Director Tommy Pallotta introduces Collapsus, Submarine Channel’s 2010 transmedia project that combines interactivity, animation, fiction, and documentary. Collapsus looks into the near future and shows you how the imminent energy crisis affects a group of ten young people, who appear to be caught up in an energy conspiracy. Collapsus is part of the VPRO … Continued
The Digital Emmy that nearly had us with Collapsus finally went to the splendid Lebanese web drama Shankaboot. It’s about as far-removed from Collapsus as it’s possible to be: a straight-up series of live action micro-stories that follow the daily misadventures of courier/dreamboat Sleiman as he zips around Beirut on his Vespa.
Be afraid! This is hands down the best immersive, online, fictional game thingy we have seen yet. Like, ever. It maxes out on the use of interactive gimmicks which – when you think about it – seem like obvious tools for non-linear drama. We’re talking web-cam (to make sure you are playing in the dark! … Continued
“Transmedia”, “crossmedia”, whatever you want to call it, there is a growing penchant for projects that blend a heady cocktail of the real and the virtual, inviting the public to interact with – and contribute to – the development of the (immersive, multi-platform, etc) narrative. Breathe is one such project: 3 short films made up … Continued
This week is Hoogerbrugge’s week. Besides the release of his monograph, Hoogerbrugge just announced the launch of the new Prostress website. Prostress 2.0 is a follow-up to his 2006 web project “designed to explore a cure for the painful side effects of the human condition.” Prostress 2.0 seems to expand on that concept, albeit without … Continued
During a routine check, those hard working Chinese censors found some videos on the DVD to be included with the Hoogerbrugge monograph, too offensive. Co-Publisher BIS had to switch to another DVD replicator at the last minute and found one in less restrictive Hong Kong. We are left guessing what part of the DVD they … Continued
Finally some big guns (Marvel, CBS mobile and publishing house Scribner) have opened their eyes wide to the potential of mobile entertainment. Their Killer Content project for small screen mobile platforms is a graphic novel/video series hybrid called “N”, created by none other than the King of Terror Stephen King and esteemed graphic novelist Alex … Continued
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