- Unnatural History – RADAR S3 Ep 33 [vid]

Unnatural History recaptures rare moments in time, both past and present. The project consists of still photos, taken of rebuilt miniature scenes. Some scenes recreate natural disasters while others capture a natural history seen within museums at time where history and science didn’t see eye to eye. The end result tricks the viewer into believing they are seeing&hellip read more

- FCKD Mag – RADAR S3 Ep 32 [vid]

Ryan Watkins-Hughes, founder of the FCKD Mag project, is a deconstructionist through and through. In this latest project, Ryan is making a social commentary on advertisements by purchasing the flashiest, advert filled magazines and altering the covers as well as the ads inside of the magazine. By adding his artwork to the already printed magazine Ryan is replacing&hellip read more

- Transmedia Storytelling: Getting Started

Having decided that you want to get into transmedia and write a transmedia story, where do you start?

Well, I’d recommend that you start with what you know and branch out from there. But knowing where and how to branch out means considering the type of experience you want to create.

There are five questions to ask yourself&hellip read more

- Elan Lee: The “Rolling Stone” Interview, Part I

Elan Lee wants you to be a superhero!

[More on that later. Part II and Part III]

A note of introduction: Through the good graces of Lee Sheldon (a game writer/designer and professor with whom I worked during my graduate program), the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, and others at Indiana University, we were able to&hellip read more

- How To Build Your Own VOD Portal (in a matter of hours for less than $100)

WHY DO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE?

About a year ago, there was a lot of talk about the merging of broadband internet and the televisions in our living rooms. That has since been subplanted by a shift in focus toward the creative process and making better films. However, when Google TV was announced not long ago for&hellip read more

- Slaves of Industry

I don’t want to sell my work to corporations. I want to sell my work to, and share it with, people.

I don’t know why it has taken me this long to land upon this thought, but it hit me like a ton of bricks today. For some time now folks in the ‘industry’ have been crying,&hellip read more

- DIYDays NYC – Noah Harlan: How to build a mobile app [vid]

This workshop will take you through the process of conceiving, developing and releasing an app for mobile platforms including the iPhone, Android, mobile web and other platforms. We will take a close look at the process of designing User Interface and User Experience. We will also look at the evolution of human interface interactions and where we are&hellip read more

- DIYDays NYC – AR & Geolocational storytelling [vid]

The ubiquitous nature of smart phones and location aware devices means transmedia storytelling can become a local and dynamic experience for the masses. This workshop by Ethan Rublee will serve as a rabbit hole into the technology behind AR and geo-locational platforms. Open source software, some programming gumption, and off the shelf hardware is all that is needed&hellip read more

- WBPLabs Project 002 – Inspired By Design

Inspired By Design is a mini-series produced by WBPLabs – a division of the WorkBook Project. Inspired By Design explores the emerging art of eco-friendly and innovative design. Each episode provides a glimpse behind the scenes of some of the most pioneering creative efforts of craft and engineering in contemporary life.

From city studios to beach-side shores, every&hellip read more

- WBPLabs project 001 – RADAR

RADAR is a weekly series produced by WBPLabs – a division of the WorkBook Project. The series is a timely, insiders view into the cutting edge of storytelling and creativity.

RADAR highlights innovative projects and events across different creative disciplines, hangs with creators and founders, and digs deep into process, method and participation.

From what it means to&hellip read more

- WorkBook Project Award 2010 Winner

This past winter we continued a tradition that started with the From Here to Awesome experiment, a “day and date” festival concept that helped 22 films reach theaters, living rooms and viewer’s computers in 2008. The WorkBook Project Discovery and Distribution Award gives a filmmaker an amazing prize consisting of a week long theatrical run in LA with&hellip read more

- Hello world! I’m a discovery and distribution award

One feature film will receive a week long theatrical run with PR, street team and social media support at the state of the art DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT THEATER

The Theater has the following technical specifications:

- 236 Stadium style seats including 16 reclining sofa seats.

- 35mm Strong/Simplex with platter system and reel to reel capability(2000′&hellip read more