Due to the power of these sort of “meta-concepts,” the draw of incredible, tense movies like The Game, Inside Man, and Ocean's Eleven, and the popularity of things like LARPing, some companies, like Lexington, Kentucky’s The Breakout Games, have decided to see about bringing the metagames found in complex board games and video games and the scenarios reserved to for edge of your seat thriller...
A New Grassy Knoll: Red Giant Pulls the Trigger With Magic Bullet Suite 12 (Industry Press Release)
Starting 2015 with a bang, Red Giant (http://www.redgiant.com/) announces Magic Bullet Suite 12. Delivering a powerful color correction and grading experience, Magic Bullet Suite 12 includes an unprecedented number of new features and improvements to existing tools, and introduces the all-new Magic Bullet Film. Built on the same foundation as the award-winning Red Giant Universe, Magic Bullet...
Meta-Stories: The Changing Face of Creative Content, Part 2 (Article)
When video games grew popular, it was assumed that people would play these animated games when they were children (when children already play a lot of games) and then grow out of them. But we began to learn that people didn’t grow out of them, but instead craved more complex mysteries and stories as they aged. This led to pivotal games like Myst and Rivven, which started the modern video game...
Meta-Stories: The Changing Face of Creative Content, Part 1 (Article)
It’s hard to be a modern creative person without having been exposed to conversations about the “meta-game” or the “meta-content” that’s behind modern creative works. This is made all the more confusing due to the fact that the concept behind how it’s now use in New Media is a hybrid of the noun version of this word, the adjective version, and something else. The French have a phrase called...
Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Techniques for Constructing a Press Release (Article/Tips)
Every month, I get contacted by folks wanting us to help publicize their films, projects, and web series. While we have our S.E.A.R. services, which includes information about submitting a press release, one of the things that results in the most confusion is what exactly IS a "press release." In truth, if I didn't deal with them all the time, I might be just as confused as everyone else.
Max Adventure Animated Series: Grab a Chance to Be a Part of the Most Exciting Project in Educational Animation! (Crowdfunding/Press Release)
From independent filmmaker Phillip Fitzlaff comes an exciting new animated series, Max Adventure, that will offer first rate entertainment to children and teens. Max Adventure will offer top quality animation while also incorporating important messages like social acceptance, anger management, coping skills and friendship building. Distributed by Ostrow and Company of Beverly Hills, Max Adventure