Here are some photos of The Conversation: The Future of Cinema, Games & Online Video, a two-day conference held Friday and Saturday at the Pacific Film Archive at UC Berkeley. Journalist-author Scott Kirsner organized the program, which was geared toward filmmakers, digital media makers and gamers. Above is a shot of Gregg and Evan Spiridellis, […]
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Behold the coming Cinematic Internet
At the Intel Developer Forum Wednesday I was pulled aside and invited to interview Eric B. Kim, an Intel senior vice president and general manager of its Digital Home Group. Earlier in the day I heard Kim give a keynote talk with Patrick Barry, vice presdent of TV for Yahoo!
Kim talks about this significant new development in the 11-minute interview (above).
ReelChanges: viewer-funded documentaries
Big banner on the wall: “How can the intersection of journalism & technology serve democracy?” That’s the overarching theme of NewsTools 2008, where 200 or so folks are gathered today (and tomorrow) at Yahoo! as well as Saturday at a Sunnyvale hotel for Innovations in Journalism Expo 2008. I’ll post a few highlights from today: […]
Speaking at Cinequest on indie films
The media plays a powerful role in a filmmaker’s life — not only to get the word out about a film in release but also to create buzz on product that has not yet been signed to a distributor. Due to an ever-changing media and distribution landscape, indie filmmakers are shifting focus away from traditional media outlets and are turning to new media. Are blogs beating the trades?
At OnHollywood 2007
I’m at OnHollywood, the second annual Silicon Valley-meets-the-entertainment-industry conference held at the Hotel Roosevelt in L.A. I was a moderator and “industry expert slash judge” last year. (Disclosure: My registration was comped as a blogger and citizen journalist.) I posted some initial photos on Flickr, though the dark room makes shooting very difficult. That’s Arianna […]