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August 30, 2011 11:21 PM
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'The most important element of filmmaking is your freedom.'
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August 21, 2011 4:00 AM
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"Nothing I could say could improve on what Scott’s telling us about the potential of comics. A neuron rupturing perspective!" Edwin McCrae | The Fiction Engine
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August 21, 2011 1:27 AM
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Stories are integral to human culture. Visual stories are a direct method of conveying information, ideas, and cultural wisdom in a powerful way. It’s through narrative that people are engaged, and the web is just another platform to expose this form of art.
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August 20, 2011 2:26 PM
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Plot alone is not where the pleasure lies – if it were, why would anyone return again and again to a cherished book or film?
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August 20, 2011 1:50 PM
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Blade Runner, First Blood, Wrath Of Khan … 1982 was a high water mark for genre movies, but we won't see its like again...
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August 20, 2011 3:20 AM
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Tweet ESCAPE PLANS MATTER I love bold, ballsy big campaigns that go all-in and make a statement. But sometimes the work doesn’t quite go as planned and you may end up with a bit of egg on your face.
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August 20, 2011 3:45 AM
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DC Comics is going back to the starting point in September, renumbering its entire lineup of DC Universe titles with No. 1 and retooling nearly all of its major characters, including Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman.
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August 19, 2011 5:34 PM
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IN A new spin to converging arts, Taiwanese rock band Mayday has created a rocking sensation with its very first 3D film that combines the band’s explosive music with a little bit of storytelling.
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August 19, 2011 2:59 PM
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"I realized there was an opportunity to expand Martin’s strong characters and story universe from the comic book by utilizing trans-media storytelling to create original on-line tales that could further enrich the overall CHOPPER mythology and entertainment experience for fans," says producer J.C. Christofilis.
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August 19, 2011 2:11 PM
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Tracking transmedia developments as they unfold will be complicated, in part because this new entertainment format covers so much ground.
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August 18, 2011 2:21 PM
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Far West is designed from the outset as a transmedia setting: a world with many different products based on it, all designed to allow you to choose your point of entry into the setting.
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August 18, 2011 2:26 PM
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350 South: An American Journey (pictured), from prodco beActive, is billed as a "fully participatory documentary experience" following Irish and American environmentalists on their year-long journey from Alaska to Argentina.
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August 18, 2011 2:33 PM
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The movers and shakers behind El Gallo want you to rethink how movies get made...
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August 30, 2011 11:21 PM
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Guillermo Del Toro's name adorns posters for the horror remake 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark,' which opens this week, but the director has a lot more on his mind...
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August 21, 2011 1:31 AM
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Growing up, the first taste I had for interactive media was through "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, which ended each scene with a choice that the reader must make....
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August 21, 2011 1:18 AM
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In the latest Web Content Corner from our New Media guru Jenni Powell, she provides helpful guidelines for web project production.
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August 20, 2011 2:17 PM
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... the expedition team, consisting of a documentary director, paleontologist and a gaming expert, are undertaking the trip as the first step in the creation of an electronic game and transmedia world.
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August 20, 2011 3:23 AM
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Transmedia is storytelling with the arcs of the story placed across different forms of media, on or off line, books, film, video and so on. The viewer goes on his own journey, possibly even participating in some way, like chatting with the author.
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August 20, 2011 3:47 AM
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Ready or not, the New 52 is coming. The massive (and controversial) DC Comics initiative -- which will have the entire DC line of comics "start over" in numbering, beginning with Justice League No. 1 on Aug.
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August 19, 2011 5:41 PM
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One key difference between Marvel and Disney is the degree of consistency of their characters’ stories across multiple platforms, from films to TV and books.
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August 19, 2011 3:28 PM
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The legacy of toon town genius Chuck Jones will come to life in Sin City this October as Circus Circus Las Vegas opens The Chuck Jones Experience, and interactive exhibit designed to “Educate, Inspire & Entertain” visitors.
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August 19, 2011 3:17 PM
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“We think we have shown that different media are like instruments, and when you put them together, you can create moving symphonies,” said Gomez
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August 18, 2011 2:03 PM
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Music is one of the most difficult art forms to attempt transmedia storytelling with. Without a literal narrative or story world, musicians must work harder to convey their messages in other ways. However, a history of fictional bands and fictionalized versions of real bands have easily found their way into other media.
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August 18, 2011 2:24 PM
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Enter the "transmedia" movement. A cinema/digital media hybrid anchored in filmmaking, this new brand of storytelling is defined by works that combine the typical moviegoing experience with more interactive elements, enabled by new media tools.
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August 18, 2011 2:08 PM
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After revisiting his classic Alien with the upcoming 3D Fox film Prometheus, Ridley Scott is committing to direct and produce a film that advances his other seminal and groundbreaking science fiction film.
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