Christy Dena
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Finding the Pause Button
A lone van sits idling outside terminal four at JFK. As the last of the passengers settle into their seats, a voice cracks through the early morning silence: “Does anyone know where we’re going?” Nervous laughter fills the air. “Welcome to Forward Slash Story,” says the man behind the wheel as he pulls away from the curb. Twenty storytellers working across a diversity of disciplines (film, TV, theater, gaming, publishing and product design) have traveled from around the world to gather for a residential lab to explore, challenge and experiment with the creative process. Their destination is a secret remote […]
by Lance Weiler on Apr 28, 2015 -
PGA: TRANSMEDIA PRODUCERS HAVE ARRIVED
Okay, I guess it’s official now. As Deadline Hollywood is reporting, the Producer’s Guild of America has officially created a new category for the “transmedia producer.” From Nikki Finke’s piece: I’ve learned that a significant All-Boards meeting for the Producers Guild of America took place tonight. Sources tell me that the members voted on a series of amendments that qualify individuals as professional producers. More importantly, for the first time in the guild’s history, they voted on and ratified a new credit — that of the Transmedia Producer — which had been shepherded by such Hollywood names as Mark Gordon, […]
by Scott Macaulay on Apr 6, 2010
