Archive for the 'new media' Category
Improv Comedy 2.0 RETURNS!
Posted on January 9, 2008 - Filed Under improv comedy, new media | Leave a Comment
From my improv comedy troupe‘s latest press release: NH Comedians Take to the Web for Live Interactive Performance What happens when the Youtube generation meets ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’-style comedy live on the Web? Improv comedy troupe Stranger Than Fiction plans to find out. The New Hampshire cast will broadcast an interactive performance on [...]
Improv Comedy 2.0
Posted on December 12, 2007 - Filed Under art, improv comedy, new media, notable video on the net, video | Leave a Comment
This is a still from the first ever live web video broadcast of Stranger Than Fiction improv comedy. Suggestions for scenes were taken exclusively through live audience interaction in a chat room. My experiment was a big success. We used Mogulus to produce the show. We are pretty sure this is the first time the [...]
The Gossip about John Herman
Posted on December 6, 2007 - Filed Under art, new media, video | Leave a Comment
I recently did a phone interview with the delightful entertainment gossip columnist and artist Jeanné McCartin. Click the image to read the whole bit:
“The Future” awarded by The Center for the Book at the NH State Public Library
Posted on November 11, 2007 - Filed Under festival, improv comedy, literature, new media, notable video on the net, video | Leave a Comment
The Center for the Book at the NH State Library awarded “The Future” for best capturing the essence of the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I directed the movie with improv comedians Stranger Than Fiction for the 451 Degree Filmmaker Challenge hosted by the Somewhat North of Boston Film Festival. UPDATE: Steve Garfield featured [...]
“The Future” video posted on Youtube!
Posted on November 8, 2007 - Filed Under festival, friends, improv comedy, literature, new media, notable video on the net, video | Leave a Comment
In honor of Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, and in association with the Somewhat North of Boston Film Festival, I directed a new video last night with the improv comedians of Stranger Than Fiction. It is called “The Future” and I get to wear my favorite costume again! Look closely for two books by excellent [...]
7th Annual NH Film Festival: Join me for a New Media Panel, Young Filmmakers Workshop
Posted on October 1, 2007 - Filed Under new media, video | Leave a Comment
As a director for the NH Film Festival, I get to be involved in quite a bunch of cool stuff. This year not only am I leading the annual Young Filmmakers Workshop, but I am also leading a new media panel discussion called FUTURE NOW: New Media and the Modern Filmmaker. Follow those links for [...]
‘Vlog Squad’ puts NH in online election spotlight
Posted on July 21, 2007 - Filed Under new media, notable video on the net, press, video | Leave a Comment
In my continuing work with New Hampshire Public Radio and the Primary Place weekly segment, I will be leading a team of video bloggers through the streets of Exeter to interview citizens on the Presidential Primary. Here is an excerpt from an article in today’s Boston Herald called Candidates for Change: ‘Vlog Squad’ puts NH [...]
Media Literacy in the 21st Century – Woods Hole Film Festival
Posted on July 17, 2007 - Filed Under festival, new media, video | Leave a Comment
I will be joining fellow presenters David Tames (Filmmaker & Media Technologist, Kino-Eye.com) and Anna van Someren (Media Producer, MIT Comparative Media Studies) for a Woods Hole Film Festival seminar called Media Literacy in the 21st Century. The seminar is August 1st at 4PM. For more information, click the image below. Come join us! Here [...]
James Patrick Kelly Wins Nebula!
Posted on June 6, 2007 - Filed Under literature, new media | Leave a Comment
I interviewed James Patrick Kelly, science fiction writer, recent Nebula winner, and NH resident, for The Wire. Here is a snippet of my article entitled, Truth is Stranger Than Science Fiction: New Hampshire author takes the Nebula Award: New Hampshire writer James Patrick Kelly recently received the Nebula Award for his novella “Burn.” The science [...]
Working with New Hampshire Public Radio on Primary Place
Posted on May 25, 2007 - Filed Under education, new media, notable video on the net, press, video | Leave a Comment
I have been working with Jon Greenberg of New Hampshire Public Radio on bringing user generated content to his wonderful Primary Place segment. The goal is give a national voice to NH citizens that have the extraordinary opportunity to meet and greet candidates for the presidency. Here is an article covering our efforts: From New [...]