of the author.
In 1967, the philosopher Roland ... more >
November 09, 2009 /
Narrative / Interactive
The alarm goes off and with a start you hit snooze while trying to remain asleep long enough to finish the vivid dream you were in the middle of. Ten minutes later the alarm goes off again and you awaken to an ... more >
November 03, 2009 /
Music Videos / Interactive
Synopsis: A look at agency Champagne Valentine's place in the intersecting worlds of art and interactive.
"You've done it, Pollock. You've cracked it wide open."So says the movie version of Lee Krasner (Jackson ... more >
Synopsis: Everything you’ve always wanted to know about getting your film
screened on the internet and mobile devices… and shouldn’t be afraid to
ask. Experts have their say at Power to the Pixel.
Social ... more >
It's no coincidence that some of the most original digital narrative work being produced today comes from students. In particular, we've seen a flood of brilliant stuff from graduate level efforts, likely due to the ... more >
October 27, 2009 /
Industry / Augmented Reality
At first glance, the cereal box game for Nestle’s Chocapic (promoting 'Arthur the Revenge of Maltazard') seems to be yet another ill-conceived augmented reality (AR) marketing experiment (see '40 Augmented Reality ... more >
Synopsis: Legendary producer Ted Hope explores how digital technology can help
film-makers regain control of their work, from creation to marketing.
Hey, you. Yes, you with the DV camera. Feeling pretty smart ... more >
October 21, 2009 /
Advertising / Narrative
A writer carves an impressive back-story around an otherwise worthless object, and then sells the object on eBay for piles of money. Sounds like the premise to a subpar Judd Apatow film. In this case though, it's not a ... more >
