In my third guest post for the Tribeca Film Institute blog I look at the thrilling new(ish) world of Augmented Reality. If you have other examples of really creative uses of AR, especially in a storytelling context, please leave a comment, I’d love to hear about them!
My second guest post for the Tribeca Film Institute blog is all about data. Yup. Data. But before you fall asleep on your keyboard you should check out what this data can do in terms of storytelling!
I just wrote a post for the brand spanking new Tribeca Film Institute website about how the Semantic Web and HTML5 is changing the possibilities for what video can do online. I talk about exciting new projects like ViewChange, WebMadeMovies and the very awesome Arcade Fire musical experience, The Wilderness Downtown. Check out the full article here.
I recently attended Crossover Labs in Australia, working with indigenous filmmakers and storytellers there. I was very inspired by their work and the other mentors were razor-smart on the art and business of storytelling across multiple platforms. While I was there I realized that a lot of filmmakers don’t really know what cross-platform, interactive storytelling can look like, so I created a new page on the Digital Bootcamp wiki to give some examples, across various genres. Please add to it…
We know you’re sad that you can’t be there for the full 10 days of the Institute but this day is going to be awesome and it’s open to anyone. Documentaries! Immersive technologies! Game-changing ideas! World-changing strategies! Register now.
The Think Tank was the culmination of 2009’s Cross-Media Film Forum, “bringing together Power to the Pixel’s participating experts for a day of discussion and debate with a view to defining practical steps in developing cross-media film practices in the film industry.” Download it free here.
We’re pretty excited to let you know that we’ve up to a strategic partnership with VODO (short for voluntary donations), an experiment in new distribution from Shooter Jamie King. What’s the idea? Well, Jamie is also one of the directors of Steal This Film, a film that he achieved over 5 million downloads for by working with Pirate Bay to promote and distribute the film for him. He also received more voluntary donations for the film than he would have…
Great keynote from Douglas Rushkoff at DIY Days, held in Philadelphia on August 1st. You can watch a few other videos from the day on diydays.com. I also recommend watching Esther Robinson’s talk for some good, passionate advice on surviving as an artist.
