Hollywood 2.0: Recent Episodes
Peter Katz
Hollywood 2.0 features Peter Katz's interviews with innovators in the entertainment industry. They discuss where storytelling, business, and tech intersect.
Gina Keating returns! She is the author of Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America’s Eyeballs and writer of the Business Wars podcast series Netflix vs Blockbuster.
We cover his company ContrlMovie that creates choose your own adventure feature films and his interactive movie LATE SHIFT.
I talk with Denny Unger about how storytelling and technology is evolving for VR. Recently, his game The Gallery — Episode 1: Call of the Starseed won Best Narrative Experience at the Proto Awards.
Laura Bernstein and her company are focused on trying to track TV viewers across multiple platforms.
Annie Lukowski & BJ Schwartz are co-owners of the VR production company Vanishing Point based in LA. http://www.vanishingpointvr.com/#!about/fwydw
I talk to Stephan Paternot about Slated, his tech startup that is changing the world of film financing.
We discuss how tech companies are getting into the high stakes world of original content.
Links
www.simonowens.net
Music from Le Feline https://soundcloud.com/la-f-line
Takatsu is an award-winning writer of contemporary literary fiction, featured Wattpad author, and kickstarter of the Literary Fiction Network. He pioneered the Japanese “cell phone novel” phenomenon in the English-speaking world, marking a moment in history of a new online literary movement among thousands of young writers and readers globally. The remarkably unique serialized fusion of simple haiku-like poetic technique, visual text flow, multimedia and micro-prose storytelling has re-envisioned technology, youth culture, community and literature. The published print book of the coming-of-age story, “Secondhand Memories”, was released for fans internationally in 2015.
His more recent work includes “Move”, (2013, CPN, Textnovel) a sentimental journey of a struggling musician, and his flagship landmark novel, “Espresso Love” (2014), a dystopian magical-realistic literary fiction journey of spiritual awakening, which satirizes and examines human nature, subjective perception, socio-political systems, digital landscape, capitalist mechanism and consumer culture. It won the Watty’s Award 2014, reached #1 in Science-Fiction, and surpassed a readership of 800,000 in eight months.
Links
Read Espresso Love
http://www.wattpad.com/story/11748510
Song in episode is Pirouette by Made In Heights
https://soundcloud.com/madeinheights/pirouette
Erkki is an internationally renowned media historian and theorist, and also a specialist in the history and aesthetics of media arts. He is one of the founders of an emerging approach to media studies known as media archaeology.
Links
Buy the book Illusions in Motion Media Archaeology of the Moving Panorama and Related Spectacles
http://amzn.to/1T2c4fv
Erkki's website
http://www.erkkihuhtamo.com/
I heard Erkki speak at the AWESOME Transforming Hollywood event. I recommend you check it out next year.
http://bit.ly/1BQ79ng
Charles Urban
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Urban
Media scholar Raymond Williams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Williams
Telematic Dreaming by Paul Sermon
https://vimeo.com/44862244
Cave interface
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_automatic_virtual_environment
Song in episode is Pirouette by Made In Heights
https://soundcloud.com/madeinheights/pirouette
Kamal Sinclair serves as the Co-Director of the Sundance Institute's New Frontier Story Lab, offering interdisciplinary support to artists working at the convergence of film, art, and new media technologies.
Kamal on Twitter
https://twitter.com/kamalsinclair
Sundance New Frontier Lab
http://www.sundance.org/programs/new-frontier
Song in episode is Pirouette by Made In Heights
https://soundcloud.com/madeinheights/pirouette
I heard Kamal speak at the AWESOME Transforming Hollywood event. I recommend you check it out next year.
http://www.transforminghollywood.tft.ucla.edu/conference/th6-world-building-immersive-entertainment-2015/
I talked to the top experts on fair use Michael Donaldson and Lisa Calif, partners at the law firm Donaldson and Calif, and authors of Clearance & Copyright, 4th Edition: Everything You Need to Know for Film and Television.
Links
Buy the book
http://amzn.to/1Io09Sb
Donaldson + Callif law firm
http://bit.ly/1F450Fl
Watch the epic Power Rangers fan film
http://bit.ly/18hBrYa
Songs from episode:
Ghost by Poter Elvinger
http://bit.ly/1Io0HaD
Soch by Prabh Jazz
http://bit.ly/1NKdEzc
We discuss the interesting world of fan fiction.
Links
Buy the book:
http://amzn.to/1BpxawB
Black Girl Nerds podcast:
http://apple.co/1NHyi3K
Opening song:
It's Choade My Dear by Connan Mockasin:
http://bit.ly/1nsB6ro
We discuss the importance of curation online.
