MipCom Mobile Content Awards Call for Works

MipCom has a call for works for their Mobile Content Awards: Established media companies and small innovative firms alike are responding to the rapid growth of Mobile TV and video services by producing content especially made for mobile devices. The MIPCOM Mobile TV Screenings & Awards recognise outstanding achievement in mobile film and video content … Read moreMipCom Mobile Content Awards Call for Works

Talk on Cross-Media Entertainment at AFTRS

The Australian Film, Television and Radio School has asked me to come in a give a lunchtime seminar on Cross-Media Entertainment. It is for practitioners across the whole school but outsiders are welcome to come too. Tomorrow at 1pm. Apologies for the late notice as I was waiting for the very sexy poster that you … Read moreTalk on Cross-Media Entertainment at AFTRS

TASSIE LAMP Call for Works/Teams

  APPLY NOW TO EVOLVE YOUR MEDIA OCTOBER 06 – THE 5th LIVE-IN-LAMP – TASMANIA Discover emerging media opportunities and create compelling next generation media at the next Laboratory for Advanced Media Production residential, proudly supported by Screen Tasmania through the Department of Economic Development. LAMP is designed to future-proof projects by guiding creative teams … Read moreTASSIE LAMP Call for Works/Teams

International Digital Cinema Blog & Event

Great news from Jeremy Nathan of DV8 films about digital cinema. Digitmart a Montréal-based non-profit organization established in April 2005 by founding Chair Daniel Langlois. Digimart operates an annual digital cinema market that provides business and networking opportunities for the global film industry. Digimart is an innovative forum for the dissemination of film and the promotion of … Read moreInternational Digital Cinema Blog & Event

Cross Media Tutor at sagasnet

Frank Alsema, a cross-media producer and lecturer, is co-running with Frank Boyd an upcoming sagasnet workshop: Master Class for Independent Producers of Interactive Entertainment to be held in Munich, September 1 – September 7. Guest Speakers include: Stefan Baier, Streamline Studios, NL; Ingeborg Degener , MEDIA Antenn Munich, D; Steve Fitton, Wise Monkey Ltd, UK; Dieter Marchsreiter, Marchsreiter Communications GmbH, D; Heikki Masalin, CIM, Fin; Vincent Scheuer, Sarassin LLP, UK. Although the workshop focuses on production management, not creative design, I’d find it interesting as Alsema is a cross-media producer! Here is the blurb about it and a temporary schedule:

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Writing About Virtual Words (My Second [Life] Job)

I have to confess I’m moonlighting in another world. I’ve started working in the virtual world Second Life as an “embedded journalist”. SLATE Magazine (Second Life Arts & Total Entertainment Magazine) is a new Second Life magazine that covers the arts in SL. There are 14 authors in the collective so far and we’re a … Read moreWriting About Virtual Words (My Second [Life] Job)

CFP: Perth DAC

This is a reminder that the Perth DAC (7th International Digital Arts and Culture Conference) abstracts are due 28th August (I thought they were originally earlier?): Papers are sought for PerthDAC 2007 that will illuminate both the near and long term Future of Digital Media Culture. Papers which present research outcomes, track trends or developments, … Read moreCFP: Perth DAC