October 23rd 2007
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Industry,
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** SHORT VERSION: I'M NOW BLOGGING AT WWW.CHRISTYDENA.COM **
Well, not quite 'death' but an indefinite hiatus. I'm powering down this blog for a few reasons, one of which is my desire to finish my PhD. I've tried for the last year and a half to do PhD writing and work ...
As I've mentioned before, the upcoming episode (Wed Oct 24th in the US) of CSI:NY will feature and continue in the online virtual world Second Life. A primer has been released on youtube, getting audiences excited and prepared for cross-platform traversal, which is good!:
[youtube 3-ZmjA7GCzQ]
I kept forgeting to post about this but just in case there are some of you that not aware of what Radiohead are doing, here it is. Radiohead's latest album, In Rainbows, will be released in December but you can preorder at their website. Rather than just offer the CDs ...
A couple of years ago Scott Donaton, the editor of Advertising Age, published a book called Madison & Vine: Why the Entertainment and Marketing Industries Must Converge to Survive. Scott revisited 'branded entertainment' in a talk he gave recently, which has been published at the Madison & Vine section of Advertising ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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/
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 ...
A few posts ago I mentioned the new blog, The Extratextuals, and an (at the time) upcoming event . The session was put together by Jeff Gomez:
Jeff Gomez (Moderator), CEO Starlight Runner Entertainment
As the host of the seminar, PGA member Jeff will familiarize producers with the history, criteria and relevance ...