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WorkBook Project
- DIY DAYS is coming to NYCOn Saturday April 3rd, the WorkBook Project and the New School present DIY DAYS NYC. This marks the first time that the roving conference for creators will make a stop in NYC. The day will consist of talks, presentations, workshops and a special section called Incubator that matches two media startups with a think tank of experts. BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP! Fo […]
- NEW BREED: The CrowdBy Gregory Bayne – As some of you know, I recently completed a successful funding campaign using Kickstarter.com to raise the initial capital needed to get my new film, Jens Pulver | Driven, an intimate documentary about legendary UFC Champion Jens Pulver, off the ground. The end result of the campaign was $27,210 pledged, my goal was $25,000, via 410 contr […]
- CULTURE HACKER: The Art of Branded Contentby Peter Katz – Here’s my interview on branded content with Creative Director Tim Roper from award winning advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky. We met at UCLA Media & Entertainment Week. What do you feel are the biggest misconceptions about branded content? The biggest misconception is how easy it is to conceive it in a fresh way and then how wi […]
- EVENT: Join the Conversation at ColumbiaOn March 27th The Conversation comes to Columbia University. Started in 2008, The Conversation is a look at the future of filmmaking and how advancements in technology are enabling new opportunities for filmmakers. The program for March 27th is extensive and will bring together a number of innovative thinkers in the space. For more information visit www.thec […]
DIY DAYS
- Speaker Highlight: Jesse von DoomJesse is the executive director of CASH Music a nonprofit organization building open tools and services for musicians and the evolving music industry. He has a background in design and technology and has been working with music marketing and technology for over ten years. Jesse lives with his wife and two daughters on a tiny [...] […]
- DIY Days is still looking for a few good volunteers!We are looking for volunteers to be a part of our logistics team. Volunteers will be needed to greet and register attendees and speakers, direct traffic between our spaces, maintain time for sessions, prep speaker presentations, and generally be ready to attend to other logistical issues as they pop up. Our friend and talented writer/director/editor Raffi [ […]
- Speaker Highlight: Michael LastMichael has combined his passions for entrepreneurship, technology, and fun into his startup Intellitoys. Intellitoys is using toys as a new platform for distributing traditional media such as songs and stories, as well as interactive media, such as games and interactive stories. Michael is seeking to disrupt the business model of the toy industry to [...] […]
- Speaker Highlight: Brian McTearBrian is a musician, record producer and the owner of Miner Street Recordings, the Philadelphia recording studio where he has worked since 1996. In 2008, along with high school friend Bill Robertson, McTear launched Weathervane Music, a revolutionary non-profit organization to support and advance the work of select independent artists. With the music and vid […]
Archive for December, 2008
I passed a rainy Los Angeles afternoon devouring the new 256-page coffee table book dedicated to the 25+ year history of LucasArts. The book is gorgeously presented and is filled with storyboards, memos and screenshots from nearly every project they’ve taken on. The tome’s tone (it’s written by game journalist Rob Smith) remains more or [...]
- In: gaming| transmedia
- Tags: Add new tag, book, Game Development, IP, LucasArts
Crowdsourcing Tanner Family Drama
19, Dec 2008This experimental video plays a scene from Full House (between Dave Coulier and Candace Cameron), then remixes it in various scenarios, with different actors, about a dozen times. The creator, Paul Slocum, posted instructions on Craigslist, inviting people around the country to shoot their own scenes (following his outlined instructions). Then, he edited the submissions [...]
- In: crowdsourcing| editing| experimental| remix| video
“The Internet is a Printing Press”
18, Dec 2008As we ramp up here at CH, we’ll continue to post quotes and POVs that have helped steer mash-up, ARG and DIY culture over the past ten years. One of the first voices to emerge was Sean Stewart’s. A novelist, Sean was one of the writers for “The Beast”, worked on several prominent ARGs for [...]
- In: transmedia
Movie Poster Remixes
18, Dec 2008Ah, Photoshop contests. They’ve been goin’ on for years. What’s more fun than remixed movie posters?
This Worth1000 thread was inspired by the impulse come up with better, anagram alternatives for the latest, poorly named Bond flick. This kind of remixing is old hat, but there’s something incredibly satisfying in jumbling up one image and its [...]
Greetings!
16, Dec 2008Welcome to Culture Hacker’s new look! My name’s Nick Braccia and I’ll be leading CH on the editorial front. Culture Hacker will showcase innovative storytelling formats, technologies and techniques in a conversational style. We’re not here to overwhelm anybody with theory or Martian vernacular, I promise. We want to help traditional storytellers take advantage of [...]
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