December 2011
20 posts
Technology and storytelling
I recently came across with Storybird which is basically a website that allows you to create stories digitally based on a series of pictures you can choose from. Then you can add each picture to a different page, as in a real book, and star writing your own story. (http://storybird.com/)
Storybird has been identified as a fun collaborative storytelling website since it offers the opportunity for...
TECH TREND - Experience the ShangHai Expo at home →
Shang Hai Expo is a big global exhibition for cities all around the world to show their future city life to the world.
For all the people who can’t be there or can’t finish the whole event (COZ it is too big and the waiting line is incredibly long), this website gave all the audience a good opportunity to travel the expo online. For better experiencing different future cities’...
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This Indie Musician's Album Is Also a Video Game →
This is really innovative…
From Kotaku:
“We often talk about video game developers use music (in fact, just tonight we started listing the best music of 2011!), but it can be fun to look at how musicians incorporate video games into their work, as well.
Synth-pop musician Or Zubalsky has created a very cool new album that is designed to be played like a video game. The album...
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WatchGames need to reflect our high-paced way of life. That’s what Reiner Knizia thinks. And if there’s someone who knows about these things, it’s Knizia. He designed over 200 games. Mostly board games, for which he received numerous awards. Submarine Channel talked to the enthusiastic game designer about the new dynamics of today’s games.
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http://www.droptheweapons.org/
This website is hosted by the Metropolitan Police in London and has an interactive game where you must decide your own fate through options like, ‘Take the knife’ or ‘Dont take the knife’ and ‘Don’t go to the party’ or ‘Do go to the party’.
The videos are hosted on You Tube, this is the first one,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFVkzYDNJqo...
'Collapsus' review - Daniel Nickson
Collapsus offers a new and exciting way to tackle the energy crises. rather than patronising the viewer or making them feel guilty for the way that they live their life, this multi-platform story world provides the user with the opportunity to explore the facts themselves and witness the possible outcomes for the future.
I found that the shifting between media was confusing at the start and...
Remix challenge
This is a fantastic example of remixing two types of media to create something new and exciting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OH0wlkfbc&list=PL12BD389EB39CE1C1&feature=plcp
It is a re-mix of Bert & Ernie from sesame Street with M.O.P.’s ‘Ante Up’.
With almost 8Million views on You Tube, it is hard to deny this meme hit a nerve.
- Daniel Nickson
An immersive movie experience by PS3
One take and no post-production!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrgWH1KUDt4
Taking your living room to the next level with PS3 home cinema
- Daniel
Siri's story →
Normally, I wouldn’t think a technology like Siri would be able to be a part of “storytelling” however, in this husband v. wife video, Siri operates as the referee - pretty awesome! Joanna
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WatchJeff Hull is the director of Games of Nonchalance, a hybrid arts studio with an expertise in Situational Design.
Jeff’s company created The Jejune Institute, an immersive game set in San Francisco in which the players discover new sides of the city, while being absorbed in an epic fantasy full of imaginary institutions and characters. Submarine Channel met with Jeff at Picnic, an annual...
Tech Trends. ReadWriteWeb
ReadWriteWeb is one of the most popular technology blogs and it’s “known for offering insightful analysis about each day’s Internet industry news”.
The blog was founded on April 20, 2003, by Richard MacManus and it’s reported as one of the most widely read and respected blogs in the world. Many of its readers see the blog as a major influence in their purchase...
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Awaiting NY Times' "Year in Ideas" →
I’d say that one of my favorite sources of tech trends is the NY Times Magazine’s “Year in Ideas” issue. For the past 10 years, it’s compiled the biggest breakthrough trends, crazy-but-could-work concepts, and tech trends. It’s a tremendously captivating issue, and is more often than not a look into the future of consumer products and technology.
Last...
Tech Trends @Mashable
Perhaps only unfamiliar to those of us not on twitter, Pete Cashmore’s account twitter.com/mashable is one of the most cohesive, concise, and accessible tech feeds out there. Run by himself and his Mashable staff, they tweet about tech, web culture, and media trends.
I’ve followed him for years and find that he tweets relevant and eye-opening articles and analysis that can be read by...
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Twitter
I’m going the obvious route for this one and choosing Twitter. I remember at first, all Twitter really was was a barebones version of Facebook - the status update part only. However, over the years the mere 140-character driven site has exploded not only into a massive social networking environment, but a news resource, a means of communication and storytelling, too.
One of the first examples...
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WatchMaybe “Choose Your Adventure” isn’t dead after-all? Israel-based Interlude (helmed by CEO Yoni Bloch) recently launched an interactive music video for “Say You Like Me” by We The Kings. The video features Interlude’s patented technology platform which lets online users make decisions about a video’s course in real-time. The company boats that the video...
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MacRumors’ Buyer’s Guide
Thanks to the meltdowns that occur when Apple releases a new iPhone or iPad, you generally know when it’s the right time to buy, but during the lulls and for less explosive products, MacRumors’ Buyer’s Guide is an excellent resource. The page lists every Apple model from the iPhone to the Apple Cinema Display and tells you if it’s a good time to buy or if you should hold out for a newer...
November 2011
17 posts
NFB Interactive Projects
Territories: The mood of Tristan Fortin Le Breton’s interactive project sucked me in from the beginning. Eery black and white photos from abandoned roads and lonely houses. The sounddesign and the music achieve a very intimate and thrilling atmosphere. I liked the world a lot that I was about to enter. Unfortunately the entire experience remained rather stiff and repeated its effects. The...
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BARCODE
What I liked about BARCODE was you never knew what type of of story, what tone, you’d get from an object. From the serious, as expected interpretation, of “condom” where a man talks about dear friends who died of AIDS to the more to the sweet and playful interpretation of “rolling papers” where a group of teenagers try to pass a folded rolling paper in a...