Links
Buy Curation is Creation http://colin.io/portfolio/curation-is-creation/
Song at the opening: Shame on Blue is from Cecil Otter and Swiss Andy's mashup album Wugazi. https://soundcloud.com/wugazi/06-shame-on-blue
We discuss how content creators can use social media to build their buisness and tell stories across multiple platforms.
Evette Vargas is the writer/creator of DARK PROPHET, an epic science fiction story that lives on multiple platforms. You can find more information at http://www.digital-reign.net/
Zach Dugow, founder & CEO of Insticator, talks about how his tech startup is gamifying the TV experience.
James De Julio, co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Tongal, talks about his experiences leaving the Hollywood system to build a platform that creates opportunities for content creators from around the world.
I interview Jamie Wilkinson, co-founder and CEO of VHX, a direct-to-fan video distribution platform.
Cynthia Meyers, associate professor of communication at College of Mount Saint Vincent and author of the book A Word from our Sponsor about how ad agencies helped invent broadcast entertainment in the 1930s and 1940s. We discuss the past, present, and future of branded entertainment.
I speak with Adriano Farano, CEO/co-founder of Watchup, about how technology is changing the world of journalism.
Philip Patrick, publisher of Kindle Worlds: a platform where writers can sell their fan fiction inspired by Veronica Mars, Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, The Vampire Diaries, G.I. Joe, The World of Kurt Vonnegut, and more. Follow Philip Patrick on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1qZ8Vwp Check out Kindle Worlds: http://bit.ly/1inICPo
Host: Peter Katz Follow on Twitter: http://bit.ly/OfAiFQ Sound: Jimmy Molina jimmolina@hotmail.com
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Shawn Gold, former CMO of Inside Studios. Until 2007, he was CMO, head of marketing & content for MySpace. He was also President of Weblogs Inc, which was acquired by AOL for $25 million in 2005. Currently,he advises Wattpad.com, a social storytelling platform and one of the fastest growing sites online.
My guest Malcolm De Leo Chief Evangelist at NetBase Solutions, a Social Intelligence Company. He gets into detail about how the entertainment industry can use social media listening to influence creative and business decisions.
Caitlin Burns discusses telling transmedia stories for blockbusters and indie projects.
Links:
Moveable Feast app http://mvabl.com/ Maccerren Park http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2012/films/mccarren-park-part-ii-hipster-dinos-transmedia-and-how-to-get-noticed-witho www.lizziebennet.com Sony creates show for Netflix http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/post--sony-netflix-team-up-for-original-series Dreamworks buys Awesomeness TV http://variety.com/2013/digital/news/dreamworks-animation-buys-youtube-channel-awesomenesstv-for-33-million-1200432829/ Musts, Maybes, and Nevers book http://www.amazon.com/Musts-Maybes-and-Nevers-ebook/dp/B00EQ5EZUG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382604299&sr=8-1&keywords=Must+Maybe+and+Nevers+book Sharknado http://mashable.com/2013/07/11/sharknado-twitter/ Top Chef, last class kitchen http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-29/attention-future-top-chefs-cooking-school-goes-online PGA Transmedia producer credit http://www.producersguild.org/news/39637/ Cynefin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin
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Gina Keating shares how Netflix became one of the most powerful players in Hollywood.
You can buy Netflixed here: http://www.netflixed.com/netflixed/buy/
Pamela Green, director of the doc Be Natural talks about her subject Alice Guy-Blache, the 1st woman film director and owner of a movie studio, as well as how she worked with her team to Kickstart this project.
Links:
http://benaturalthemovie.com/
Hollywood Branded's Founder & CEO Stacy Jones talks branded entertainment, product placement, and more...
http://hollywoodbranded.com/about-us/stacy-jones-bio
Matt Doherty, Associate Director of Global Digital Creative & Strategy, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, discusses branded content and transmedia storytelling.
Check out the The End of TV as We Know It & The Birth of Transmedia slideshow: http://www.slideshare.net/OgilvyWW/the-end-of-tv-as-we-know-it-the-birth-of-transmedia
Recently, I spoke with Ben Huh, founder & CEO of Cheezburger Network and co-founder of Circa. Ben shares how he learns from his users and adapts as an entrepreneur.
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J. Joly, CEO/Founder dimeRocker & CineCoup, is changing the way movies get made. Filmmakers submit a two-minute trailer to advance through a gamified selection funnel that’s designed to package their projects and build fan support on the CineCoup social web platform.
James Belfer, film investor/producer/co-founder of Dogfish Accelerator, shows me how his program teaches producers to succeed in a new media landscape.
