OCAD is looking for an instructor for their Time-Based/Transmedia Narrative course to start this Fall, so you will have to act fast!
Time-Based/Transmedia Narrative course (ADVR 3B03):
This course continues the study of trans-media narrative and introduces the subject of storytelling and the construction of a narrative structure as students gain an understanding of time-based media across a number of traditional and emerging platforms. Instruction includes the creation of scripts, their refinement and pre-production requirements. As well, students are introduced to professional techniques that will support the execution of their advertising concepts. Projects will include television commercials, time-based web media and other media currently used in conjunction with modern global advertising.
The CFC Media Lab and the docSHIFT Initiative have joined forces to present TWEAK: an Idea-Refinement Boot Camp for Digital Documentaries. We are looking for up to 30 experienced producers, creators, directors, writers, strategists and architects with an interesting interactive documentary idea and the desire to have their idea analyzed, work-shopped and honed from both a creative and business perspective. This 2-day weekend workshop will be facilitated by a series of high level industry mentors along with UK’s Frank Boyd, former BBC Director of Creative Development and the visionary behind Crossover Labs as well as CFC Media Lab Faculty member. Selected participants will retain ownership of their project idea but must be open to working collaboratively in a group setting—sharing their idea, receiving input, and also giving valuable input on other projects.
TWEAK will run from September 25-26
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
3 pages maximum (PDF). Please tell us briefly about:
1. You & your career
2. Your interactive documentary idea
3. What you want to get out of TWEAK
ELIGIBILITY:
• you have a strong interactive doc idea (mobile, web, game, multiple platforms)
• you must live and work in Ontario
• you must be an experienced and established documentary content creator (ie. producer, director, editor, writer, media artist, other) OR an experienced interactive digital media professional (ie. game developer, mobile developer, web designer, interactive producer)
• you are available weekend of September 25/26th both days, all day
• you are willing to pay registration fee of $100 (DOC Members) or $150 (nonmembers)
Please note: those of you who applied for or participated in the docSHIFT Crossover Weekend in May are eligible to apply for TWEAK. TWEAK (focused on idea refinement) has been designed to compliment and extend from the Crossover Weekend which focused on idea generation. TWEAK is both a stand alone event and a good preparatory phase for those interested in the docSHIFT Institute (see below).
ABOUT THE docSHIFT INSTITUTE:
Four experienced creators with winning and innovative interactive documentary project ideas (games, mobile apps, websites) will receive mentorship, professional consultation and some financial support to complete their project or create a proto-type. docSHIFT Institute is part time (nights & weekend days) beginning mid November 2010 and running for approximately 5 months. Details & Call For Applications will be posted shortly.
docSHIFT is made possible with the support of the Ontario Media Development Corporation on behalf of the Ministry of Culture. It is presented in partnership with Ryerson University, Hot Docs, CFC Media Lab and the National Film Board.
The HTMlles Festival of Media Art + Digital Culture 2010 (htmlles.net) is currently seeking proposals for its 9th edition, to be held in Montreal, under the theme of <home></land>.
Initiated by Studio XX (www.studioxx.org) in 1997, and evolving as quickly as technology itself, the HTMlles Festival isan international platform dedicated to the presentation of women’s independent media artworks from all facets of contemporary technological creation, including but not limited to:
digital storytelling
cyber art
short film and video art
audio and electronic art
installation
locative media
3D animation
game art
virtual reality
electronic publishing
design
performance
interdisciplinary practices
As a meeting place at the crossroads of creativity, technology and a wide spectrum of feminist perspectives, the HTMlles Festival focuses on the public presentation of innovative media artworks, panel discussions and workshops, creating dynamic connections between audiences, artists, cultural practitioners, curators, producers, educators, scholars, students and technophiles.
Canadian New Media Awards (CNMAs), the country’s only nationwide competition recognizing the accomplishments of Canada’s most successful digital media companies, is now open for nominations! The awards are part of nextMEDIA Toronto, Canada’s leading digital media production and development marketplace.
Canada is a hotbed of digital innovation. Last year’s nominees and award recipients truly represented the best in digital media and we look forward to discovering fresh talent from leading-edge companies.
- Mark Greenspan, Executive Producer of nextMEDIA and former Senior Training Programs Manager at the CFC Media Lab
Celebrating its 10th year, the CNMAs offers up two exciting new categories:
Community Campaign of the Year
Digital Media Technology of the Year
Think you’ve got the chops to enter?
