The evolution of the web series
In a few days I’m going to be presenting  a panel on branded entertainment at the annual SPAA Conference, with Sarah-Jane Woulahan. Preparing for our session has really been a great refresher on what’s out there, what’s working and wh

Speaking Transmedian
Last week I delivered a keynote at SPAA Fringe in Sydney. It’s tricky to know what level to pitch a presentation at, to a room of 200 people who come from all different areas of film & tv production, with varied experience; but I decided to wander introductorily through some of the forms entertainment or storytelling is taking across various platforms, and speak in more detail about case studies I’ve worked on. We’re at a  crossroads in our industry, when the old paradigm doesn’t really exist any more, but there isn’t yet a new one. There

A newish distribution strategy
Micro-budget indie thriller Paranormal Activity debuted at Slamdance in January. Two weeks ago it started screening at midnight sessions in 33 cinemas in the United States. Since then the film’s distributors Paramount have made sure there are plenty of computer terminals available at the cinemas and encouraged the audience to l

Wikipedia AR on your iPhone
Wikitude is an application developed originally for Android phones that has been adapted for use with the iPhone. You hold up your iPhone and click the application to discover facts about where you are, and points of interest there. It’s also designed to be fully interactive (co-creative) with the ability to input data via your Google, Twitter, Yahoo or OpenID account. Can’t wait to play with t