Nikki Finke has broken the news that the Producers Guild of America has ratified the ‘Transmedia Producer’ credit. This is largely due to (among others) the efforts of Jeff Gomez. Go Jeff! Nikki describes the thinking behind the role: This Guild-wide adoption is unprecedented as it will allow executives who expand storylines of franchises onto
Here is a great call-for-papers on a topic that aligns with my dissertation approach: Northern Lights. Volume 10 (2012). Volume editors: Mette Mortensen & Eva Novrup Redvall. Re-thinking Film and Media Production: Creativity, Convergence and Participation Deadline for abstracts: December 15, 2010 Full articles to be delivered on March 15, 2011. The 2012 volume of
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be consulting to filmmakers at Openindie. Openindie, if you don’t know, is created by Arin Crumley and Kieran Masterton. It is described as follows: OpenIndie, in the first instance, is a user generated film screening site with the aim of democratizing distribution. Development will take place over a number