Marc Schiller, founder and CEO of BOND Strategy and Influence, discusses direct film distribution. His past work includes consulting on Banky's Oscar nominated doc Exit Through the Gift Shop and many other notable films.
Check out
http://www.bondinfluence.com/
Jason Hirschhorn’s Media ReDEFined: http://paper.li/MediaReDEF/1312920154
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Jeff Smith/Neil Lieberman, directors of the Arrested Development doc talk crowdfunding/distribution
Check out
Trailer: http://arresteddevelopmentdoc.com/trailers/
Buy the movie: http://buy.arresteddevelopmentdoc.com/buy
For today’s show we have Balaji Gopinath founder of Media Camp, an accelerator program that educates entrepreneurs and enables them to build innovative media businesses.
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Startups backed by Media Camp:
http://www.socialsamba.com/front -Use Sponsored Saga Stories to tell your fans a story and connect on a deeper level, with the social network experience they love.
http://make.switchcam.com/tour/ -Team up with your friends and family to make awesome videos - no editing required.
Ava Seave, co-author of The Curse of the Mogul talks about the right and wrong way to run a media company.
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Buy book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Curse-Mogul-Leading-Companies/dp/B0057DC5YY
In this episode we talk to “Fanthropologist” Kris Longfield about all things related to the world of fandom.
Tim Carter, co-founder of Contradiction films, talks about producing a big budget webseries based on one of the most popular videogames of all time.
Check out
First episode of the series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s6UiEuCYXA
Robert is the founder and CEO of Transmedia Storyteller Ltd. He showcases Conducttr, a transmedia storytelling platform.
Check out
Conducttr: http://www.tstoryteller.com/
My guest is Mark Long, CEO of Meteor Entertainment. The story world from Hawken, his new free to play game, will live on multiple platforms: comics, novels, webseries, and films.
Check out
Teaser for Hawken: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOU4HBJaZ-o
Our guest is Nicolas Gonda, film producer/co-founder of Tugg, a startup that allows movie fans to choose what films screen at their local theaters.
Check out
www.Tugg.com
Aaron Williams, co-founder/CEO of Social Samba, shows me how his startup empowers transmedia storytellers.
Check out
http://www.socialsamba.com/front
Joshua Caldwell (writer/director/producer) talks about his experience as the Director of Digital Media at Dare to Pass, Anthony E. Zuiker’s (creator of CSI) innovative production company.
Check out
Cybergeddon web series: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/cybergeddon/
Zeke Zelker discusses his future film Billboard. Its epic transmedia experience includes everything from a virtual radio station to a scavenger hunt to win $96,000.
Check out
http://zekezelker.com/?page_id=102
Takaaki Okada, co-founder and creative director at Condition ONE. discusses an exciting new technology that lets viewers control a camera’s perspective in videos by moving a tablet or smartphone.
Check out
http://www.conditionone.com/
We talk to Alex de Campi, Eisner nominated comic writer/music video director. Recently, she raised $32,455 on Kickstarter.com for her graphic novel Ashes.
Check out
Alex's Valentine: The Comic a free supernatural thriller for web, tablet and phone by alex de campi: http://valentinethecomic.com/
Alex's Kickstarter for Ashes graphic novel: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/563903391/ashes-a-graphic-novel-by-alex-de-campi-and-jimmy-b
http://www.alexdecampi.com/
Kevin Franco, Chief Creative Officer at FRANCOMEDIA.COM and Partner/ Co-Founder at Enthrill Entertainment Inc is our guest. He shares his experience working on One Child, a transmedia thriller novel by best selling author Jeff Buick.
Check out
http://www.enthrill.com/
Buy One Child by Jeff Buick: http://mystories.enthrill.com/
Ralph Barbagallo game developer/entrepreneur discusses the past and future of his industry.
Check out
http://ralphbarbagallo.com/
Interesting conversation with Alison Norrington, Transmedia Producer & storyteller, StoryWorld Conference chair, TEDx Transmedia consultant, novelist, PhD researcher.
Check out
http://storycentraldigital.wordpress.com/
Director Patrick Jean talks about adapting his hit viral video Pixels into a feature film.
Check out
Watch Pixels: http://vimeo.com/10829255
We chat with Gawain Morrison about Sensum, his mobile platform that enables both your conscious and emotional choices to personalize any entertainment experience. I was especially interested in this topic because my work in Neurocinema.
Check out
http://www.sensum.co/
Neurocinema: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/09/neurocinema-aims-to-change-the-way-movies-are-made/
Swanna Macnair shows us how the world of publishing is evolving.
