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Category Archives: new media
Applying to IPF’s Web Drama Series Pilot Program
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Andra Sheffer’s office has walls in two shades of blue and looks west out at College where the blue roof of the police headquarters matches her decor nicely. I was visiting to find out more about the Independent Production Fund and what I could put into my application that would help it stand out from […]
Seth Godin’s Evolution of Every Medium
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Seth Godin writes about the evolution of every medium.
Technicians who invented it, run it
Technicians with taste, leverage it
Artists take over from the technicians
MBAs take over from the artists
Bureaucrats drive the medium to banality
Maybe in Canada we should amend it slightly:
Technicians who invented it, run it
Technicians with taste, leverage it
Artists take over from the technicians
Governments take […]
Digital Decade: The Writing Community
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Technology has affected writers in the last 10 years. In my last post, I talked about viewing habits. Today, I’m going to look at some of the other digital developments and how they affected us.
Blogs
Although blogs have been around since the mid-90s, free blogging services that made it possible for anyone to blog easily arrived […]
Henry Jenkins on Transmedia Storytelling
Monday, December 14, 2009
Henry Jenkins is the man when it comes to transmedia storytelling. His blog is a great source of information about all things transmedia.
He points out that there are many names for the new kinds of storytelling: deep media, cross platform and transmedia.
He offers this definition of transmedia:
Transmedia storytelling represents a process where integral elements of […]
Jeff Gomez’s Principles of Transmedia Narrative
Saturday, December 5, 2009
In the previous post I mentioned Harry Potter as the ultimate transmedia example. But as Jeff Gomez points out in the comments, while HP does appear in many media, it is not transmedia narrative. Across media, the Harry Potter stories are all reiteration or retellings of JK Rowling’s original seven book tale. None of the […]
The Office: New Web Series
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Subtle Sexuality is the new 3- part web series from the Office that launched October 29th.
Subtle Sexuality is a girl group formed by characters Kelly Kapoor and Erin Hannon. The Subtle Sexuality website promises a world tour.
These independent ladies can do it all: sing, dance, be fiercealicious, and work it…all at the same time!! […]
Connect With Me On Google Wave
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Are you using Google Wave? How and for what?
I got my invite a couple of days ago and I’m still trying to wrap my head around what the heck it’s good for. My first few waves were nothing more than chats. But I do see some potential for multi-media, multi-participant conversations and definitely for creating […]
Old Media Meets the New Frontier
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
I got very excited reading the transcript of Liesl Copland’s keynote speech to Sunday’s Doc Conference at the Toronto International Film Festival. Copland is an executive at William Morris Endeavor’s Global Finance & Distribution Group and a former Netflix employee. Her speech was — on the surface — about the future of the specialty film […]
Did You Hear?
Friday, April 18, 2008
Rob Mills put me onto this one too.
According to NewTeeVee, the two guys who made Kate Modern and Lonely Girl 15 formed a company and raised $5 million on the claim that their two series have drawn 150 million views.
NewTeeVee characterizes these two web series as
some of the best examples of entertainment that truly uses […]
