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August 13, 2010 / Art / Books

Idiots' Books Talk Indie Subscription Models and Living in Barns

Writer Matthew Swanson and Illustrator Robbi Behr have done what many dream of but few dare. They have turned their backs (for the most part) on traditional careers, and opted instead for lives more aligned with ... more >

July 30, 2010 / Transmedia / Documentary

KENK, a graphic portrait of Igor Kenk, 'the world’s most prolific bicycle thief'

KENK is a graphic novel, and soon to be an animated film, based on documentary footage about 'the world's most prolific bike thief', Igor Kenk. This is an interview with Alex Jansen who created the concept, and produced ... more >

July 16, 2010 / Transmedia / Narrative

Forget the Red Pill: Take Bluebird Down the Rabbit Hole

So just what is Alternate Reality?Glad I asked. Apparently, it's something you can find on the Internet. (Remember the good old days when you could find it on a tab of acid?)Yes, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ... more >

July 07, 2010 / Web / Film

Four Boxes, Hitchcockian Cyber Thriller is Genuinely Freaky

What is it that makes us want to look at something we're not meant to see? Maybe it's the tickle on the back of the neck that comes from peaking through our hands to catch a glimpse of that movie we weren't supposed to ... more >

July 01, 2010 / Authors / Narrative

The Secret Annex: Discover Anne Frank's Hiding Place

"And if I don’t have the talent to write books or newspaper articles, I can always write for myself. But I want to achieve more than that."Anne Frank, the teenaged Jewish girl who wrote that entry in her diary in ... more >

June 25, 2010 / Web / Advertising

Epipheo: Studio Says Epiphanies Communicate Big Ideas in Online Advertising

A little more than 4700 hundred years ago, Egyptians invented what would later become the alphabet. In 1440, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. Then along came radio. After that, television. Then, the ... more >

June 09, 2010 / Film / Transmedia

The Transmedia Equation, Part 3: Platforms with Robert Pratten

Synopsis: In this, the third of several stories focused on the transmedia industry, we speak with director and transmedia consultant Robert Pratten. (If you enjoy this article, you might also like 'The Transmedia ... more >

May 27, 2010 / Advertising / Film

Top 10 Story Brands: The Companies that Get It and Why

Brands are often horrible, pretentious, even angry. Many don't yet realize that they are created and reside exclusively in the minds of consumers. But those are the bad brands, and today, we're here to celebrate the ... more >

May 19, 2010 / Events / Music

The Creators Project: Vice and Intel Celebrate Creativity & Technology

In one of the strangest media partnerships in recent memory, Vice and Intel have launched 'The Creators Project', a multi-year showcase featuring more than 80 top creators - "the world’s leading and most relevant ... more >

May 11, 2010 / Web / Contests

Scion Skids Out With Web Series 'Reinvent the Wheels'

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article, although hilarious and at times poignant, do not necessarily reflect universal beliefs held by Jawbonetv contributors and editors. To our web series producing friends ... more >

May 04, 2010 / Interactive / Trippy

Sufferrosa, Neo-Noir Interactive Film Tackles Cult of Beauty

Interactive film has come a long way in just a few short years, and while highly cinematic efforts like Late Fragment have pushed production quality, the interactive limitations of theatrical and DVD based distribution ... more >

April 28, 2010 / Animation / Narrative

La Gaite Lyrique, Abstract Animation and Interactive for Digital Arts Venue

You like trippy? We got your trippy right here. French animation house Passion Paris, which brings the full trippy on just about every project (check their vimeo channel), has created an abstract animated film and ... more >

April 21, 2010 / Transmedia / Marketing

Social Kick-Ass - Can Facebook Turn You Into a Superhero?

As the movie industry continues to go into the shitter, Hollywood scrambles to scour the horizon for that last shred of creativity. But they are not seeking out creativity to apply to scripts and storylines and ... more >

April 16, 2010 / Platforms / Television

Philips Cinema - Impressive Branded Entertainment With Parallel Lines

Philips is reinventing home entertainment – and advertising. The brand famous for its televisions began with the award winning short film Carousel in 2009, created by Adam Berg and Stink Digital as a means of ... more >

April 06, 2010 / Animation / Games

Kooky's Return: Amanita Design Steps Past Games to Puppet Feature Film

Synopsis: A quick chat with Jakub Dvorsky at Amanita Design about Samorost, Machinarium and the upcoming feature Kooky's Return. (If you like this, you may also be interested in reading 'Ten Trippy Interactive ... more >

March 24, 2010 / Web / Film

Sparrow Songs: Monthly Short Docs Make a Connection

'Sparrow Songs' is a project in which filmmaker Alex Jablonski and cinematographer Michael Totten make and exhibit one short documentary per month, every month for one year. Sparrow Songs is so much more than short ... more >

March 18, 2010 / Film / Directors

Mark Osborne: Why Failure is the Best Way to Succeed in Movies

Synopsis: Kung Fu Panda co-director Mark Osborne discusses how he took his unorthodox approach to film-making from early indie shorts to the top of the US box office. ‘The best way to learn to make movies is by ... more >

March 12, 2010 / Film / Transmedia

Transmedia Activism: Politics, Avatar and Harry Potter

Whether it's the Trollope Society or the Aqua Teen Hunger Force fan club, fandoms often become forums in which participants move beyond their shared love of a particular piece of content to start discussing real world ... more >

March 04, 2010 / Television / Web

The Steps: An Episodic Web Thriller that Doesn't Suck. Seriously.

I don't do much in the way of reviews, but there's a new noir web series called The Steps, shot entirely on location in Chattanooga, Tennessee, using local actors and crew members, that warrants equal praise for both ... more >

February 23, 2010 / Art / Comics

Vehicle Magazine: The Realities of Starting an Illustrated Anthology

Synopsis: Illustrator and Black Sheep Studios co-owner Tyler Jenkins explains the fiscal realities of starting indie narrative mag Vehicle in today's environment . (For more info about Tyler visit blacksheepstudios.ca ... more >

February 15, 2010 / Film / Transmedia

The Transmedia Equation, Part 2: Grassroots with Lance Weiler

Synopsis: In this, the second of several stories focused on the transmedia industry, we look at the work of Lance Weiler, a writer/director and social organizer focused on developing successful transmedia models ... more >

February 09, 2010 / Industry / Platforms

The Biracy Project: Filmmaking as Social Capitalism

Synopsis: Discussing the Biracy Project and its platform SoKap, which could revolutionize how indie films are produced and distributed. (Guest contribution provided by Ross L. Pruden, filmmaker, blogger and lover of ... more >