UK Online Web Series Event - Kidmapper

Thanks to the Cyfle Multiplatform Symposium for putting me onto this...

Great example of how a closed narrative
(R.L. Stevenson's book, Kidnapped!)
can be turned into a live event - streamed on the web.

Tim Wright followed the route covered in the novel, in real time, streaming the journey as he went.

How a book begins
'Kidnapped' is a fantastically exciting book.
The story of David Balfour running for his life across the Highlands, sometimes accompanied by tough and rebellious Alan, sometimes pursued by the English army, seemed so visceral and exciting to me that I wanted to try it for myself.

So that is exactly what (Tim Wright did).
From 30th June to 25th August (2009), (He followed) a route across Scotland from the south western tip of Mull to the outskirts of Edinburgh, as charted in Chapters 14–27 of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Kidnapped’.

KIDMAPPER HOME SITE HERE


KIDMAPPER YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE


TIM WRIGHT ON TWITTER @moongolfer


And this is the first web series I've linked with Google Maps



29th June: Starting On The Beach

This is my first day on the Kidnapped Trail, so here's a basic explanation of what I'm up to.

crossing the Forth with the Limekilns publican

Ian of the Ship Inn in Limekilns has had many people come into his pub and talk a good game about 'Kidnapped', but we are the first people he's been prepared to actually take across the river in his boat.

What a guy! He even cooked us a bowl of white pudding because that's what the 'fine lass' behind the bar does in the book. The rest of you, I'm afraid will have to take the bridge.

Lunacy, lunar landings and a confusion of Armstrongs

It doesnt surprise me at all to find comments on the blog referring to journeys and physical challenges currently in the news that mirror precisely what were doing here in terms of following a prescribed route, using manuals, never stopping despite what is thrown at us and unspooling a compelling narrative for others to enjoy and emulate.

Yes, Im talking about the moon landing of 40 years ago involving Armstrong *N* and the Tour de France involving Armstong *L*. If only an Armstong had won the Open also, we would have had a triumvirate of parallel events.

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CELEBRATE THE WEB live event - honouring web series in 2010

From Via webseriestoday:-

"Let's make lemonade out of lemons," explained Kim Evey as she addressed the crowd of the local L.A. web tv community to explain how she and Jenni Powell were motivated to organize Celebrate the Web.

Jenni revealed that the order of speakers would be determined by random draw. Sandeep Parikh took the stage to open the festivities. More subdued than we've seen him on his blog earlier this week, he set the tone by trumpeting what draws him to creating on the web. The whole show was streamed live and is available to view but there were, in my eyes, some stand out moments.
...
All week the blogs have been alive for calls of a smaller ceremony that was unique to the medium and captured the independent spirit of the people who work in it. I have a feeling many people are going to refer to this as that kind of ceremony.

Me speaking
-- This is that kind of ceremony. StoryGas


CELEBRATE THE WEB HOME SITE HERE


Looking forward to CELEBRATE THE WEB 2011. #celebratetheweb



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RTE Storyland 2 - 2010 - Round 4

Forget the UK Elections 2010, Ireland's RTE's Storyland contest hits round 4.

So we're down to 3 remaining shows fighting it out to make it into the final two. Voting opened this morning and the new episodes are online. So much is at stake for the program makers, they know now that the hard bit isn't making the episodes (though it is hard and I should know... I've seen the pics and read the production blogs). The hard work is drumming up interest in their work and getting people to watch it, like it and vote for it.

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To give you a taste, have tried to embed the remaining shows here...

...but could only find episode ones -- so here they are with links to the latest eps below...


WE OWN THE STREETS - EPISODE ONE - DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY



WE OWN THE STREETS YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE

WE OWN THE STREETS home site here

VOTE for WE OWN THE STREETS at RTE STORYLAND



ZOMBIE BASHERS - EPISODE 1



ZOMBIE BASHERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE

ZOMBIE BASHERS home site here

VOTE for ZOMBIE BASHERS at RTE STORYLAND



BUTCHERS - EPISODE 1



BUTCHERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE

BUTCHERS on facebook

VOTE for BUTCHERS at RTE STORYLAND



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Writing for Multiplatform - Cardiff, Wales Thursday 15th April 2010

In Wales, or the UK?

On Thursday?


FROM CYFLE:-

An unique event to Wales which will be an opportunity to increase awareness of the effects of multiplatform developments on the media’s creative and commissioning processes.

"The Multiplatform Symposium 2010 is an event for those who want to be leading the pack in the competitive, ever-changing world of content production in the 21st century" Iona Williams, Chief Executive of CYFLE

A chance to –
•Interact with forward-thinking individuals
•Listen to and interact with speakers of the highest calibre
•Develop ideas, make contacts, and be inspired
•Expand your understanding of the changing multi-platfform world

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UK Screenlit Festival - Nottingham 21-29 April 2010

For writers & producers in the UK in a couple of weeks...

2 Heads Are Better Than 1: Sam Bain & Jesse Armstrong
Gala showing of FOUR LIONS
Armando Iannucci
William Ivory
BBC Comedy Commissioning Editor Cheryl Taylor
Rob Brydon
Dave Spikey...

MORE HERE:-
http://screenlit.co.uk/talent


ScreenLit Festival


The ScreenLit festival is Nottingham's premiere film festival - this year we will be welcoming Armando Iannucci, Chris Morris and Rob Brydon

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Ira Glass on Storytelling

Via Sandeep on the POST-NUP WEB SHOW SERIES BLOG:-

If you’re an artist, consider yourself officially out of excuses.

The cost to produce your material, distribute it widely, and reach out to potential fans is no longer a real barrier.

But, that’s probably not what’s really stopping you (or me).

What stops us is fear: that our work will be rejected, that it won’t be as good as what we’ve done before, that we were never good enough to do it in the first place, etc., etc., blah blah blah.

1. Ira Glass on the Taste Gap
Ira Glass is the creator and host of the radio show This American Life.

In an interview with CurrentTV, he tells us that the only way to bridge the gap between the stuff you like (your taste) and what you are capable of (your skill) is to work really hard, for a really long time (inspired yet?).

I really appreciated the end of this segment, where he actually plays some of his earlier radio work, which as he says, is actually kinda crappy.

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http://www.postnupshow.com/diy-tv-four-pieces-of-inspiration/#


Ira Glass on Storytelling, part 3 of 4



To paraphrase:

First couple of years... what you're making isn't that great.
But your taste is still killer & your taste is good enough to tell that it's kinda crappy.

People tend not to go past that point.

Everyone I know went through that phase of years... they knew it fell short.
It didn't have that special thing.
You've gotta know it's totally normal.

And the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work.
Volume.
Give yourself a deadline. Best if someone is waiting for your work.

Its only by going through a volume of work that you'll catch up and close that gap - your work is as good as your ambitions.

Want more? Oh, alright then.

Ira Glass on Storytelling, part 1 of 4

Building blocks of storytelling:
Anecdote
(sequence of action, raising questions)
and Moment of Reflection
(here's why you're listening to this story, the bigger something)

Ira Glass on Storytelling, part 2 of 4

On Finding Great Stories.
Anything you put on tape tries to be crap.

You have to prop it up agressively at every stage of the way - cutting the boring parts, getting to the heart - you have to be ruthless.

Anything that's good is from people being tough.

Failure is part of success.

Ira Glass on Storytelling, part 4 of 4

On 2 common pitfalls.
Everything will be more compelling if you talk like a normal human being.
The more you are your own self, the better you are.

If someone's got a good personality, they let other people talk.

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