Knock-Knock. It’s 2010. With 5 Imperatives for Filmmakers

Future Predictions, Old School Film in The New World 30 December 2009 | 3 Comments

I hate rules. I’ve never been able to follow them. And I find the tyranny of web lists obnoxious. BUT, somehow one cannot deny that in an era of such chaos as we are experiencing in the media arts especially, this kind of list may…possibly… have some value. There, I said it! This is my [...]

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Zoe Beloff & The Art of Dream-telling

storytelling 14 December 2009 | 1 Comment

This is an amateur movie made by a member of the The Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society in 1947. Strange, you may think, as it seemed to me when I first watched this one of several films created by members of this Society as a way to analyze their dreams.
Initially, The Lion Dream struck me as [...]

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In the Transmedia Trenches: A Conversation with Mike Monello

storytelling 8 December 2009 | 0 Comments

At the FOE4 Conference, I was struck by something Mike Monello said on when speaking on a panel. He said something I had never thought of quite that way before: that as a Transmedia creator, one’s role becomes that of a creator/performer – not in the sense that the storyteller is acting per se, but [...]

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Transmedia Illustrated

Future Predictions 19 November 2009 | 1 Comment

This weekend is the fourth Futures of Entertainment Conference, hosted by MIT’s Convergence Culture Consortium. I’m looking forward to attending and will post during and after. (Follow my twitter feed @filmfuturist) for updates during the conference.
When I found this nicely done video of Henry Jenkins (of whom I am a great fan) talking about [...]

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NewTeeVee Live’s Crystal Ball: Predictions for Web/Video/TV

Future Predictions 13 November 2009 | 1 Comment

Extracted from the NewTeeVee Live archive of yesterday’s great 1 day conference, this video is long video but very worth worth watching if you’re curious what the folks in the new media video world think is coming next. Answers to the question: ”What’s The Next Big Thing” had experts weighing in on technologies, creative shifts, funding, [...]

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Where the Real and Fictional Converge: Anthony Bourdain’s imagination

Convergences Worth Noting 29 October 2009 | 0 Comments

There’s no denying that feisty chef Anthony Bourdain is a compelling character to watch. Which is why he has his own show on the Travel Channel in the first place. So I was fascinated to discover (via @laughingsquid) this trailer for his new show, Anthony Bourdain’s Alternate Universe which is as you can see, animated! [...]

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