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Headed to Sundance
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be headed to the Sundance Film Festival with a new project entitled Pandemic 1.0 This marks the first step in a rolling release of a new storyworld that I’ve been building. It is part of what I’ve been calling a storytelling R&D (research and development) process. Pandemic 1.0 Lance ...
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New Project – Collapsus
Earlier this summer my writing partner Chuck Wendig and I were approached by SubmarineChannel and producer / director Tommy Pallotta (A Scanner Darkly and Waking Life) to design and write a narrative for a transmedia experience entitled Collapsus: The Energy Risk Conspiracy. Collapsus extends a recent VPRO doc entitled Energy Risk by taking elements found ...
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Rebooting the Doc Experience
CULTURE HACKER – FALL 2010 FILMMAKER MAG by Lance Weiler – The year is 2012 and the world is on the brink of collapse.Rolling blackouts, depleted resources, civil unrest, assassinations and political dissension have thrown the world into a state of chaos. We follow the adventures of a group of young people as they ...
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Wired Mag cover story
If you happen to be in the UK the August issue of Wired Mag has a comprehensive cover story about transmedia storytelling. I was interviewed a few months ago about the work I’ve done around my films and how my new projects are embracing transmedia design, production and distribution. The article features a number of ...
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I Hate Perfume
Over the last year and half I’ve produced 42 shorts that capture creativity and storytelling across multiple disciplines. Occasionally I’ll direct an episode as was the case with I HATE PERFUME. To see more episodes visit babelgum.com/radar
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Labs, talks and the NYTs
2010 is off to amazing start. Last month I had an opportunity to attend the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. My newest project HiM was one of 12 projects selected out of over 2,000. It was an honor to attend and my co-writer Chuck Wendig and I had an wonderful experience. It marked the first time that ...
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This Decade is about the Filter
CULTURE HACKER – Winter 2010 FILMMAKER MAG by Lance Weiler – More than a decade ago it was “search” that was driving innovation and large investments in both infrastructure and talent. When Google first started indexing unique URLs in 1998 there were already 26 million. Two years later the amount of indexed pages had ...
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One of 18
BusinessWeek named me one of “The 18 People Who Changed Hollywood.” It’s surreal to be sandwiched between Steve Jobs and Mark Cuban. Others on the list include Edison, Lucas, Coppola, and Cameron. But I have to say, sharing a place on the list with William Castle was a special thrill. I’ve been a Castle fan ...
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Power to the Pixel
A few weeks ago I was invited to speak at Power to the Pixel, a leading conference centered on digital innovation held in London. The following is my presentation on the evolution of storytelling From the program: THE EVOLUTION OF STORYTELLING Technology is impacting the art and craft of storytelling. As the industry shifts and ...
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HiM wins Cinemart
Lance Weiler was awarded the Arte France Cinema prize here at this year’s Rotterdam Cinemart. In his remarks when presenting the award, Arte’s Michel Reilhac said that the award acknowledged the visionary nature of Weiler’s project and noted that it speaks towards the type of new thinking about audience and platforms that will be necessary ...
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Official Selection
My newest project is headed to CineMart next month. Held in conjunction with the Rotterdam International Film festival, CineMart is a co-production and finance market. This year 36 projects from all over the world were invited to attend. My project HIM is the only one from the United States. I’m excited to return to Rotterdam ...
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MIT's Futures of Entertainment
A few weeks back I spoke at MIT’s Futures of Entertainment conference. Program description Media convergence has made the complex intertwining of multi-platform media properties more and more common-place, yet the creation of storyworlds that extend beyond a single text is not a recent development. With a history that includes sequels, spin-offs, and licensed products, ...