by Melita Kuburas for Media In Canada
A pilot program from the Independent Production Fund (IPF) in Canada will help finance 11 new webisode series, distributing $1.2 million among the Canadian production companies that were selected. The new funding program, which received 166 applications this year, shows the IPF board’s commitment to adapt to a changing media and production industry, says Andra Sheffer, executive director, Independent Production Fund. (more…)
by Emily Claire Afan for Playback Magazine
When it comes to creation in the interactive world, there’s a huge difference between simply getting the job done and developing award winning content…
by Jennifer Henderson for CBC Information Morning
Jennifer Henderson features a small company that’s a big hit with advertisers.
Sweat with Sidney
Hockey star’s workout website scores big for Halifax media company
A home-based media production company in Halifax experienced the power of Sid the Kid with the launch of an interactive website featuring the hockey great that attracted 120,000 hits in its first week. (more…)
“The documentarian ‘bears witness.’ To bear witness is to see and to name… It is an imaginative seeing, a re-visioning that pushes to an authentic re-naming…To see is to engage…The same is true, in a different alchemic reaction, for the audience. I, the viewer, in a most perfect and complete engagement with the work, recreate that dangerous journey of creator and put myself at risk. We all expose ourselves; we all become Sauls on the road to Damascus…” – Tom Perlmutter, NFB Commissioner
by Sandy Greer in POV
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Canadian Film Center, 2008 Brochure
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A graduate of the Canadian Film Centre Media Lab, Evan Jones of Stitch Media is recognized as one of CFC’s successful alumni in the media industry. He is listed amongst some of the most creative and innovative leaders in Canadian film and media, including Peter Raymont, Don McKellar, and Sarah Polley.
Does anyone have more fun at work than Evan Jones? The owner and creative director/producer at Stitch Media, an interactive media production company with offices in Halifax and Toronto, has the amazing job of coming up with ideas for cross promotions with traditional media creators. Says Jones: “I work with traditional media creators to make their projects interactive.”
Macleans Magazine, October 13 2008 issue
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A recent project in association with White Pine Pictures, known as The Border Interactive, won a Rockie Award from the Banff World Television Festival for Best Interactive Mobile Program Enhancement, while being nominated for a 2008 Gemini Award for Best Cross Platform Project. (more…)
Industry Watch: Games Break Loose
A distorted reality is now a necessity to be free
by Michael Mascioni, October 2008 issue
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The term itself – alternate reality game – is nebulous in many respects. Generally, ARGs are multiplatform interactive experiences that blend reality and fiction and incorporate a game element, (more…)
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