Hot projects at Paris-based crossmedia market and conference included Game Fever, Shiva Destroys Sex and Wei or Die.
The fifth edition of the Paris-based transmedia event Cross Video Days unfolded in a refurbished warehouse on the edge of the French capital last week (June 19-20).
Founded in 2010, the same year as Apple launched the first iPad, the event has grown in sync with the transmedia scene as the film, television, press and advertising worlds increasingly embrace a cross-media approach.
Some 1,000 people from 29 countries attended its cross-media content market and conference programme this year, including 60 commissioners and decision-makers.
“Nobody in the audio-visual world can ignore the digital question anymore – whether they’re working in documentary, fiction, cinema or education – a crossmedia approach is increasingly relevant,” said the event’s founder Bruno Smadja.
In a panel looking at how traditional broadcasters were increasingly embracing the web, Amanda Farnworth talked about her work as the head of the broadcaster’s visual...
The fifth edition of the Paris-based transmedia event Cross Video Days unfolded in a refurbished warehouse on the edge of the French capital last week (June 19-20).
Founded in 2010, the same year as Apple launched the first iPad, the event has grown in sync with the transmedia scene as the film, television, press and advertising worlds increasingly embrace a cross-media approach.
Some 1,000 people from 29 countries attended its cross-media content market and conference programme this year, including 60 commissioners and decision-makers.
“Nobody in the audio-visual world can ignore the digital question anymore – whether they’re working in documentary, fiction, cinema or education – a crossmedia approach is increasingly relevant,” said the event’s founder Bruno Smadja.
In a panel looking at how traditional broadcasters were increasingly embracing the web, Amanda Farnworth talked about her work as the head of the broadcaster’s visual...
- 6/27/2014
- ScreenDaily
Cross-media project market and conference unfolds June 19-20.
Actress, writer and producer Emily Corcoran [pictured] and director Annette K Olesen’s will be among the film professionals crossing over to the web to present transmedia projects at the upcoming edition of Cross Video Days (Cvd) in Paris later this month.
The cross-media market and conference event, unfolding June 19-20 in a former warehouse on the outskirts of Paris, marks its fifth edition this year.
Founder Bruno Smajda is expecting it to be the biggest edition to date.
“It’s taken off in terms of the quality of the projects and the attendance of commissioners, one feeds into another,” he says.
“Today producers and broadcasters have to conceive projects in a transmedia way, taking into account convergence and what’s happening digitally — not least due to the realities of the market and the way in which people consume content,” says Smadja.
“The wave of change is so great everyone...
Actress, writer and producer Emily Corcoran [pictured] and director Annette K Olesen’s will be among the film professionals crossing over to the web to present transmedia projects at the upcoming edition of Cross Video Days (Cvd) in Paris later this month.
The cross-media market and conference event, unfolding June 19-20 in a former warehouse on the outskirts of Paris, marks its fifth edition this year.
Founder Bruno Smajda is expecting it to be the biggest edition to date.
“It’s taken off in terms of the quality of the projects and the attendance of commissioners, one feeds into another,” he says.
“Today producers and broadcasters have to conceive projects in a transmedia way, taking into account convergence and what’s happening digitally — not least due to the realities of the market and the way in which people consume content,” says Smadja.
“The wave of change is so great everyone...
- 6/9/2014
- ScreenDaily
SimCity-style documentary game explores implications of Canadian oil boom.
The second round of Sim City-inspired documentary game Fort McMoney, exploring Canada’s exploitation of its Athabasca oil sands, kicks off today (Jan 27).
The game, revolving around a virtual version of the oil boom region of Fort McMurray in Alberta, attracted 309,000 unique visitors, for 350,000 site visits, in
the first round that unfolded from Nov 25 to Dec 22.The work is the latest creation from French journalist David Dufresne whose past co-credits include award-winning Prison Valley about a Colorado town which is home to 13 prisons.
Fort McMoney is one of the first interactive works combining documentary material with gaming technology.
Canadian multi-platform production house Toxa and the National Film Board of Canada (Nfb), a major force in interactive digital content, co-produced the work in association with French-German broadcaster Arte.
One of Dufresne’s main aims for the work was to create debate around Canada’s exploitation of its tar sands...
The second round of Sim City-inspired documentary game Fort McMoney, exploring Canada’s exploitation of its Athabasca oil sands, kicks off today (Jan 27).
The game, revolving around a virtual version of the oil boom region of Fort McMurray in Alberta, attracted 309,000 unique visitors, for 350,000 site visits, in
the first round that unfolded from Nov 25 to Dec 22.The work is the latest creation from French journalist David Dufresne whose past co-credits include award-winning Prison Valley about a Colorado town which is home to 13 prisons.
Fort McMoney is one of the first interactive works combining documentary material with gaming technology.
Canadian multi-platform production house Toxa and the National Film Board of Canada (Nfb), a major force in interactive digital content, co-produced the work in association with French-German broadcaster Arte.
One of Dufresne’s main aims for the work was to create debate around Canada’s exploitation of its tar sands...
- 1/27/2014
- ScreenDaily
A transformed festival is now a marketplace for deal-making and fundraising by doc-makers, as some fine films are recognised with awards
This year's Sheffield documentary festival ended with veteran film-makers scratching their heads. Since Doc/Fest was launched 16 years ago, both the festival and the industry it covers have changed beyond recognition.
In its early days, Doc/Fest showcased the output of what was still a structured world in which elite gatekeepers called the shots. This year, 65 films were still shown, including 15 world, five European and 23 British premieres. Yet the emphasis was on networking, tip-swapping, deal-making and fundraising by the film-makers themselves, all of whom were grappling with a world ever more in flux.
During recent years, the number of industry delegates to Doc/Fest has increased four-fold: this year it stood at around 2,000. In Sheffield's fabled MeetMarket, 175 power-brokers haggled over 64 projects with film-makers from 22 countries; a thousand meetings were...
This year's Sheffield documentary festival ended with veteran film-makers scratching their heads. Since Doc/Fest was launched 16 years ago, both the festival and the industry it covers have changed beyond recognition.
In its early days, Doc/Fest showcased the output of what was still a structured world in which elite gatekeepers called the shots. This year, 65 films were still shown, including 15 world, five European and 23 British premieres. Yet the emphasis was on networking, tip-swapping, deal-making and fundraising by the film-makers themselves, all of whom were grappling with a world ever more in flux.
During recent years, the number of industry delegates to Doc/Fest has increased four-fold: this year it stood at around 2,000. In Sheffield's fabled MeetMarket, 175 power-brokers haggled over 64 projects with film-makers from 22 countries; a thousand meetings were...
- 11/9/2010
- by David Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
Here are a few articles, links and videos that caught my eye this week: The shape of documentaries to come may be revealed by Prison Valley, which won the second FRANCE24-Radio France International Web Documentary Award last week. From France 24′s article about the new media doc by David Dufresne and Philippe Brault: Created by David Dufresne and Philippe Brault, the striking multimedia production takes viewers to the heart of Canon City, “a distant place that is home to 36,000 souls and 13 prisons.” Produced by the French company Upian and distributed by Arte.tv, Prison Valley, is an interactive journey into the prison industry in the United States. Released in April, the web documentary is the result of months of investigative...
- 9/5/2010
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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