The shift to digital storytelling is dramatically changing the types of stories and the ways we tell them. If analog media was dominated by top-down corporate storytelling, digital media also enables bottom-up storytelling as we saw in the Arab Spring and the current Occupy movements, which are using social media to spread the word and tell their stories.
Transmedia -- the convergence of bottom-up social media technologies and top-down mass media business models - is one of the most exciting new media developments for creatives due to the proliferation of mobile videos, tablets and cloud services. Silicon Valley technology companies are creating the new "stages" where digital storytellers can showcase their "plays." Creatives from any background, whether a poet, fashion designer, painting, sculptor, animator, gamer or filmmaker, can tell his/her story using one medium, then expand into other media. Transmedia is not only open and multipath, it also enables more active online and offline collaboration.
Where are the opportunities for individual artists, students, educators and small businesses? Where will the next new ventures emerge? What can you do to tell your story using transmedia approaches?
Talenthouse and Renaissance SF are pleased to present a provocative panel discussion with top media creators who will discuss the opportunities, challenges and implications of transmedia and ways to position yourself so you can build and monetize your creative talents. They will explore the different entry points and strategies, build-out options, and collaboration models.
PANELISTS:
Chris Fure, partner and the Head of Development for Wonder Animation, Inc. (Berkeley CA).
Chris was a partner and the Vice President of Business Development for TransGlobal Ventures, LLC (San Francisco, New York and Beijing) from 1998-2005, and was a partner and the Executive Producer of RCA/Iceberg recording artist SISTA SISTA (Oakland CA and Munich) from 1994-1997. Currently, Chris also serves as Director of Development for the Abundant Seas Foundation. Chris earned a MBA from NYIT and a BA from UC Berkeley.
Sinohui Hinojosa, founder, San Jose Short Film Festival and Emerging Artists Production (San Jose)
Sinohui is founder/organizer (with Bernard Fok and Joel H Hinojosa) of Emerging Artist Production, a digital filmmaking group that specializes in HD and digital cinema projects including documentaries, new media/web content and independent feature films. Based in Silicon Valley with freelancers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, Emerging Artist is currently in pre-production on a slate of feature projects. He is also founder of the new San Jose Digital Shorts Film Festival.
http://www.sjshortfest.com
http://www.meetup.com/Emerging-Artists-San-Jose-Digital-Filmmaking-Group/
Montgomery Kosma | COO of Fandor |
http://www.fandor.com
Monty has been a physicist, attorney, strategist, and serial entrepreneur, and produced and edited three unmentionable short films. Fandor is a curated, on-demand, social movie service for independent and international films.
Sunil Rajamaran | President and CEO of Scripped.com/Scripted.com |
http://www.scripped.com
Sunil Rajaraman is the President and CEO of Scripped Inc. With a writer-base of 80,000 Scripped is the largest community of screenwriters on the Internet. Sunil is a 2008 graduate of the UCLA Anderson School of Management where he was the 2008 winner of the Young President’s Organization Scholarship.
Christopher F. Smith | Owner at endurablegoods (San Francisco, CA) |
http://bit.ly/C_Smith_Work
With more than 15 years of varied media experience as a copywriter, marketing strategist, publisher, writer, producer and filmmaker, Christopher F. Smith brings a multi-disciplinary approach to content development. Smith spent 3 1/2 years as Director of Marketing at San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking (2008 – 2011) where he was also a co-producer for the short film, PIA, for the Independent Television Services program FUTURESTATES. He also wrote about film and online video at SF Examiner.com (2008 – 2010). He most recently completed a stint as Business Development Manager for StoryWorld Conference + Expo, the nation’s largest transmedia conference. Smith contributes to Shadow Angel Films, helms the Bay Area Transmedia Meetup, Spoilrr, consults on creative and media issues, and is finalizing scripts for three short films, a commercial, and a feature film, while raising funding for the transmedia project, KilRoi Was Here.
Moderated by Sheridan Tatsuno | Co-founder of Renaissance SF |
http://www.dreamscapeglobal.com
Sheridan Tatsuno is a screenwriter and a Silicon Valley business strategist who has written two business books on Japan, which were produced by PBS and British television. He is co-founder of Renaissance SF and MIDMA Media, two Facebook groups promoting independent filmmaking and storytelling in the Bay Area.
HOSTS:
Renaissance SF |
https://www.facebook.com/groups/renaissancesf/
Renaissance SF is a Bay Area group of filmmakers, artists, musicians, writers, designers, and other creatives who are promoting the revitalization of the Bay Area independent film industry and the rise of new transmedia ventures. We host monthly salons in downtown San Francisco to share ideas, hear industry experts, connect and collaborate on transmedia projects. Join our Facebook group for industry and salon updates and invite your friends!
Talenthouse |
http://www.talenthouse.com
Talenthouse is a service for artists and brands to engage consumers and gain reach through life-changing, creative contests. Talenthouse has worked with over 250 leading brands and artists including: Beck's, Justin Timberlake, Dolce & Gabbana, Virgin Mobile, deadmau5, Florence + The Machine, Paul McCartney, Kylie Minogue, Brett Ratner, Rihanna, Nokia, Adidas, Lady Gaga, Chromeo, Bombay Sapphire, Stan Lee, Naomi Campbell, Stephen Jones, The Who, Disney and many more. Talenthouse launched in November 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, with offices in Los Angeles, New York and London.
