Apparently, according to all the hype, the first feature film, shot entirely on mobile phones, has been created. SMS Sugarman (the site is down) is by Aryan Kaganof of Virus Films. It is a film that follows one night of a pimp (played by Kaganof) and his two prostitutes, in Johannesburg. Kaganof shot 60 hours of footage on … Read moreFirst Mobile Phone Feature Film
I am very much behind the times, because I was unaware of a viral campaign that has been out for a few months. I do recall a “secret” but who knows what teaser or ARG I could be thinking of?? This viral campaign is designed to gather interest in two things: The upcoming worldwide broadcast of … Read moreSpreading The Secret
News from MocoNews: Channel 4 is running a website called FourDocs. FourDocs is the “place to upload, watch and learn about documentary“. It is addressing the desire for audiences to create their own shows, learn about filmmaking, share their view of the world, and their stories. Audiences have been jumping on uploading video clips, viral … Read moreCross-Media, UGC, Emerging Media, there isn't enough room for the hot words to describe this…
A new mobisode is out that looks like it was created using Hollywood production standards, as well as Hollywood stars. Flatland, a Ruddy Morgan Organization Production (the fellows who brought us Million Dollar Baby and The Godfather), was created for worldwide distribution through mobile and broadband. The mobile design & producer is Timothy Shey, who … Read moreMobisode, Hollywood style
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
On November 7th, America’s No. 1 ranked evening news show, NBC Nightly News, will be available online, in entirety, for free, after broadcast every night, making it the first and only newscast to do so. MSNBC claims to: consistently attracts more consumers than competitors like CNN.com and, in fact, attracts nearly one-third of all online … Read moreAccess All Areas
This blog has now gone cross-media: it is now available on your mobile phone. This type of cross-media storytelling is on the EXTREME left of my continuum: repurposing. When you just HAVE TO READ this blog and cannot get to your PC, checkout my mobile blog at winksite id #11389. The button for the emulator … Read moreCross-Media Cross-Media Storytelling
I’ve spoken before about a new cross-media project that was being developed here in Oz. Well, it has been launched. Forget the Rules is a cross-media project that falls on the extreme left side of my cross-media continuum: it provides the same content over multiple platfroms, rather than offering different content over platforms. It is … Read moreForget the Rules launched
Simultaneous cross-media release will be the norm. I’ve heard a few producers mention this, even the Director-General of the BBC has unveiled that their tv shows will be simulataneously available for download on the web. I thoroughly support this move and have been anxiously waiting for it for some time. When a movie is released, … Read moreCross-Media Release will be the Norm
Sony Japan is jumping on providing manga comics on mobile phones. Rather than just provide the images, Celsys’ has developed a program, Comic Surfing, that shows each frame and slowly surfs over the whole comic, makes the phone vibrate on action scenes and will have sound. A video on the comics is online at Wireless … Read moreManga on Mobiles