2009JUN082114
Web Series Tied to ‘Blade Runner’ Is In the Works
"... On Thursday the film’s director, Ridley Scott, announced that a new division of his commercials company, RSA Films, was working on a video series called “Purefold.” The series of linked 5- to 10-minute shorts, aimed first at the Web and then perhaps television, will be set at a point in time before 2019, when the Harrison Ford movie takes place in a dystopian Los Angeles. Mr. Scott, his brother Tony and his son Luke are developing the project in conjunction with the independent studio Ag8, which is run by one of the creators of “Where are the Joneses?” a British Web sitcom that solicited storyline suggestions from the audience. Similarly, “Purefold” will harvest story input from its viewers, in conjunction with the social media site FriendFeed." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet ..."
After reading the article, Web Series Tied to ‘Blade Runner’ Is In the Works by Brad Stone in the New York Times, I commented:
"... “Purefold” will harvest story input from its viewers, in conjunction with the social media site FriendFeed ..." ~ Is this a sub? ~ paulgraham.com/submarine.html ..."
and David Bausola replied:
"... Peter, not sure what you mean; no PR agency is involved and no press release was, erm, released - we've just explained the basics to the project to 2 reporters. We have also talked to many people over the past few months about what we aim to acheive. We'll be blogging about the past 9 months development and the forthcoming outputs soon. PR may be used to brief in more 'mainstream' magazines in due course. (And glad to see a Paul Graham essay used as referenced - I'm a big fan) ..."
and I commented:
"... Hi David, I was just noting that Paul B. posted without naming FF is working with this idea & Purefold. What information is *not included* is just as important as what *is included*. A quick acknowledgment from the boss might have made this fact clear. The Sub reference comes from *quietly* slipping in info into the conversation w/o explicitly stating why. That's all. Aside from that I'll be interested to see what comes out of this idea & creative commons, exciting stuff. ps: after reading the sub in 2007OCT22 I caught the New York Times out ~ www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/1685662827/ ..."
some time later
"... Hey Peter, I see. We haven't explained the novel way of how we're using FriendFeed yet, there's a few concepts we need to explain before we do. I've had unloaded all the project details immediately there would have been mass confusion on how to use/participate Purefold. - David Bausola ...
and I replied.
"... We haven't explained the novel way of how we're using FriendFeed yet, there's a few concepts we need to explain before we do ..." Write it up: how Purefold & Friendfeed want the process to work. When you do post it somewhere prominent (Purefold discussions?). Should make interesting reading. Never assume a lack of information will somehow make things clearer. I'll take the info-glut every time. ..."
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2009JUN082114
Web Series Tied to ‘Blade Runner’ Is In the Works
"... On Thursday the film’s director, Ridley Scott, announced that a new division of his commercials company, RSA Films, was working on a video series called “Purefold.” The series of linked 5- to 10-minute shorts, aimed first at the Web and then perhaps television, will be set at a point in time before 2019, when the Harrison Ford movie takes place in a dystopian Los Angeles. Mr. Scott, his brother Tony and his son Luke are developing the project in conjunction with the independent studio Ag8, which is run by one of the creators of “Where are the Joneses?” a British Web sitcom that solicited storyline suggestions from the audience. Similarly, “Purefold” will harvest story input from its viewers, in conjunction with the social media site FriendFeed." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet ..."
After reading the article, Web Series Tied to ‘Blade Runner’ Is In the Works by Brad Stone in the New York Times, I commented:
"... “Purefold” will harvest story input from its viewers, in conjunction with the social media site FriendFeed ..." ~ Is this a sub? ~ paulgraham.com/submarine.html ..."
and David Bausola replied:
"... Peter, not sure what you mean; no PR agency is involved and no press release was, erm, released - we've just explained the basics to the project to 2 reporters. We have also talked to many people over the past few months about what we aim to acheive. We'll be blogging about the past 9 months development and the forthcoming outputs soon. PR may be used to brief in more 'mainstream' magazines in due course. (And glad to see a Paul Graham essay used as referenced - I'm a big fan) ..."
and I commented:
"... Hi David, I was just noting that Paul B. posted without naming FF is working with this idea & Purefold. What information is *not included* is just as important as what *is included*. A quick acknowledgment from the boss might have made this fact clear. The Sub reference comes from *quietly* slipping in info into the conversation w/o explicitly stating why. That's all. Aside from that I'll be interested to see what comes out of this idea & creative commons, exciting stuff. ps: after reading the sub in 2007OCT22 I caught the New York Times out ~ www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/1685662827/ ..."
some time later
"... Hey Peter, I see. We haven't explained the novel way of how we're using FriendFeed yet, there's a few concepts we need to explain before we do. I've had unloaded all the project details immediately there would have been mass confusion on how to use/participate Purefold. - David Bausola ...
and I replied.
"... We haven't explained the novel way of how we're using FriendFeed yet, there's a few concepts we need to explain before we do ..." Write it up: how Purefold & Friendfeed want the process to work. When you do post it somewhere prominent (Purefold discussions?). Should make interesting reading. Never assume a lack of information will somehow make things clearer. I'll take the info-glut every time. ..."
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