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Theatre ARG?: 1001
That got your attention. Playwright and screenwriter Jason Grote’s new play, 1001, is set to premiere in New York on October 22nd. Jason has done what not many playwrights have done (that I know of — tell me if not!) and created a fictional newspaper for the play, with links to a diegetic blog and a wiki. [...]
Tulse Luper Journey ends soon
Those who have attended one of my presentations over the last few years will recall Peter Greenaway’s multi-platform project: The Tulse Luper Suitcases. One part of this massive work is the online game Tulse Luper Journey. Here is some info about the TLS and the TLJ from the game’s site: Tulse Luper is the lead character in an ambitious [...]
New Line Cinema CEOs interview on Charlie Rose
New Line Cinema CEOs Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne were interviewed on the Charlie Rose show. They talk about the importance of franchise sequels being equal to or better each time; online fans and Snakes on a Plane; digital on-demand cinemas; simultaneous release across media; audience testing; gambling on Lord of the Rings; merging with Ted [...]
“Cinematic Equivalent of 99 Bottles of Beer”
From Peter at the Criterion blog, comes this gem created by Alonzo Mosely: [youtube FExqG6LdWHU] If you’re interested, Alonzo has put the full list of films at his blog.
Monkey Murder mystery
Jak Bouman has posted about the Monkey Murder Mystery which started on Oct 4th: From October 4th, 2007 a real street game, the Monkey Murder Mystery, will start in four Dutch cities. The Monkey Murder Mystery is a local interactive reality game, which gets gamers away from their computer. The gamers will hunt or be hunted, [...]
X Timeline
X Timeline is a site that provides a system for anyone to create timelines of any topic, and embed them on another site. There are plenty for entertainment — in particular properties, technology timelines and so on. This technology makes it easier to share what fans and researchers have been doing for a very long time. Check it [...]
Urban Screens
Mirjam Struppek has an investigation into the variety of screens available in her Urbans Screens project: URBAN SCREENS is a concept developed by Mirjam Struppek. It investigates how the currently commercial use of outdoor screens can be broadened with cultural content. We address cultural fields as digital media culture, urbanism, architecture and art. We want to [...]
Conker Media’s Showreel
Just stumbled on Conker Media’s showreel, I like this different approach to getting across your portfolio: Check out Conker Media: http://www.conkermedia.com/
Made-for-Mobile Horror: When Evil Calls
This is on old one (oct 2006) but I only just discovered it from Vassilen’s site Mobile Aesthetic. The mobile series is distributed in the UK through O2, T-Mobile and 3; and in the US through amp’d mobile. The series of 20×2 minute episodes, directed by Johannes Roberts, will be available as a feature film on [...]
TIGA’s “Cross Media Content Workshop: Working With Games”
Here is the blurb from Develop Mag: TIGA Cross Media Content Conference: ‘Working with Games’ at Bafta, 195 Piccadilly Tuesday 23rd October, 9.00-5.00 at the London Games Festival. The conference will feature speakers from the games, film, TV, advertising and web areas but the unifying theme will using games and games related skills to reach audiences. The conference is structured [...]
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