Vi segnalo: SXSW 2015

…è da oggi (fino al 17 marzo) in corso ad Austin, Texas, il South by SouthWest Festival.

Tra le numerosissimi sessioni che vi si terranno, ve ne segnalo alcune…ovviamente non potrete parteciparvi direttamente, ma se qualcuna susciterà la vostra curiosità, tra qualche tempo video e presentazioni saranno disponibili in rete, ed anche solo partendo dai nomi degli speaker e/o dei prodotti mediali presentati potrete ricavare stimoli ed indicazioni per interessanti percorsi informativi su tematiche che da queste parti tratto spesso: engagement, transmedia, storytelling, participation…

Per ogni sessione che segnalo, oltre alla descrizione in inglese così come disponibile sul sito dell’evento, è disponibile il link diretto alla relativa pagina web dell’SXSW  …

The Future of Storytelling: the Event
Sunday, March 15, 11:00AM – 12:00PM

From the minstrels of medieval Europe to the griots of West Africa, for millennia the practice of storytelling was unidirectional. But in a networked world brimming with social tools and technologies, the relationship between the narrator and the audience is undergoing a profound transformation. This panel will explore the evolving nature of audience engagement, and the increasing desire by users to grab hold of the narrative and make it their own. Learn from leading practitioners how to develop systems and content that can drive audience participation, and ultimately empower users with true agency in the narrative.

19 Reinos – A Game of Thrones Immersive Experience
Sunday, March 15, 12:30PM – 1:30PM
Canal+ Spain and Transmedia Storyteller LTD, in order to promote the launch of Game of Thrones fourth season, brought Westeros to life across Spain using social storytelling, gaming and live experiences. 19Reinos has been one the world’s most ambitious transmedia entertainment experiences, which transformed Spain into a huge storytelling canvas. The experience included live events, a 5-episode web series, a massively multiplayer role-playing game with location-based quests and strong participation on social media. In this panel will discuss about the creative process of this transmedia project, focusing on audience participation and how CANAL+ rewarded fans.
Topics that will be covered:
– Creating a storyworld from an existing IP
– Designing by putting the fan at the center of the experience
– Crafting a seamless user journey
– Thinking of different levels of engagement
– Managing a passionate community
– Working with brand integration

A Drama Nirvana: How to Create a Multiplatform Hit
Monday, March 16 12:30PM – 1:30PM
A new golden – and global – age of drama is unfolding before us. With so many top-quality series and miniseries premiering across platforms and networks every month, it’s virtually impossible to keep up. Award winners like THE GOOD WIFE, GAME OF THRONES, HOUSE OF CARDS and SHERLOCK and DOWNTON ABBEY on MASTERPIECE create stiff competition among each other — and for new entries. How do established drama powerhouses like HBO, PBS, CBS — and now Netflix — develop strategies to break out of the content clutter and nurture current and potential hits, all while the “next big thing” could be waiting in the wings? Join David Levine, SVP programming, HBO; Sue Vertue, producer, SHERLOCK; and David W. Zucker, producer/writer, THE GOOD WIFE on CBS; Beth Hoppe, head of programming, PBS; and a top drama show runner for a glimpse into the highly competitive world of drama production in a multiplatform world.

Love & Sex – A Provocative New Transmedia Series
Monday, March 16, 3:30PM – 4:30PM

The portrayal of love, lust, sex & relationships is radically being re-thought as audiences seek out provocative, intimate and compelling stories from The Affair to 50 Shades of Grey to Transparent.
Love & Sex (Title TBD) is a groundbreaking series presenting youthful relationships in a raw, honest and artful manner – restoring the joy, angst, and beauty to modern love’s portrayal. The episodic content is a scintillating new hybrid format of documentary, fiction and fantasy where the narrative is created from characters’ lives. This global series has multiple experiences for TV, digital, social and mobile including virtual reality viewing. This Viacom Media Networks series is produced in association with Iconoclast and Dazed.
Join us to hear what’s happening in love & sex content creation!

