There has been alot of talk about ‘disaggregation’, of the unbundling of content, and the subsequent phenomenon of micro payments and so on. What this refers to is services like iTunes that offer the user/consumer/iPodian the opportunity to purchase a single song rather than the whole album. Or one can purchase a single article rather … Read moreFrom Disaggregation to Cross-Media Bundling
If you haven’t already seen it, there is an interview with Elan Lee at Gamasutra. Bonnie Ruberg interviews Elan Lee, VP of 42 Entertainment. He talks about The Beast (ARG for the film A.I.), I Love Bees (ARG for Halo 2), EDOC Laundry (ARG t-shirt) and Cathy’s Book (an ARG book…a book that I was so jealous of … Read moreARG creator interview
Have a look at what Michela Ledwidge is doing at ModFilms, a site for people to do remixes of films. She is also working on a ‘massively multiplayer online movie’ called Sanctuary. It is described as follows: Sanctuary is an experimental sci-fi short due for release 2006. The project, now in VFX POST PRODUCTION, is both … Read moreMassively Multiplayer Online Movie
In the style of Mission Impossible II Global Hunt, but with interesting characters, is a new internet game created by Big Spaceship: Our Casino Royale multiplayer strategy game gives users the chance to help Bond in his mission. A would-be bomber is picking up a large sum of money for a terrorist attack at an … Read moreCasino Royale Strategy Game
Yep, they are all the topics I’ll be presenting on over the next few weeks in three states across Australia. But what is even more interesting, are the co-presenters. Check out this yummy bunch of seminars: Film Australia’s “Evan Jones Masterclass: Extending Doco in the Time of Digital” Monday 20th November, 1.30-4.30pm, Film Australia’s Roxy … Read moreARGs, RPGs, Interactive Drama, Cross-Media, Serious Games, Film, Doco, Literature, Blogs and Marketing
The latest issue of The Velvet Light Trap (Number 58, Fall 2006), spotlights film and TV narrative. There is a wonderful selection of papers with one by Jason Mittell: Keating, Patrick. Emotional Curves and Linear Narratives Newman, Michael Z. From Beats to Arcs: Toward a Poetics of Television Narrative Mittell, Jason. Narrative Complexity in Contemporary American … Read moreSpecial Journal Issue on TV Narrative
DAC, the premier international digital arts conference, will be in Perth next year with Beap. They have just announced the first stage of acceptances: The reviewing of the 230 abstracts has now been completed, and many thanks to the reviewers for the enormous task. In a process that turns out to have been highly competitive, … Read moreDAC in Australia
Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) 21st Annual Conference is being held November 14th-17th on the Gold Coast. The Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) represents the interests of producers on all issues that affect the business and creative aspects of independent screen production. Our annual conference is held over three days and attracts more than 650 … Read moreCROSS Sessions at SPAA
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As with all conjured universes that have a premature ending or unpopulated grid, the Whedonverse, specifically Firefly and Serenity verse, has been persisted by fans. There are some wonderful fanfics such as the fan-made TV-series Into the Black and the live-action paromage (what I call a parody that is a homage) Mosquito. More recently there is also … Read moreThe Whedonverse Expands