![Digital director changes the face of interactive entertainment, creeps us all out.
When I watched [Take This Lollipop], I felt my most visceral reaction hit when your lead actor, Bill Oberst [above], breaks the fourth wall and addresses the viewer directly. It gave me chills.
That shot was so important to me because I think that when he is looking at your Facebook and then he looks at you… it’s that “Oh shit, what have I done” moment. What’s interesting is that a lot of what has surfaced because of this film is about the future of entertainment and how engaging it is going to be. It’s lead me down a really interesting path (…).
Jason Zada, Unforgettable Director
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Digital director changes the face of interactive entertainment, creeps us all out.
When I watched [Take This Lollipop], I felt my most visceral reaction hit when your lead actor, Bill Oberst [above], breaks the fourth wall and addresses the viewer directly. It gave me chills.
That shot was so important to me because I think that when he is looking at your Facebook and then he looks at you… it’s that “Oh shit, what have I done” moment. What’s interesting is that a lot of what has surfaced because of this film is about the future of entertainment and how engaging it is going to be. It’s lead me down a really interesting path (…).
Jason Zada, Unforgettable Director
Adhesive Games promotes free-to-play gaming model in U.S., creates gorgeous first project.
Can you describe the business model of Hawken and why it is different from other games?
The free-to-play model came about in Asia. During the time we started the project, free-to-play was already big in Asia, but it was barely starting in the US. People were skeptical of it. It had a bad stigma of being called “pay to win.” … But after talking to investors and looking at the market, it actually fit our indie team very well. With free-to-play, you can launch small and grow it slowly. It’s not like a one-time shipment deal where you make a product and hand it to the consumer. It keeps growing (…).
Khang Le, Free-to-Play Champion
We’re digging Concertleaf right now. The gorgeous site helps you keep up with the concerts you want to catch. So far it’s only for SoCal but you can search by genre and easily parse information about cost, date, and venues.
The Adventure Project rethinks the way we donate to charities and fight global poverty.
Can you give us a short description of each Social Enterprise and tell us why you’ve chosen it for The Adventure Project?
Lifeline Fund is implementing a fuel-efficient stove program in Port au Prince, Haiti. The number one cause of death in children isn’t AIDS or hunger or water: it’s actually respiratory illness, usually developed when a mother is cooking and her baby is strapped to her back or nearby. The baby breathes in the toxic smoke, which can cause pneumonia. A fuel-efficient stove drastically reduces the emissions of toxic smoke, which is good for health as well as the environment (…).
Becky Straw, Chief Adventurist
We’re a little late getting this to the blog, but Jason Silva’s video (above) and accompanying interview at The Atlantic are really fascinating. From the article:
He has spent the last three years making (really) short films that play like movie trailers for ideas; he compares them to shots of “philosophical espresso.”
1. FiftyThree - Visual thinker? Work out your ideas with this gorgeous app.
2. PaperMill - You probably had never dreamed your Instapaper subscription feed on your phone could be this beautiful. Fortunately, one developer did.
3. Flipboard - A tried-and-true magazine reader for the iPad.
One site that’s definitely been on our radar during our brief break at the BR!NK is the strangely-named mmmule.com:
Get anything you want from anywhere in the world by rewarding a traveller for delivering it.
The exchange works like this: a traveller brings you something you want from a distant land in exchange for an experience with you in the area where you live (or vice-versa). Pretty cool idea.
It appears that the innovators of the world have been drawn to edible items lately, including edible helium balloons (above), or this edible cookbook from a German design agency.
Filming OpenGov Champions Homicide Watch DC
Working on our short documentary series called OpenGov Champions I get to go and hang out with some extremely smart, creative and inspiring people. The Champions are ordinary citizens who do some extraordinary work to open up their local government data in big or small ways, not because someone asked them to, but because they are either fed up with not having access to information they need or simply because want their communities to flourish. To me, this is far more interesting as a storyteller and documentary filmmaker than interviewing seasoned politicians, spokespeople or experts. These are the kind of stories that are the fodder of classic storytelling and moviemaking. They are real life stories of the quintessential American heroes: Ones who defeat the odds by taking the matters into their own hands and create real change by strong will, passion and hard work.