The New TV Star: How to Build an Audience Online
Tuesday, March 17, 11:00AM – 12:00PM

Today’s popular video stars and celebrities are breaking the pre-established mold long held in Hollywood. As more and more consumers are cutting the cord and turning to online video as their primary entertainment medium, the second screen has become the first. A new generation of video star has taken over and their fan bases are widespread and ferociously loyal, creating a new generation of “TV star.”

For those looking to leverage this growing audience, this panel will provide an overview from experts across the online video ecosystem. In this session, Tyler Oakley, YouTube personality, Tom Ryan, co-founder and CEO of Pluto.TV, Steve Raymond, co-founder and CEO of Big Frame and moderator, Michelle Castillo, Reporter for Adweek, will discuss what it takes to succeed in today’s competitive online video ecosystem and how content creators can stand out from the crowd, build an audience, create a successful brand and leverage that into ad dollars.

Breaking the Fourth Wall: Audience Participation in the Digital Age
Monday, March 16, 11:00AM – 12:00PM
With changing expectations from audience’s of how they experience their entertainment, and pushes in what technologies allow audiences to take part in stories, entertainment will fundamentally understand who we are, who we are with and how we feel when we experience entertainment in the future. This panel looks at how audiences could take part in stories today from live cinema, immersive theatre to children to horror, what technologies are available today for audiences to take part (from looking at the audience’s facial expressions, heart rate to tablets) and what opportunities that brings for content producers to deliver new types of entertainment. Curious minds are welcome.

Exploring Storytelling in the Digital Age
Monday, March 16, 11:00AM – 12:00PM
Andrew Cochrane and other creatives at Guillermo del Toro’s imaginarium, Mirada, are working to apply the craft of storytelling across numerous digital mediums. Emerging technologies are changing the way that stories are created, told, and enjoyed; as a result, they have been creating installations, web experiences, mobile/tablet apps, and content for virtual and augmented reality.
This session will walk through the areas that are being explored, with the goal of showcasing the potential in each. It will demonstrate the exciting future of storytelling, using case studies of some projects, such as IBM Think, ro.me and MirrorWorld, as well as works that exemplify creative ways to tell interactive and immersive stories. This will be an examination of how innovative narrative structures can take advantage of new technical abilities.
Telling engaging stories is an ancient skill, but it is rapidly evolving, and this session will show the ways that creatives can get in on the action.

Hyper-Reality TV and Online Video Are a Perfect Fit
Saturday, March 14, 9:30AM – 11:30AM
In an age where people are tired of overly-produced “reality” television, online video is an unfiltered, unscripted lens through which we view the world. Video today is a key tool for self-expression and an opportunity to tell more authentic stories. There is no better example than Connected — the critically acclaimed, international TV hit, Connected is an innovative docu-drama series capturing American life through the eyes of extraordinary New Yorkers, a groundbreaking format merging the documentary, drama and reality genres. The stories, filmed and told by the characters themselves change the nature of storytelling. What does this mean for content creators? In this dual presentation, award-winning filmmaker Morgan Spurlock and Dermot McCormack, President of AOL Video & Studios, will discuss how content creators can capture the unfiltered stories of everyday life and the emergence of online platforms. Connected is produced by AOL Studios and will debut on AOL March 31th.

Storytelling with the New Screens
Sunday, March 15, 9:30AM – 10:30AM
How will 3D printers, virtual reality, augmented reality, smart objects and smart cities reinvent the future of storytelling? USC’s Annenberg Innovation Lab (AIL) believes the media and entertainment industry is seeing its greatest period of upheaval since Edison invented the Kinetoscope – and the AIL’s Edison Project is finding the opportunities amidst the disruption. AIL technical director + research fellow Geoffrey Long, research associate Francesca Marie Smith and research affiliate Alisa Katz will share the AIL’s findings from a number of the lab’s transmedia storytelling experiments and prototypes (including a combination of 3d printing and augmented reality, a “smart home” entertainment experience built in the Oculus Rift, an “asymmetric multiplayer movie-watching experience” in Google Glass, and a tangible media prototype connecting a smart designer toy to a data-driven iPad storybook) and where the AIL believes the media and entertainment industry is heading next!

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