Cross-Media Forum NYC 19 April – live webcast
Featuring an impressive array of storytelling experts from the worlds of film, games, advertising, interactive, the IFP / Power to the Pixel Cross-Media Forum not-to-be-missed. If you can’t make it to New York, you can watch events unfold right here from the comfort of your own chair from 09.00 – 17.00 EST (that’s 14.00 – 22.00 BST) on TUESDAY 19 APRIL.
Full programme line-up:
9.00 – 9.15
INTRO
Joana Vicente, Director IFP & Liz Rosenthal, Founder & CEO, Power to the Pixel
9.15 – 10.00
BUILDING ASPIRATIONAL STORYWORLDS – Jeff Gomez, CEO Starlight Runner
Jeff Gomez, the world’s leading producer of highly successful transmedia franchises, will forward bold ideas on how we can strengthen the interactivity of our story properties and best prepare them to succeed as we extend them across an array of media touchpoints and platforms
10.00 – 10.30
TRUTH, LIES AND STORYTELLING – Ty Montague, Founder & CEO Co-Collective
Ty will talk about the fearsome power of story, in art, in commerce, and in life
10.30- 10.40
BREAK
10.40 – 11.10
Kevin Slavin, Managing Director & Co-Founder, area/code
11.10 – 11.40
EXTENDING YOUR STORY – Andrea Phillips, Writer & Games Designer
Moving from single-media to transmedia storytelling requires a new mindset and a new creative process. Andrea walks you through the possibilities and pitfalls
11.40 – 12.10
I’M A TRANSMEDIA WHAT? – Brian Clark, CEO GMD Studios
Brian Clark will walk you through the history of innovation that 21st century indie storytellers have inherited
12.10 – 12.30
PLAYING WELL TOGETHER: STORY & TECHNOLOGY IN WIRED.COM’S NEBULA
From Wired.com – Evan Hansen, Editor-in-Chief; Shannon Perkins, Editor of Interactive News Technologies; Annaliza Savage, Head of Video & Multimedia Editor
12.30 – 13.10
LUNCH
13.10 – 13.40
CASE STUDY: AFTERWORLD
Adam Sigel: Writer, Producer & Content Strategist
13.40 – 14.10
CASE STUDY: PANDEMIC 1.0
Lance Weiler: Story Architect & Founder The WorkBook Project
14.10 – 14.40
CASE STUDIES OF INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTARIES
NFB Canada has become renowned for its portfolio of innovative, interactive documentary stories that explore world topics through an artistic lens. Hugues Sweeney presents a series of the projects featured on their platforms NFB.ca/interactive/ ONF.ca/interactif
14.40 – 14.50
BREAK
14.50 – 15.20
CASE STUDY: VALEMONT: A TRANSMEDIA EXPERIENCE
Transmedia producer Nina Bargiel will take you through the process of creating and running this award-winning experience
15.20 – 16.00
PRODUCER/FINANCE PANEL
Lance Weiler, Story Architect & Founder, The WorkBook Project; Hugues Sweeney, Senior Producer of Interactive Production, NFB Canada; Ingrid Kopp, New Media Consultant Tribeca Film Institute New Media Fund
MODERATOR: Scott Macaulay, Editor, Filmmaker Magazine
CROSS-MEDIA PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
16.00 – 16.20
The Lost Children presented by Mark Harris. Writer/Director (USA)
16.20 – 16.40
Ken Brady Now presented by Aina Abiodun, Producer/Director (USA)
16.40 – 17.00
Process presented by James Milward, Executive Producer & Founder Secret Location (CAN)