To be considered for this year’s CNMAs, choose the category which best applies to the achievements that you would like to highlight for this year’s awards. To view all the categories and to check your eligibility, click here:www.nextmediaevents.com/cnma/competition-categories.php Regular Rate is $175.00 CDN. Enter today! Contest is closing September 17th, 2010.
For more information, please contact:
Tiffany Rushton | Program Producer – Awards
Email: trushton@achillesmedia.com
Calling all aspiring actors: STITCH MEDIA (www.stitchmedia.ca) and SHOWCASE (showcase.ca) are hosting an online, Canada-wide talent search for their new comedy web series, Moderation Town. Quirky, crude, and awkwardly self-aware, Moderation Town satirizes the worst of Internet culture by revealing how online attitudes affect average, normal people in the real world.
We want to hear the most creative, hilarious stories people have experienced online. It could be an awkward Facebook encounter, an odd Chatroulette conversation, or the most atrocious message board flamewar. It doesn’t even have to be true. We just want to see what stories people have and search out new and aspiring actors through this open casting call.
- Mark Mullane Co-writer & Director of Moderation Town
…why do I get the feeling the most embarrassing submission will be about a (first-and-last) Chatroulette experience?
There’s some very heavy weight people at the Lab. Just to get their ear is difficult enough in this business. These filmmakers are in a very privileged position.
- Eugene Levy, Chair of the Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab
The 8th Annual Regent Park Film Festival (RPFF) happening November 4-7, offers films from around the world to a neighborhood of people rarely exposed to independent, foreign, animation, shorts, experimental, documentary, or even Canadian films.
RPFF seeks works made by filmmakers from multi-cultural background and/or celebrate differences and solidarity, immigrant experiences, urbanization, inner city issues, cultural identity and multicultural relationships.
Submissions deadline:May 3, 2010 June 4, 2010 NO ENTRY FEE
nextMEDIA is proud to announce a new competition to find the hottest new ideas using iPad/tablet devices!
Submission: FREE
The Process:
Applicants must fill out the application form which will outline the following:
* goal of the application, and specifics of functionality
* audience target
* intentions for development
* information architecture or up to five screen shots
An expert jury will select five finalists to showcase their concept live at nextMEDIA and the
Banff World Television Festival on June 16, 2010.
The winning entry will receive a development deal worth $25,000 to make their concept a reality via leading interactive development agency Trapeze* and the Toronto-based Mobile Experience Innovation Centre**.
The winners will be announced at nextMEDIA.
Deadline for submissions is May 14th, 2010. Click HERE to apply now!
* CFC Media Lab Alumnus, Mike Kasprow, is Founder of Trapeze.
** CFC Media Lab Guest Faculty Member, Michele Perras, is Executive Director at MEIC.
The CFC Media Lab has joined forces with The Documentary Organization of Canada – Toronto, National Film Board, Hot Docs, and Ryerson, to present docSHIFT: a cutting edge initiative aimed at fostering collaborations and business opportunities between interactive media producers and documentary filmmakers.
docSHIFT is currently seeking applicants interested in participating in a 2-day weekend workshop (May 8-9th 2010) facilitated by the UK’s Frank Boyd. Frank is the past BBC Director of Creative Development and the visionary behind world-renowned Crossover Labs as well as part of the CFC Media Lab’s guest faculty roster for the TELUS Interactive Art & Entertainment Program.
If you are an experienced interactive digital media professional (games, mobile, web, AR) looking for opportunities in the burgeoning interactive documentary genre, this weekend should not be missed! Through participatory creative group exercises, the workshop is designed to break down walls between professional silos, develop common languages and perspectives and establish best practices for working together and ensuring success.
The docSHIFT Crossover Weekend is a pre-cursor to a five-day residential lab this Fall where select projects will move into development with the CFC Media Lab’s incubation support with Ryerson University.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 21ST, 2010
For full details and application information, please click HERE.
Any further questions regarding docSHIFT can be directed to Coordinator Kyree Vibrant: kyree@doctoronto.ca
To download the official docSHIFT flyer, please click HERE.
The submission deadline for The Reel Challenge is fast approaching! Submit your film online by April 26, 2010 at thereelchallenge.ca.
The Reel Challenge contest, an initiative of the CFC, challenges filmmakers to create a short film that will persuade audiences to respect creator’s rights and copyright protection for their work.
1st place winner: $10,000
2nd & 3rd place winners: $2,500
Please note the contest is open to residents of Canada (excluding Quebec as well as all CFC employees and their families)
