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02.11.2011

Merging Media Canuck Showcase

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Fulscrn had the pleasure of joining other top Canadian companies producing cross-media projects, in a panel called The Canuck Showcase: Creative Kudos at Merging Media 2011. Evan Jones from Stitch Media, Sandy Fleischer (my old boss!) from Dare, Mike Ferguson from Ayogo, David Gratton from Work-At-Play, and myself were joined by moderator extraordinaire Lynda Brown Ganzert for an hour of showing off some work and sharing some tricks of the trade.

Of course, I stuck around for the rest of the two-day conference, which turned out to absolutely fabulous. Loved seeing some old acquaintances and meeting some great new friends and business contacts from around the world. Dinner with Brian Seth Hurst, Seth Shapiro, Evan Jones, and Scott Dobson was particularly awesome.

Conference highlights included “Down the Rabbit Hole” with Lance Weiler, “Breaking News on Multiple Screens” with Amjad Atallah, Al Jazeera’s Bureau Chief for the Americas, interviewed by the CBC’s Theresa Lalonde, and, of course, the “NFB Showcase” featuring my long-time collaborators Loc Dao, Michael Simons and Paul Shoebridge (The Goggles).

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26.10.2011

CBC – Truth & Lies wins an FWA

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We just received the good news that the interactive documentary, Truth & Lies – The Last Days of Osama bin Laden, Fulscrn created with CBC News: the fifth estate and cbcnews.ca has been named the FWA Site of the Day.

The site was added to the FWA’s public shortlist at the end of September and will be the SOTD on November 15, 2011. We can’t wait to see the spike in traffic!

Fulscrn worked with producers at CBC’s flagship investigative program, the fifth estate and cbcnews.ca to create an innovative interactive documentary that examines the hunt for Osama bin Laden and brings the raid on his Abbottabad compound vividly to life.

The interactive experience features dramatic recreations, stunning original footage, and provocative exclusive interviews with the people at the heart of the operation including high-level members of the US intelligence community and world leaders.

The site was a cross-media production launched in conjunction with the 2011 televised season premiere of the fifth estate and CBC News special coverage of the 9/11 anniversary.

We want to thank CBC News again for the opportunity to work on this amazing project and congratulate them on what we’re sure will be the first in a big string of awards for this site.

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26.10.2011

RPM.fm official launch party

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It was a night to celebrate.

After three months quietly building momentum in beta, Revolutions Per Minute was officially launched last night. And what better way to launch the coolest indigenous music property online than with a free concert at Vancouver’s Media Club.

Hosted by RPM’s very own Ostwelve, the night featured performances by Haida duo Sister Says, Squamish Nation hip-hop artist Discreet Da Chosen 1, and female rockers Vancougar (I love these ladies!).

Fulscrn is very proud to have been involved in both the creation of the RPM brand and visual identity (it was extra cool to see our logo projected behind the bands rocking on stage), and in the design and development of RPM.fm.

Thanks to Lynn Booth, Jarrett Martineau, Christa Coture, and Ron Harris at RPM and Make Believe Media for a great opportunity and a great night.

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14.09.2011

We’re going to StoryWorld

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StoryWorld Conference + Expo is being billed as the the first major international gathering of transmedia and cross-platform content creators, platform providers, and entertainment industry leaders dedicated to exploring new business models and working together across media boundaries.

The conference organizers (including conference chair, Alison Norrington of StoryCentralDIGITAL) have put together a pretty solid line up speakers and some really good looking panels.

There are a lot of Canadians going from Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax, and a few places in between. Looking forward to seeing a few familiar faces and meeting all kinds of new and interesting people.

StoryWorld happens in San Francisco from Oct. 31 – Nov. 3, 2011.

Hope to see you there.

For you tweeters out there look for our updates @StoryWorldConf using the handle #swc11.

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10.08.2011

The Test Tube wins a Gemini

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The Test Tube with David Suzuki has won a Gemini Award for Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media – Non-Fiction. The project, produced with the NFB in 2010, is an interactive parable about our insatiable appetites, the fallacy of growth, and the things we can and can’t change. Delivered online and on mobile devices, The Test Tube is part of the NFB’s evolving collection of innovative, interactive stories exploring the world – and our place in it -from uniquely Canadian points of view.

Congrats to Rob McLaughlin, Loc Dao, Steve Mackey, and all of the other great people involved with this project.

Find out more about The Test Tube and other work with the NFB here.

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08.07.2011

Fulscrn at Merging Media

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I am excited to announce that we’ve been invited to be part of Merging Media 2011. The conference, taking place at the SFU Woodwards Centre in Vancouver on October 28-29, is focused on helping promote the understanding of cross-media production in the media industry.

Fulscrn will be featured alongside other top Canadian companies producing cross-media projects, in a panel called The Canucks Showcase: Creative Kudos. Together with Stitch Media, Dare, Ayogo, and Work-At-Play, I’ll get to show off some of our award winning work and share some tricks of the trade.

It will be great to see some old acquaintances on what should be a really fun panel.

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26.06.2011

Canadians in Haiti wins an RTNDA Award

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We are happy to announce that our Canadians in Haiti project has won The Radio-Television News Directors Association award for Best Use of New Media.

Fulscrn client, CBCNews.ca was honoured in the network category for our memorial to the Canadians who died in Haiti in the 2010 quake. The project is a rich multimedia project, featuring raw and compelling stories of those who died, as told by friends and family who so generously gave us their time during some of their most difficult days.

Find out more about our award and see all the winners.

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22.06.2011

NFB work featured in Time Magazine

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A slate of interactive projects I helped produce for the NFB were featured this week in Time Magazine. They include The Test Tube, Main Street, and Welcome to Pine Point.

The article said the projects achieve “a rare level of interactivity, offering inspiration to photographers and filmmakers alike and providing layered insight into the subjects these projects explore” and that they “are incredibly complex and layered, but at their core, incredibly strong storytelling holds the pieces together.”

Read the entire article and see images at time.com.

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09.05.2011

Fun at the Hot Docs Forum

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Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Hot Docs Forum with a great client from Calgary.

The Forum is part of Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival. Set in the Gothic Revival-style Hart House on the campus of the University of Toronto, it brings together selected documentary producers to publicly pitch their projects to over 180 key international broadcasters and financiers from around the world, and to a gallery of accredited observers. For buyers, the Hot Docs Forum offers a curated slate of projects in development or production by elite international filmmakers.

As observers we were there to gain prime industry intelligence and valuable networking opportunities with commissioners, buyers, financiers and other filmmakers. We saw a lot of amazing pitches, heard a lot of poignant feedback from the broadcasters, and met a lot of nice people.

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03.05.2011

Webby wins (and losses)

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Welcome to Pine Point has won two Webby Awards. The interactive documentary, which I worked on with The Goggles and NFB, won for best Online Film & Video in the Documentary category and best Entertainment Website in the Netart category.

Mike and Paul you’re brilliant!

Canadians in Haiti, which we produced with CBC News lost in the best News & Politics Series in the Online Film & Video category to another great project on Haiti by The Guardian.

The Test Tube with David Suzuki, produced with the NFB lost best Film Art & Craft in the Best Use of Interactive Video category to Pitchfork’s POV Series.

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