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The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
Oakley Anderson-Moore: "Digital distribution has thrown traditional release windows… out the window. What happens now?" 
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Mark Wilson: "So many companies, so many technologies. Who can keep it all straight? We can! Here's a plainspeak FAQ to get you up to speed."
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Josh Dickey: "The first time Peter Jackson presented footage from The Hobbit at 48 frames per second, most hissed that they hatesss it. But the high-frame-rate format has had a long journey since that April day back in 2012, when exhibitors and press saw a 10-minute sneak peek of Hobbit footage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas."
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Angela Watercutter: "Amidst all the hoopla over the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and their motion processors, faster CPUs, and larger screens, people are missing that Apple's latest smartphones are also a high-quality camera that filmmakers—or aspiring ones—can keep in their pockets."
Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's curator insight,
September 18, 2014 4:44 AM
Not that they didn’t have that before. iPhones have been used to make shorts and other types of films before—there are even multiple iPhone film festivals—but what the iPhone 6 offers is what Apple’s Phil Schiller called “technology used by high-end DSLRs” Click to read more. 
Spencer McCrossen's curator insight,
September 19, 2014 2:58 PM
And if you're saving up or have no budget you can always make films with your smartphone
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Scott Macaulay: "[...] in order to be truly contemporary, filmmakers must incorporate text messaging into their movies. But how to do that creatively?"
Donald Schwartz's curator insight,
August 22, 2014 5:08 PM
Not sure of this one, but I never say never.
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The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
Simon Jenkins: "The internet's tyranny is crumbling as we seek an antidote everywhere from galleries to Glastonbury. I find it all hugely reassuring" ...
Dr. Helen Teague's curator insight,
June 21, 2014 10:41 AM
"Post-digital is human congregation, and thank goodness for that"
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Randy Finch: "In the shift from the old paradigm (e.g., movie tickets, TV ads, selling physical copies, etc.) to a new paradigm (e.g., selling the devices that play digital content and the ad space and subscriptions that pay for access online), non-studio motion picture content creators have lost ground."
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MIT Open Documentary Lab:: "In the second part in this series, Elaine McMillion talks about her work, mainly focusing on her interactive documentary Hollow, a “hybrid community participatory project and interactive documentary” that uses HTML5 to depict a West Virginia community via video, photography, soundscapes and interactive data."
The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
A look at the world of interactive storytelling, including: tools of the trade; putting a team together; the role of the audience; and finding funding. Elaine McMillion says "As an interactive storyteller, you need to have an understanding of user experience, design and coding, but most importantly you have to understand what makes a strong narrative."
Debbie Elicksen 's curator insight,
March 18, 2013 1:32 PM
You need to have an understanding of user experience and narrative. 
Luca Brigada's curator insight,
March 18, 2013 6:18 PM
Mc Million about storytelling: "As an interactive storyteller, you need to have an understanding of user experience, design and coding, but most importantly you have to understand what makes a strong narrative. [...] So while it’s helpful to understand the technology, it’s essential to understand how stories are consumed, generated, shared, repurposed and controlled by online audiences. I think it’s important for an interactive storyteller to give up a level of control and work with your team to discuss the number of ways a story should and could be told. Some stories are best told through video, while others may be more powerful through audio and photos [...]"
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Based on her presentation at the Big Screen Symposium, Anna Jackson explores what the Transmedia concept of ‘Doing It With Others’ has to offer filmmakers.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS: "In the latest batch of notable series to launch online, long-harbored ambitions find digital outlets: Seinfeld does nothing; Tom Hanks plays a hero; Larry King keeps his suspenders in action" ...
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"What Transmedia and Continuous Client have in common is the goal to remove the boundaries the user faces and deliver a continuous experience that transcends mediums and devices. In computer software this could be taken to an even smaller level and remove application and operating system boundaries."
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"Henry Jenkins is an American media scholar, professor and author, who has published several books exploring the boundaries between media texts and fan cultures [...] M3 contacted Henry to ask him about the role of copyright in the digital age, the future of fan-funding and the importance of the record store"…
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The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
Eric Kohn: "Chief curator of film Rajendra Roy looks back on the museum's 80 years of film history."
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Elvia Wilk: "True to its title, "Capture All," the program of this year's transmediale festival in Berlin was ambitiously panoramic, with such a marathon, round-the-clock schedule that by the last day a number of attendees had come down with the same cold" ...
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The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
Anna Higgs: "Where does storytelling fit in to this new world of technology and how can we support artists to explore these new opportunities?"
Kajsa Hartig's curator insight,
November 18, 2014 3:05 PM
"...return doesn’t necessarily mean pure profit, but there has to be something of value coming back to us, for example a better understanding of who our audience is"
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Stephanie Walden: "A look at how authors are using social media and visuals to connect with fans, build online communities and rethink the creative process."
Jeni Mawter's curator insight,
September 8, 2014 12:25 AM
Today's children's and young adult writers must embrace these changes in order to survive!
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The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
"A US appeal court ruling that undermines the principle of net neutrality could spell the end for the ideal of an open internet, writes John Naughton"
Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's curator insight,
July 27, 2014 11:47 AM
"A US appeal court ruling that undermines the principle of net neutrality could spell the end for the ideal of an open internet, writes John Naughton" Click to read more. 
Mercedes RamírezRuiz's curator insight,
August 2, 2014 10:02 AM
Indudablemente, las cosas toman un cariz como mínimo preocupante...
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Dan Aronson: "Here, a few of the basic ways Net Neutrality (and a lack thereof) affects content creators like independent filmmakers, content providers like Fandor and viewers like you, and what you can do to make your voice heard."
Militao de Maya Ricardo's curator insight,
April 30, 2014 1:29 PM
A neutralidade da rede é fundamental para um desenvolvimento equilibrado da humanidade.
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Frank Rose: "One of the many fascinating things about Then She Fell is the way it resonates with the digital world we live in. An entirely no-tech production, it nonetheless manages to feel utterly contemporary in a time of video games and online media." ...
The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
Forbes calls it "theater for the video game generation" ....
Elise V. Baugh's curator insight,
June 24, 2013 2:36 PM
Off-Broadway: How the immersive theater of 'Then She Fell' resonates with the digital world
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Tim Maly: "When Derek Van Gorder and Otto Stockmeier decided to make a science fiction short about a mutiny on an interplanetary warship, they didn't have the funds for CGI."
The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
"Kit bashing is when you go to a model store and buy up boxed models kits like cars and naval vessels to repurpose the parts for your completely unrelated miniature." Intrigued? Then you should definitely read the rest of this article :)
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Dan Levy: "Sparksheet was in Cambridge, Massachusetts this past weekend for the sixth-annual Futures of Entertainment event, where academics and industry types met to discuss the changing nature of storytelling in the digital era."
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Liz Shannon Miller: "Whether you spell it "theatre" or "theater," any fan of classic or contemporary theatrical works ought to check out the full-length productions available through VOD site Digital Theatre."
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Beth Carter: "A common hysteria surrounds the inevitable switch from analog to digital, regardless of the industry" ...
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Lance Ulanoff: "For those of us who grew up reading Where the Wild Things Are, which was first published in 1963, today is a dark day. Its author, the sometimes irascible Maurice Sendak, died at 83. He leaves this world without ever seeing his works on an Apple iPad, Kindle Fire or E Ink Kindle, and that’s just the way he wanted it."
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Oakley Anderson-Moore: "Digital distribution has thrown traditional release windows… out the window. What happens now?"