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‘Twine’ Foreshadows A Future Where All Objects...
Connected devices have strong potential for storytelling. Twine is a new project from two MIT grads that is currently funding itself via kickstarter.
Want to be notified to turn on the AC when a room reaches a certain temperature? Or when your laundry’s done? Well MIT Media Lab alumni Supermechanical have built Twine, a sleek 2.5″ rubber square which connects to Wifi and allows objects to...
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My Tribe, Out My Window, and Soldier Brother
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed these projects. I’ve never quite navigate through an entire interactive narrative before, so to find I was engaged and interested and CAPABALE of weaving my way through these was a pleasant realization.
My Tribe
This was the simplest project I looked at. This was a docu-series that followed six extreme music fans as they used social media and the internet to...
NFB interactive projects
BlaBla
A film for computer by Vincent Morisset
The interesting part of this project is that it actually gives the audience the power to move the story forward by interacting with the animation. It´s a nice animation but i felt that after a couple of minutes everything was too repetitive and there was not really much to do except for clicking over and over. There was not a real story and the...
“If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being...”
– blue_beetle on MetaFilter
NFB Projects
Hate to be a Debbie Downer - I didn’t find these all that engaging. I found myself skeptical and irritated by the manner in which these sites were organized - the text was hard to find, the overall experience seemed unclear, and most of the time it seemed like I needed to “stick it out” in the hopes of some payoff or piece of information. But usually, I gave up before that even...
NFB interactive projects
After experience all the interactive projects on NFB website, I felt really exciting about this creative ideas and ways about telling stories.
ONE MILLIONth Tower is a documentary about re-imagined an exist building and landscape. WELCOME TO PINE POINT is kind like a memory experience.
To me, I think the most important elements for new technical storytelling of interactive websites are “A...
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Highrise: The One Millionth Tower →
I was originally attracted to the Highrise project because there’s a highrise in the neighborhood where I grew up that looks almost identical to the Toronto building(s) where the animated documentary component (dubbed “One Millionth Tower”) of this project is based. In this six minute piece, some of the residents of these monstrous buildings diagnosis the construction of these...
Margarita Wrestling
Was looking to find a sports entertainment related project, well I don’t know if this counts but at least it’s for a good cause…
http://www.prurgent.com/2011-06-13/pressrelease176517.htm
Empowering women through fun, healthy, athletic competition while benefiting women’s charitable causes and research projects, Margarita Wrestling is an improvisational athletic...
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NFB Interactive Reactions
Flawed “Flawed” is a simple and sweet, yet somewhat troubling short film. It’s six minutes of fast-motion cartoon painting backed by a voiceover by the creator, Andrea Dorfman, who recalls her experiences with plastic surgery and her own issue with her big nose. Beyond being a bit of a cool visual trick, I don’t really see how the storytelling combination makes the piece particularly compelling,...
NFB - Interactive Projects
1) BLA BLA
This was an interesting experience that is controlled by the user and blends animation and music. The user interacts and alters the progression of the story by where they click the mouse. I thought it was entertaining to manipulate the character and sounds. Although this experience involves the user, I felt that it was very simple in its story design. It felt like something that...
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Web series based on famous memes by Thomas Lesourd
http://www.doublerainboworigins.com/p/episode-1.html
Thomas Lesourd has created an eight part web series, each one running in at around 3 minutes, where he attempts to find the origins of famous memes in a satirical fashion.
Episode 1 tracks where the Yosemitebear’s double rainbow came from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI
Very funny stuff, even if it is French.
Enjoy!
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October 2011
59 posts
New Frontier Story Lab
The Sundance Institute has introduced the New Frontier Story Lab, ‘a new initiative to support artists and creators developing projects that explore the convergence of film and new media technologies.’
Press Release - New Frontier Story Lab
-Sarah
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Echo Bazaar →
Echo Bazaar is a web-browser game integrated with Twitter and Facebook. You play by clicking on things, in order to amass more resources, similar to other browser games, in a turn based format (70 turns per day).
It has a deceptively simple design.
The designers of Echo Bazaar have incorporated character based storytelling into the experience, and build the further elements of the world...
Digital Rocking Chair's Curated Transmedia Blog →
This well designed series of links about gaming, television, news, comics, non-profit organizations, and corporations exploring more immersive storytelling. It launched in late August of this year.
~Mayuran
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Go BZRK.
“A battle for the soul and freedom of the human race carried out simultaneously in the world we know, and in a world that you’re never going to expect. It’s a world where if you make a false move, you’re going to lose your mind…. It’s going to be vast, bloody, and beautiful.”
“The missing son of a U.N. diplomat… the reemergence of a strange organization… a pair of...
The Maester's Path (Game of Thrones Transmedia... →
And check out the final Campfire product for their Game of Thrones Campaign. You take on the role of a ‘Maester,’ something that exists only in the world of the show, and use elements of the show to make your way through an interactive game. It’s a cool game, and gets the audience acclimated to some of the more confusing aspects of the world of Game of Thrones.
-Jacey
Transmedia Glossary →
From a very informative Wikia homepage I found this Glossary on all the Transmedia terms one should know. From ‘Augmented Reality’ to ‘Web 2.0’ it gives a good introduction to the language of Transmedia.
-Christoph
Are you ready for the transmedia revolution? →
Transmedia has become one of the hottest buzzwords in the entertainment and advertising world. -Jie
transmedia resource →
Pottermore is an exciting new website from J.K. Rowling that can be enjoyed alongside the Harry Potter books. You can explore the stories like never before and discover exclusive new writing from the author. It is FREE to join and use, and is designed to be safe for people of all ages. - Jie
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