I’m collating lists of awards for cross-media productions and courses in cross-media design. Awards I don’t have many at this stage. The problem is, of course, that many people don’t realise that cross-media entertainment is an artform in itself, just like a feature film is, or a TV show. There are some cross-media productions that are … Read moreCross Media Awards & Courses
Banff World Television Festival has announced the nominees for the 27th Annual Banff World Television Awards. 101 programs from 24 countries are competing, including a TV + ARG I’m currently playing, ReGenesis II: Extended Reality Game, which has been nominated in the interactive television category. Last year, the ReGenesis won the best website at the Gemini Awards. Congrats … Read moreReGenesis II nominated for iTV Award @ Banff
For those in Melbourne, Australia, next week, I’ll be co-presenting at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School seminar: The Business of Digital Distribution. I’ll be drawing the relationship between distribution and attracting audiences. The objectives of the event are: analyse the benefits of new digital distribution models develop strategies for incorporating digital distribution into their development … Read moreAttracting Audiences & Digital Storytelling
Thanks to the heads-up from Gary, an interesting new* term and industry approach to cross-media entertainment/cross-platform content/blah/blah/blah is happening at the MipTV/Milia event: 360 Content. The conference thread is a largely BBC affair on multi-platform content: a Content 360 Digital Pitching Competition. In conjunction with sessions of what the BBC is interested in hearing pitched, they’ll … Read moreCME = 360 Content = Entertainment Everywhere!
Ok, I’ve been asked by a few people if I’ll be at Game Developers Conference this year. I won’t unfortunately. So, if you’re going and end up attending any of the following sessions, let me know what you thought. What’s Next Panel Advergaming, Game-Based Messaging, and Marketing I Advergaming, Game-Based Messaging, and Marketing II A … Read moreGDC Wish List
Two key events that address cross-media entertainment from an industry and academic perspective are happening this year. One is in Italy, the other in Amsterdam. Cross-Media #1 is being held on March 21st in Roma. Here are the details (in Italian!): Cross-media #1 è il primo evento in Italia dedicato alla comunicazione cross-mediale. Una giornata di … Read moreTwo Key Cross-Media Events
Fresh from the The Convergence Newsletter is news that the Broadcast Education Association’s 2006 convention is on “convergence”: Convergence Shockwave: Change, Challenge and Opportunity. It runs from April 26-29 in Las Vegas. There are over 20 sessions dedicated to discussing convergence in many forms: content, management, advertising, culture, technology, curriculum and teaching. There are two … Read moreConvergent Journalism & Education Convention
Mediamatic are running a machinima workshop on the 14-17th March and lecture on the 16th March in Amsterdam. workshop: In this workshop traditional film making techniques are combined with real-time scripting within a virtual environment. Participants will be guided through Machinima production process by experts from the fields of gamedesign and animation. Besides technical instructions … Read moreMachinima Workshop & Lecture
New media artist Mark Amerika is giving a talk on convergence. Mark Amerika is among other achievements, the creator of an early interactive narrative work on the web: Grammatron. His bio reads: Mark Amerika is Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is the founder and Publisher of … Read moreConvergence in New Media Academia
I’ve been at the Australiasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment being held in Sydney this week. There is still one day to go but I feel compelled to *download* my impressions before the final blast of input and then distraction of catching-up on delayed duties. The attendees are computer science students working with game technologies, interactive … Read moreInteractive Entertainment Conference: Day 1a