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An interview with Sofia, Rick, Rey, and Alexander--students working on NSU's official student-run newspaper, the Current--about the writing, research, and creativity needed to bring news and opinions to NSU students. Check out the latest news at https://nsucurrent.nova.edu/ .
STX Entertainment is best known for movies like "The Upside" and "Ugly Dolls," but it also has a division dedicated to creating virtual-reality movies like the recent action short "The Limit." STXsurreal chiefs Rick Rey and Andy Vick talk about the art of adopting narrative storytelling to new technology, and what it will take for VR to achieve mass appeal.
STX Entertainment is best known for movies like "The Upside" and "Ugly Dolls," but it also has a division dedicated to creating virtual-reality movies like the recent action short "The Limit." STXsurreal chiefs Rick Rey and Andy Vick talk about the art of adopting narrative storytelling to new technology, and what it will take for VR to achieve mass appeal.
Direct MP3 link It's a massive show as we run down a ton of stuff from the year in online video. From the Streamys to the IAWTV, from YouTube stars to TV stars, from view fraud to Double Rainbow, we round up just a shitload of topics. This episode we're joined by NewTeeVee co-editor Liz Miller, writer/director Brett Register, producer Rick Rey, along with NM regulars Chris McCaleb, Zadi Diaz, and Steve Woolf. We debated breaking this into two separate shows, but screw it, it's a New Mediacracy that's over 3 hours long! Let us know what you thought the most important events in online video were in 2010 in the comments!
This week we hear the inspiring story behind one of the most successful web shows of 2010, The Bannen Way, with filmmakers Jesse Warren and Mark Gantt. Zadi Diaz, Rick Rey, and Steve Woolf talk about their origins in new media and Jesse and Mark offer story after story about the door being closed on their project by other people and their refusal to accept it. This one is not to be missed by creatives and filmmakers out there who are frustrated with the system and need to hear people talking about never taking no for an answer. Jesse and Mark tell stories that neither of them ever heard from each other before, and we get into gritty detail about the way The Bannen Way was conceived, created, packaged, and delivered. Direct MP3 link
This week join the conversation with Brett Register, Craig Frank, Rick Rey, Zadi Diaz, and Steve Woolf as we talk at length about what a web series actually is, the upcoming Streamy Awards, the International Academy of Web Television, and the ghost of Pixelodeon. Oh, and we drink a lot of wine (except for Craig Frank). There's a lot of talk about the new generation of Los Angeles entertainment-driven web video makers, the proliferation of scripted series, the lack of quality out there, and the experience of creating non-fiction content versus fictional content. We also touch on some of the hot points around screeners for web series to prompt to Streamy votes, branded entertainment, the small presence of international participants in the International Academy of Web Television, the brief run (and revival?) of WebTVDirt, and east coast versus west coast versus midwest web series creators. NOTE: sorry about all the cell phone interference in this episode. Next time, all phones in airplane mode! UPDATE: Jon from Hawaii won the Buckyballs! Thanks for listening the whole way, Jon! Direct MP3 link
Zadi Diaz, Steve Garfield, and Steve Woolf on our weekly audio talkcast covering the world of new media. This week:Men accused of planting cartoon "bombs" for Adult Swim's "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" using guerilla marketing that went wrongAsk a Ninja's Deal with Federated MediaUPDATE: The numbers are going down -- ?Is Rocketboom also with Federated Media? (FM release)WAIT: Andrew Baron told us that Rocketboom has NOT signed any deal with FM.Hayden Black's HBO Online pilot: "Abigail's X-Rated Teen Vlog"Hayden's first show: Goodnight BurbankShout out to Jackson West of NewTeeVee.com, a good blog for developments in the world of online videoLisa Nova joins MadTVYouTube's revenue sharing announcementBloggers evaluating Windows Vista (We each received an HP Pavillion notebook PC, not an Acer Ferrarri, btw)SageTVThanks to Rick Rey for the SkypeOut suggestion Direct MP3 link