christy I’ve been asked from a few sources about what works I’ve come across that are Quality Kids Entertainment. The following is a list of such works, however, many I have not viewed first-hand (TV shows) and so I cannot attest to their quality. Just about all, however, I’ve read reviews on or noticed they’ve won … Read moreSome Links on Kids Entertainment
I’m thrilled to say there is another cross-media researcher in cyberspace: Marcus Ruppel. He is a PhD student in Textual and Digital Studies in the Department of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has started a blog, Triggers and Traces, to share his thoughts for the next couple of months: Welcome to … Read moreAnother Cross-media Researcher: Ruppel
Some of the talks from the Laboratory of Advanced Media Production (LAMP: a cross-media lab) are now available as a podcast. The talks so far include: Making a drama out of cross platform – Jim Shomos and Paul Baiguerra (talking about Forget the Rules) Diverged technology, converged people, new stories – Christy Dena (me, not … Read morePodcasts of LAMP talks avail
Some great moments from travelling that have stuck with me: Watching kids learning to swim in a pool. One child wanted to impress his older brother by being “big”. For him, an adult was someone who could jump into the deep end and hold their breath underwater. My Auntie ponders if caterpillars are aware of … Read moreMy Journey Hasn't Stopped
One neat trick that designers of cross-media works can do is unfortunately heavily underutilised: referring to material that already exists. It takes alot of work to create a cross-media work that has many websites, TV series, comics and so on, but you needn’t create the universe in 7 days…it has already been done. Direct audiences … Read moreSeek & Find Art
Top producers in film, TV, mobile entertainment, advertising and so on have contributed to a report on Hollywood over the next 75 years. The Future of Entertainment has the following amazing contents: Chris Albrecht The HBO exec on driving home its brand message while innovating programming. Jim Banister The veteran onine executive says the future … Read moreLeaders Direct Our Future
A report on attracting audiences produced by Morton Smyth Limited is available online. [T]he report is for organisations that want to attract a broad public, and are willing to go through a process of change to achieve it. It focuses on what really makes the difference in audience development and reveals what organisations most need … Read moreReport on Attracting Audiences
There is event coming up in Oz that should be an interesting screen industry event. Melbourne On Screen is happening Nov 11-19 but does not have a live site yet. It is described as ‘Australia’s largest celebration of Film, TV and New Media’. At present you can sign up to receive info when it is … Read moreMelbourne On Screen Event
I’ve spoken before about a new cross-media project that was being developed here in Oz. Well, it has been launched. Forget the Rules is a cross-media project that falls on the extreme left side of my cross-media continuum: it provides the same content over multiple platfroms, rather than offering different content over platforms. It is … Read moreForget the Rules launched
I haven’t been online for a bit because I’ve been trekking through the desert! To celebrate my birth day I went to Central Australia to hear stories of Creation Time. I’ve been to Alice Springs, Uluru, Kata Tjuka, Darwin and Kakadu for the last couple of weeks. I haven’t really been in the rough since … Read moreHonouring Creation Time