Standing up in the kitchen

that's where I'm writing this...

Strange day (another) getting ready for launch. All sorted with actors and Dawn is helping with some organising which is a huge help. The original Alex Wilson* is helping us edit the half hour edit for the launch which is cool.

*- story to be told at a later date

Lots of dev going on the website - keep checking it and there's a few days left on our first editing competition so if you want to win some cinema tickets, a t-shirt and a mug then get to it but the competition is harsh - check out the entries so far....

I'm booked to do a thing (possibly a workshop?) with Scott Kirsner who has a great book out at the moment called 'Friends, Fans and Followers'. It's in January in Liverpool so maybe seeyou there - should be very interesting - Scott's book is right on the money about the new ways that artists and creators can earn a living by connecting with their fanbase on a global scale.

I'll put links in later as my LT is about to run out of b

AWP in the real world

It feels like I should write something but not sure what to concentrate on...

We're getting things ready for the launch event on the 3rd December. We'll be shooting scenes for AWP half the time and screening AWP for the other half - 1 input 1 output same crowd same actors. Could be hard to do but it feels like the right thing.

I can't really give the game away about the scenes we're shooting yet so what's the launch part going to consist of?

Neil Bell will MC the evening in the guise of disengaged media tutor, Simon Quilter who will run a workshop about multiplatform entertainment shows. Then:

• Screenings of Alex's and Becky's short film work.
• Live music from The Announcer's band.
  
• Special Guest Stars.
• Screening of AWP trailer competition winner.
  
• Games and online hocus pocus.
  
• Previews of exclusive AWP footage.
• Screening of AWP Episode 1 - MELTEZ.
  

03-12-09 LAUNCH

The launch of episode 1 - MELTEZ is coming up fast. There's plenty to do organising the party in Newcastle (or is it Sheerport?), getting ready to go to 5 clips a week with extra content and developing the technology that will really make this project tick-tock in 2010.

The launch party is on the 3rd December coinciding with the public unveiling of the episode on the web here, here and here.

We're shooting lots more footage and heading into the darkside of Sheerport as the story unfolds. We will start running 5 new clips a week soon, soon, soon...

We're still ironing out some issues with the system we're planning to use to deliver the full AWP experience starting in January 2010. Is it a grid, a storyfeed or a world of interactive video you get into for hours at a time - a bit of everything probably.



See G-MAN's latest ideas here:

Episode 1 INCOMING!!!

It's a dark month of creative differences and resource problems... membership working ok, timelining the next 6 months of material, automating delivery, mixing 2 interfaces together and a launch event to organise... oh fuck I;m writing another list...

be thankful for Tandi in times of stress