Check out
http://www.creative-conduit.com/
Marc Ruxin, Founder and CEO of Tastemaker X talks about the gamification of music discovery.
Check out
http://www.tastemakerx.com/
Scott Snibbe, founder of Snibbe Interactive and Scott Snibbe Studio, discusses the creation of Biophilia, Bjork’s interactive album. We met Scott at The Creators Project, an art/technology conference organized by Intel and Vice.
Check out
http://www.snibbe.com/
Buy Biophilia: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bjork-biophilia/id434122935?mt=8
I chat with Maya Zuckerman, transmedia producer and co-founder of Transmedia SF.
We reference these two articles:
A Critical Shortfall: Who Rates the Transmedia? by David Bloom: http://www.thewrap.com/tv/blog-entry/critical-shortfall-who-rates-transmedia-15492
Transmedia Storytelling Is Bullshit… by Mikes JonesL http://www.mikejones.tv/journal/2011/4/4/transmedia-storytelling-is-bullshit.html
My guest is Benji Rogers, CEO/founder of Pledgemusic.com, a platform that bridges the gap between musicians and their fans.
Check out
http://www.pledgemusic.com/
Wikipedia:
PledgeMusic has successfully helped fund a number of artists' projects, with more than 82% of projects launched on the site successfully reaching their fundraising target.[2] Some of these artists include:
Alien Ant Farm Archive Ben Folds Five Brigade Bruce Foxton [3][4] Charlie Simpson Daniel Bedingfield [5] Dave McPherson David Wax Museum Duke Special[6][7] The Defiled Earthtone9 Emmy the Great Esthero Flotsam and Jetsam[8] FM[9] For a Minor Reflection Funeral for a Friend Gang of Four[10] Ginger Grammatics Hawthorne Heights Headstones Helen Marnie I Like Trains IAMX InMe Jack Bruce Janet Devlin Joe Brooks Juliana Hatfield Langhorne Slim Firehorse Luke Bryan Madina Lake Martha Wainwright Matthew Mayfield Natty One Minute Silence Poets of the Fall Rachael Yamagata Reef Rhett Miller Ringo Deathstarr Secondhand Serenade Sylosis TAB the Band Tarja Turunen Teddy Geiger Terra Naomi The 69 Eyes The Blackout The Blood Arm[11] The Damnwells The Libertines The Lumineers The Tea Party Tina Dico The Rasmus The Subways Timo Tolkki Vertical Horizon Zee Avi
John Sykes, president of Clear Channel Entertainment, shares how he is expanding the radio business across multiple platforms.
Check out
http://www.iheart.com/
Brad Bell aka Cheeks, writer/actor/web personality and Jane Espenson, writer of Buffy, Battlestar Galactica, Once Upon a Time… share their creative process co-creating the online sitcom Husbands.
Check out http://husbandstheseries.com/
Our guest is Gerald Holubowicz, co-creator of Moneyocracy, a transmedia documentary set during the 2012 U.S Presidential race. It looks at how the 2010 Citizens United vs. F.E.C ruling is affecting the U.S democratic process.
Check out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTtzWFka4Og
We breakdown the past, present, and future of comics.
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Tom's comic Hybrid Bastards:
http://www.archaia.com/archaia-titles/hybrid-bastards/
Jeff Gomez, President & Chief Executive Officer at Starlight Runner, teaches us how transmedia storytelling enhances the value of film franchises, TV series, and videogames.
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Jeff's company: http://www.starlightrunner.com/
Jeff Ulrich, Earwolf podcast network co-founder, talks about the art and buisness of podcasting.
Check out
http://www.earwolf.com/
My guest is Christian Fonnesbech digital director & producer of 35+ online & transmedia projects. We are going to be discussing Cloud Chamber, his new transmedia mystery produced in Denmark. He collaborated with producer Vibeke Windelov (Breaking the Waves and Dancer in the Dark), director of filmed parts Fabian Wullenweber (The Killing TV series), and actors Gethin Anthony (Game of Thrones) and Jesper Christensen (James Bond: Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace).
Matt Mason, BitTorrent’s VP of marketing, stops by for an interesting chat about how his company is creating new tools to market and monetize content.
Check out
BitTorrent bundle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-fk78WR8ElY
Nicco Mele - entrepreneur, angel investor and consultant to Fortune 1000 companies - is one of America's leading forecasters of business, politics, and culture in our fast-moving digital age.
Buy book:
http://www.amazon.com/The-End-Big-Internet-Goliath/dp/1250021855
Jason Xu, founder/CEO of Battlefy, introduces me to the exciting world of eSports.
Check out
http://battlefy.com/