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 [...]
This Youtube video Ataque de Panico currently has over a million hits, prompting Sam Raimi to sign its Uruguayan director Fede Alvarez to a production deal for a $30 million feature. The LA Times reported this deal as a Cinderella story, courtesy of Youtube popularity, a little help by Kanye West’s blog (!) and special [...]
I should say first that I have NOT seen Paranormal Activity, chiefly because, well…I’m a scaredy-cat and probably wouldn’t sleep for days afterwards. BUT, that never stopped me from a big picture analysis. Of course the hype everyone is hanging on to right now is the parallel between Paranormal and Blair Witch. And I get [...]
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