Time to make a movie
The updates on this blog have been getting spottier than ever. That's obvious. Time is being fragmented by so many things that it becomes difficult to maintain a routine. With this blog, I make attempts to write more than just brief, unimportant updates as to what I'm doing; Facebook or Twitter, etc. are fine for that. One quick aside about that phenomenon -- why is it essentially the same people that are completely paranoid about the government tapping phones and email are also the same people that update their 'twitbook' every ten minutes? For being concerned with privacy issues, we have very happily put it all out there, haven't we? Hey, I'm obviously one of 'them'. Aside complete. I have started thinking about the next movie. The past few years have been a series of ups and downs in terms of trying to get another feature off the ground. Like so many other people in this town, I have my stories of, "it almost happened but the deal fell apart." Unlike many in this town, that won't do for me. I have always been rather self sufficient and – as that is a strong suit – I shall, necessarily, put that self sufficiency back to work. I have begun to seriously entertain some revamped ideas about 'the next movie'. And I do have a seriously cool idea buzzing around. The buzzing goes a little bit like this… In accordance with the self-recursive premise of the movie, for the moment I am going to try a full-disclosure idea on what is happening. Now, that I've laid it out there, I have to make it happen. I've dared myself. You dare me too.
sounds neat!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what you come up with. As I'm sure you're aware, a lot of folks are exploring this type of transmedia storytelling (including your erstwhile partner, Lance Weiler).
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the most successful transmedia franchises to date have been expansions of major movies or TV shows (from the original "Star Wars" through "Lost"). Beyond this, much transmedia activity has been focused on promoting another "primary" entertainment vehicle (serving, in effect, as advertising).
Transmedia storytelling is still in the early stages of exploring the boundaries of what is possible. I look forward to your contributions to the field.
Soooo cool! I very much look forward to your new venture. I'm sure that there are many of us out here that would like to be participatants in your experiment.
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