Since I started using Facebook I always made clear that I would only accept friend requests from people I actually know. In order to stay in touch with those who follow my activities and want to reach out to me I’ve set up a public profile page which I will regularly update in Italian and in English (depending on my mood, I guess). You can find me here. Let’s meet :)
Serial narratives are part of contemporary culture and they are deeply influencing storytelling techniques in the social networking era. In this article Roy Peter Clark delves deep into this topic:
While newspapers have moved away, to some extent, from multi-part serial narratives, there are signs of mini-serialization everywhere: in the cartoon strips and panels that let us visit our favorite characters each morning; in the racehorse coverage of local and national elections; in recurring news stories about Chilean miners trapped in a mine, or a British Petroleum well polluting the Gulf of Mexico. A live blog is a kind of serial narrative constructed in real time, and Facebook and Twitter often resemble the grammar and style of direct, observed reporting.
The Sundance Institute is going to partner with crowdfunding site Kickstarter and Facebook to connect its artists with audiences.
These essential services will act as building blocks for future program components which aim to provide filmmakers access to a broad and open array of third-party digital distribution platforms.
Well done indeed! This kind of innovation could come only from an institution such as Sundance.