Universe Creation 101

My keynote & workshop at Power to the Pixel, London Film Festival

Christy Dena — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:22:58 +0000

Last month I was lucky to be invited to present at the Power to the Pixel event, which is part of the London Film Festival. POWER TO THE PIXEL is a not-for-profit company that provides the independent film community with the latest in depth information and knowledge about new opportunities available in the transforming digital [...]

The [6] Wonders of the Imaginative World (?)

Christy Dena — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:33:54 +0000

In today’s post I thought I’d share so real life places I’d like to do/have enjoyed. These real places are related to the immersive entertainment and marketing area many of us are in. They are experiences that, unlike many of the online works that many people refer to all the time, you actually have to go [...]

Ep 004: Tim Wright Interview

Christy Dena — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:27:33 +0000

Another podcast! Yay! At this rate I might even crack three podcasts a year. hehe. Joking aside, I’m excited about our guest today. UK digital writer Tim Wright shares his vast experience with over a decade with online interactive drama and more recently multiplatform storytelling. Below is a time guide showing you topics Tim [...]

Techniques for Segmenting Content Across Media

Christy Dena — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:50:28 +0000

Hello everyone! Today we’ll delve into segmentation techniques. By segmentation I refer to the various ways unique content can be continued across different media platforms. This doesn’t mean cutting up content created for a single session (a feature film for instance) and then delivering it in parts (although you can do that!). But here [...]

An archive of my old LAMP ppts

Christy Dena — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:14:05 +0000

A few years ago I was lucky to be invited by Gary Hayes to be a mentor for a new laboratory that was being developed by the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Those were the heady days of the Laboratory of Advanced Media Production (LAMP), when this great range of mentors and participants (and [...]

Cross-Media Technologies (Crafty Toys)

Christy Dena — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:59:17 +0000

Hello everybody! Firstly, a quick thanks for the new subscribers to this blog. Some of you have joined up here because of my ‘Cross-Media’ presentation for DIYDays.com, but most of you because of my prompt at my old site www.Cross-MediaEntertainment.com. As you know, I’m closing that feed off and will be staying with this one. Welcome [...]

It’s Manifesto Time!

Christy Dena — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:22:12 +0000

Manifestos can be wonderful community-forming, revolution ranting things. I cannot recall why (I just needed to I think) but I created my own little silly declaration in 2005: A cross-media creator is a conductor of an orchestra of media channels & arts types; an imagineer, constructing fictional worlds that cover the planet; a programmer, interpreting conversations [...]

So, here is one reason for the delay in posting here…

Christy Dena — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:33:08 +0000

I thought Jay Smooth of ill doctrine explained the non-post-guilt-perfection-cycle really well, so, over to him: Your browser does not support JavaScript. This media can be viewed at http://www.podtech.net/home/4760/beating-the-little-hater No more little-hater-don’t-post-cycles!!! One strategy I’m using to get around this (and lack of time) is to do ‘uninterviews’. So, expect some more chats with great people experimenting [...]

The Who, What, When, Where, Why & How of Cross-Media

Christy Dena — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:54:28 +0000

In the previous podcast interview, Lance Weiler spoke about a special festival and conference for filmmakers: From Here to Awesome and DIYDays. The festival will play out in theaters, living rooms, online and via mobile devices and the conference (DIY DAYS) has become a series of live discussions in LA, SF, Boston, NYC and London. [...]

Launch of a new initiative by the IGDA ARG SIG…

Christy Dena — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:52:07 +0000