I’ve been looking at the extras provided on DVDs for a while. They are good examples of how a storyworld is elaborated in another text. A couple I’d like to mention, for their unique and intriguing elaborations are: Punch Drunk Love, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002 The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird, 2004 In … Read moreRelationships between Movies and DVD extras
A model that I look at closely for my developing list of design elements for cross-media stories is that of ARGs (alternate reality games). There are two books on the subject and recently, an interview with ‘puppet-masters’ Elan Lee and Sean Stewart at Cultural Gutter. Gosney, J. (2005) Beyond Reality: a Guide to Alternate Reality … Read moreAnother Model continues
I’m looking at a few different models to use for inspiration in the creation of my cross-media model. One of them is military systems. The Future Combat System is a “joint (across all the military services) networked (connected via advanced communications) system of systems (one large system made up of 18 individual systems, the network, … Read moreModeling Cross-media
TNT has launced a “micro-site” for the US TV series Wanted. On the site is an inteactive comic which is probably the most interesting I have seen in a while. It has fixed elements (content that cannot be changed) and little games that are part of the comics story. The mediation of the player experience … Read moreGood Enhanced TV
I’ve been working on a bot for my cross-media story The Villager Girl and the Teenbot. I’ve also been keen to work on my polymorphic works project page. So, I decided to merge the two together. I now have ‘Tobias’ describing my project, research and creative work. Check it out and let me know of … Read moreLet the Bot do the Talking
It has been awhile between posts so I thought I’d update you with what I’ve been up to. I had the extreme luck to be able to attend and introduce speakers at the 12th International Thinking Conference. I spent a few days listening to Edward de Bono, Paul Davies, David Perkins, Guy Claxton, Art Costa … Read moreOn Thinking and Doing
The notion of cross-media storytelling is creeping into academic and art. A sibling concept, ‘distributed aesthetics’, is being bandied about at a few ‘spaces’. Here are a couple in Australia: Fibreculture Journal: upcoming Distributed Aesthetics Issue It has been widely argued by sociologists, cultural and media theorists such as Manuel Castells, Arjun Appardurai and Geert … Read moreDistributed Aesthetics Abound
I changed my blogger ftp username and password yesterday and I get up today to find my site has been hacked with message left: irdex owns joo! None of my other websites were touched so I can only presume that blogger is currently unstable (for those that ftp to another server and don’t have their … Read moreI've just been hacked
I’m excited! The Second Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment is calling for papers at the mo and will be held November this year, in Sydney. The themes they posit that are relevant to me are: Advanced/Innovative Interaction DesignArt, Design and MediaCulturaland Media Studies on Computer GamesInteraction designInteractiveDigital StorytellingMedia TheoryMobile EntertainmentNetworking (technical and social)New Genres, New … Read moreIE in Australia!
The latest iTV newsletter: Tracey Swedlow’s Interactive TV Today has an interview with Andy Wilson, Head of BBC Intertactive TV Training, part of the BBC New Media Courses. The course discussed, Interactive TV, is described on their website: This course gives an overview of the digital multi-channel environment, the platforms and technologies being used and … Read moreBBC on Cross-Media Design