September 2009 Archives
While the film world continues in it's struggle to become cross platform and multimedia, it's reassuring to see that other mediums such as the traditional book face the same challenges.
Nick Cave's just released a new book 'The Death of Bunny Munro' and it comes with a selection of music and an i-phone application as well. The combination of Cave as an author and a musician is an obvious one, but could more books utilize music in their promotion and delivery?
Music and film is a natural match, soundtracks are a given, and novelizations of movies are common place. Could you create a series of short films to go with a literary release? - that's an idea that Susan Taylor Suchy explored at the FTI animation centre last year - and one that has great merit. Could a publisher release a book that is accompanies by a series of short films or animations, a series of video portraits of the main characters maybe?
Source: Pitchfork
Nick Cave's just released a new book 'The Death of Bunny Munro' and it comes with a selection of music and an i-phone application as well. The combination of Cave as an author and a musician is an obvious one, but could more books utilize music in their promotion and delivery?
Music and film is a natural match, soundtracks are a given, and novelizations of movies are common place. Could you create a series of short films to go with a literary release? - that's an idea that Susan Taylor Suchy explored at the FTI animation centre last year - and one that has great merit. Could a publisher release a book that is accompanies by a series of short films or animations, a series of video portraits of the main characters maybe?
Source: Pitchfork
The other day Liz highlighted the blogging attributes of Danny DeVito and it immediately made me thing of the online presence of Jane Fonda.
The actress is active as both a blogger and on Twitter, where she first began posting about the rehearsals of a play which marked for her return to Broadway earlier this year. Once the play finished though Fonda has kept on posting proving updated on her new love life, her travels and clarifying false rumours.
I wonder how long it will be before the social networking activities of actors will have an effect on them getting hired? Does an actor with a big online following bring an audience with them? Will future contracts have clauses written in to them requiring actors to post a certain number of posts during production and the promotional campaign? Or will online profiles damage our ability to believe the actor is the character their playing?
Could an online strategy of this nature work for a small production within unknown performers?
Remember the old days? We had to rely on Who Weekly reporters to publish embarrassing photos of celebrities. Well now, thanks to Social Networking, celebrities are doing it themselves! You may have seen this already, but Danny DeVito has set the Twitterverse alight with his brand new Twitter page. The real Danny DeVito. Not just because he posts pearlers like "Don't follow the fake "DiVito" twitter! I know how to spell my name and I don't suck at photoshop!". Danny doesn't know how to 'verify' his account. Apparently if you're a celebrity, you need to take this step so that the average person knows that you're not an imposter. So Danny went one further and established a Facebook Fan Page, complete with a video so that you know it's really him. Check it out.
If Danny inspires your inner curmudgeon, you may want to check out this site. YouSTFU encourages people to share their rants with the world. Particularly like someone's rant? You can order it on a coffee mug. Brilliant.
It's all good laughing at celebrities or letting off steam, but what if you have a real problem and your Facebook friends can't help you? Then Solve My Task is for you. I've already learnt how to form a Hip Hop group, paint Zebra walls and much more. Now, where's that page on running the WA Screen Awards?
If Danny inspires your inner curmudgeon, you may want to check out this site. YouSTFU encourages people to share their rants with the world. Particularly like someone's rant? You can order it on a coffee mug. Brilliant.
It's all good laughing at celebrities or letting off steam, but what if you have a real problem and your Facebook friends can't help you? Then Solve My Task is for you. I've already learnt how to form a Hip Hop group, paint Zebra walls and much more. Now, where's that page on running the WA Screen Awards?
Douglas Coupland author of 'Generation X' has a new book coming out, it's called 'Generation A'. his publisher is running a competition that allows readers to create thier own cover for the book, a personalised copy.
This reminds me of Penguin producing books with blank covers and encouraging readers to create their own cover artwork.
Hw could this idea work for televison... I'd quite like to make my own opening credits for CSI Miami, each week a diffferent viewers credits could run.
The Gruen Transfer has of course already treaded in this area when they provided fottage for people to make their own advertisements.
Source: Galleycat via Mr Trivia
This reminds me of Penguin producing books with blank covers and encouraging readers to create their own cover artwork.
Hw could this idea work for televison... I'd quite like to make my own opening credits for CSI Miami, each week a diffferent viewers credits could run.
The Gruen Transfer has of course already treaded in this area when they provided fottage for people to make their own advertisements.
Source: Galleycat via Mr Trivia
THe character's on Neighbours have begun to twitter each afternoon in the lead up to the show. What a pity Harold's not there anymore, I'd have like to be able to turn to him for advice.
Also on ABC's 'Q&A' and 'News Breakfast' they are quite twitter savy, with calls for viewers to hashtag their tweets, so the whole online audience can follow the discussion and comments.
If your a twitterer, you can follow FTI on Twitter too
Source: TV Tonight
Also on ABC's 'Q&A' and 'News Breakfast' they are quite twitter savy, with calls for viewers to hashtag their tweets, so the whole online audience can follow the discussion and comments.
If your a twitterer, you can follow FTI on Twitter too
Source: TV Tonight
OZTAM the company that supplies the TV rating is having a major change in 2010 when it will begin to report on time shifted viewing. At the moment the ratings only include what people watch on live TV, not included is the use of digital recorders such as TIVO.
This will have a major effect on commercial television business as we may discover some not so popular shows have a huge audience who watch it at a later time.
Source: TV Tonight
This will have a major effect on commercial television business as we may discover some not so popular shows have a huge audience who watch it at a later time.
Source: TV Tonight
The 2009 Perth Fashion Festival (4 - 11 September) kicks off with the launch of POPSICLE!, a vintage bus and mobile retail space stocking clothes, accessories and books from emerging WA designers.
Visit onwilliam.com.au/popsicle for all the details.
Watch behind-the-scenes footage of the bus under construction and more exclusive content - runway shows, style events and backstage mayhem - on Perth Fashion Festival's Official Video Blog, brought to you by Cut & Paste.
