There is something that I intend to look into during the coming weeks. That is the rise of online publishing amongst the more digitally aware members of the mainstream entertainment community. I’m not talking about Radio 1 or Radio 2 DJ updating a blog - the current BBC policy seems to be about giving as [...]...
This is a simple post.
It is high time that the long spun out series about writing online was joined together by a single round up page. In other words a table of contents.
Part 1 : Getting Started.
Part 2: Useful Tools
Part 3: Publishing Platforms
It’s a simple guide. How to start, what to use to write [...]...
Idea play from putting together films about a world where the dead have started to walk the earth. You’ll learn more details in the future, for now though here are ideas.
The TV was muted, and showed another graveyard being burned. Something moved under the ground. Soldiers fired heavy machine guns from the backs armoured cars; [...]...
My apologies to regular readers for taking a very long time to complete this series of articles.
Writing online requires some where to put your work. These days that almost always means some form of content management system. Typically this means something tailored for blogging. This is why.
A content management system divorces content from design. [...]...
I’ve recently been involved in the creation of a new website.
It’s called Larpbook and although at an early stage you may find it a worthwhile look.
The purpose of Larpbook is to provide a place for people involved in the LARP hobby to share information. To exchange news, pictures and videos. In effect it is [...]...
I’m going to mention a project right at the very start of its life and I’m wishing it the very best of luck.
It’s called the Mindmunity and it is a blog dedicated to the creation of a community of like minded individuals sharing and improving ideas.
The Mindmunity team have put together a fun [...]...
It’s time to cover an excellent piece of Internet writing. This time it is Photoboxr - a discovery of photography. It’s run by Gregory Noblin, a junior at The Art Institute of Atlanta. His goal is to dig into the photography industry in order to explore the a greater understanding of what is happening.
We live [...]...
Ok short post but I think an interesting one. Ever since I discovered Animoto I’ve been wondering how to apply. Of course the answer was to do teaser shorts for Consumed. So I’ve quickly run a quickie short together from stills stored on my Flickr Account and using Music available at the Animoto site. Here’s [...]...
Over the last few months I’ve become more and more aware of Twitter. Mostly through listening to podcasts whose hosts have become twitter fanatics. I eventually decided it was time to learn more.
In essence Twitter is micro-blogging - posting information in a very short form. Very short in fact - you only have 140 characters [...]...
Last week the lone filmmakers initial blog was linked to in Shared Creation @ Tumblr as a point of interest. I’ve looked at more of his work since then and felt in needed a little bit more space.
This is not the first solo attempt to make a film. It is however being very well [...]...
They in this case are the people with money.
If you review the postings in Shared Creation Projects you will notice some links to Idealo at the end of a number of posts. These are advertisements bought by Idealo for their price comparison site. When I was approached by Idealo - I looked at their site [...]...
In the past I’ve mentioned a lot of free software - be it freeware or open source. Most of it has been the latest thing - just out and hoping for the best, occasionally I give an update on something older and more established. Mostly this qualifies as news and goes into the magazine.
This time [...]...
I torn as to whether this should be a news post in the magazine or here in the Projects section. I figured that what I’m about to talk about only grows and exists so long as it is worked on - so its a project.
A Shared Creation group now exists on Facebook. It’s purpose is [...]...
Its not often we cover a magazine- but U&I is a little different and really deserves a special mention as a publishing project. It is quarterly and independently published via the Lulu publishing system. It is also sold in some stores in Toronto (Canada). What it does is publish photographic and written material from [...]...
Finally and it really does feel like an eternity the fourth blog charting the progress behind the Consumed project is out. I say that almost like a complaint - even though I am the one editing the video on this. That’s because all kind of things intervened to slow progress down to a pain full [...]...
its amazing what can happen under your nose. I recently was on the receiving end of that sensation, though commitments have slowed down my response on Shared Creation to it.
It concerns Freshties.com. A website with good intentions that happens to be based very locally to me. What came as a shock is that [...]...
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It’s not often I suggest you take a look at the blog of an established author but I felt that online presence of UK writer Nick Kyme was worth mentioning. Nick works in the field of writing books set in the universe of popular games. Not the most respected of writing genres but that is [...]...
Space is a new single from DJ Rinsa and JD Sykes - a British HipHop / Rap / Electrafunk outfit who have just managed to get their first single release through Native Restless Native records.
It’s not like Shared Creation to cover the music industry. However the pair have been friends of the Consumed project [...]...
Cranking up steam to produce a horror film in Cardiff is the well supported project “Indywood”. I sometimes think of this as a mysterious project (you’ll see why in a sec).
The aim of Indywood is to produce a horror film and is the resulting spin off from the Million Dollar Movie Project that in the [...]...
Throughout the filming of the pre-film photos have been taken. We’ve wanted to record the Consumed team in action. The first of these pictures went onto Flickr a few months ago. The latest batch of filming above Brecon has just been added. More are coming in the future.
For now to see the current set take [...]...
On Saturday the 13th of October a team of film-makers and would be movie makers met up in the Murco Diner at Sennybridge in the Brecon Beacons. Their objective was to shoot the action sequence from the Consumed Pre-Film.
The day didn’t start too well. I was producing and due to a closed road, some [...]...
Earlier today I was invited to take part in Age Concerns Time Capsule Project. The work was all in aid of the United Nations International Day of Older People. The plan was for a meeting of old and new minds. My job was to assist people in making entries to the Time Capsule.
And it is [...]...
Surely that should be (as anyone who has watched the BBC series knows), Torchwood manipulating us (whilst chasing after dubious trysts).
Well no, as it all has to do with the roll out with the third video blog dedicated to the long running saga that is the making of the Consumed movie. I will explain.
At the [...]...
Schmap - an online guides website is fairly close to my heart at the moment. They have selected two of the photographs in my Flickr account to appear on their guide for historic buildings near Bath (England). I’ll place a Schmap minimap at the end of this post.
Of course I’m not getting paid for this. [...]...
Normally I’d mention a tool or product over in the blog - the magazine and journal. However I’ve just discovered Wetpaint and it applies very directly to my personal portal project. So here it goes..
Wetpaint is a WIKI designed to help build community sites about- well anything of the site creators choosing. The results [...]...
Shared Creation has just been extended. It is Shared Creation @ Tumblr. The idea is simple - to create a repository of cool, interesting or inspirational material gathered from the web.
I’ve written an account of this over in the Journal and Magazine section, which you can see if you click here.
I hope you like the [...]...
We don’t very often carry project information from publicly funded bodies. In fact I think this is the first. However I have a feeling that this Nesta project could promote some really interesting results. So read on and let’s see what happens.
Nesta is looking for ideas from organisations that wish to promote innovation, enterprising [...]...
It’s Easter and we want to to list out the best “How Do You Eat Yours?” videos on the web. I am of course referring to that annual conundrum poised by Cabdurys. How do you eat your creme eggs? It is after all a vital part of the British Easter tradition. Send in your recommendations [...]...
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I’ve unleashed another image onto my Robart Arts Project website. Click here to take a look
Instead of trying to explain the piece I’ve written about my process of finding an image in an image. The reason for this was to talk about why there is often a long gap between decent pictures instead of just [...]...
