Guerrilla Filmmaking

POWER TO THE PIXEL: cross-media film projects PITCH!

The Pixel Pitch is Power to the Pixel’s ground-breaking new pitching forum for up to ten of the best UK and international cross-media film projects.

We are looking for stories that can span film, TV, online, mobile and gaming to be presented to a select group of financiers, commissioners, tech companies, online portals and media companies in front of an audience of PTTP participants.

The selected project teams will compete for the 
BABELGUM PIXEL PITCH PRIZE of £6,000.

Teams will benefit from significant international publicity and be introduced to new international business and partnership opportunities as well as one-to-one consultancies.

Last year’s Launch saw four cross-media projects presented to international companies including Babelgum, Sony Computer Entertainment, BBC, YouTube, MySpace, Amazon, Channel 4, UK Film Council, Arts Council of England, Tribeca Film Institute.

How to apply?

DO YOU WANT THE EXORCIST EFFECT? Talk to Kevin

Ok, as usual in a Saturday morning I was stumbling upon sites, and I found this! it really crack me up! and I was like, I need to blog about this... so what about getting in touch with Kevin, the master mind of this huge alarm clock in order to be part of your team as special effects adviser! 

You can borrow his bed too.

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR STORYTELLERS by Lance Weiler

View more presentations from lanceweiler.

Lance Weiler is a critically acclaimed award winning writer / director. Recognized as a pioneer because of the way he makes and distributes his work - Wired magazine named him “One of twenty-five people helping to re-invent entertainment and change the face of Hollywood.” He has successfully self-distributed his films The Last Broadcast and Head Trauma to over 20 countries while grossing over 5 million dollars in the process. Always interested in experimenting with new ways to tell stories and reach audiences, Lance developed a cinema ARG (alternate realty game) around Head Trauma. Over 2.5 million people experienced the game across theaters, mobile drive-ins, mobile phones and online. He is the founder of the Workbook Project (.:wbp), the roving conference series DIY DAYS and a co-founder of From Here to Awesome. 

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The presentation above is an overview of how one can use social media to

extend a story and generate a conversation around their work. In the end social media can be an effective way to build an audience / community around a project and / or a body of work.

For those that aren’t familiar with Social Media, it represents a change in the way people create, discover, and share content online and off.

OPEN VIDEO CONFERENCE: The evolution of storytelling

This past weekend at the Open Video Conference Ted Hope producer of (21 Grams, The Ice Storm, Adventureland) and writer/director Lance Weiler (The Last Broadcast, Head Trauma) discussed how technology is impacting the art and craft of storytelling. As the industry shifts and audiences move from passive to active collaborators how does the art of storytelling change. What will emerge as new formats and how will they be funded and distributed?

For more from the OVC visit www.openvideoconference.org where all the videos from the two day conference can be found.

A PROJECTORPHONE! Finally will be here soon!

The Pomegranate Phone will start a revolution... a phone capable to project films, brew coffee, it's a shaver and an harmonica?

You'll think I'm crazy right?, well check it out!