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Do you have a dream to the White River?Do you want to watch how the film make out?You Can Bring Your Laptop to the White River Indie Films Fest: This Year’s Focus on ‘Transmedia’ Examines New Forms of Storytelling
Time was, print was print and film was film and the only way they intersected was as a screenplay or when they commented on one another. Think Citizen Kane, the classic movie about a newspaper baron, or the film criticism of Pauline Kael.
But the growth of computing power and the Internet have changed all that, creating a more supple interface for reading, viewing and listening, all at once. Newspapers, magazines and new-media outlets are spinning narratives that incorporate text, video and sound.
The shorthand term for this, “transmedia,” is the focus of this year’s White River Indie Films festival, scheduled for April 26-28. While the festival retains a concentration on local filmmakers, its organizers have planned what they’re calling “iWRIF,” a series of panel discussions, presentations and other events that examine “the future of storytelling across platforms.”
“We’ve had a lot of conversations over the years about how film and writing are merging,” said Liz Canner, WRIF’s director and chairwoman of the festival’s board. “I feel like we are in this crossroads and there is this convergence of forms,” she added, a convergence that yields a whole new way to tell stories.
Some of these stories are appearing now, in the form of e-books or articles with videos that advance the story, and text that links videos. Practitioners of this new art are descending on White River Junction for the festival, making WRIF more wide-ranging in its outlook. Last year, an appearance by director John Sayles brought in a wider audience, and this year festival organizers are trying to bring documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki to White River Junction for a Q&A after a screening of The House I Live In, his film about the war on drugs.
If you want to the White River,then take your laptop.
Post je objavljen 06.04.2013. u 04:24 sati.