Remix Fiction Television Evolves

Steve — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:59:59 +0000

Remix Fiction is always striving to learn and adapt to meet the expectations of their small (but growing) fan base. We recently took a hard look at our video programing and recognized that we weren’t achieving the reach that we’d originally hoped. Based on feedback from fans who watch the show regularly we knew that we wanted to stick with interviewing amazing people in the transmedia storytelling industry, but we needed to ditch the hour-long format. We’re hoping that our relatively low viewership (based on video views on our Vimeo channel) is tied more to the length of the show versus the content. In general, we think that most people are not willing to sacrifice an hour of their time on an untested show. So, in order to boost our viewership numbers we’re going to make a few changes.

For those of you who are willing to sit through an hour-long show we’re still going to broadcast the recording of the episodes live. Those of you who make the effort to tune in while we’re recording will get a behind the scenes look at the making of the episodes along with some “bonus content” and bloopers that won’t make it to the videos. We’re still going to spend about an hour with each guest, but we’re going to break the videos down into more digestible ten to fifteen minute chunks and release them as a series. We’ve also got some ideas for producing some short, non-interview, segments related to the behind the scenes work we’re doing on our own Alternate Reality Game. We would LOVE to hear your suggestions for these new segments so please let us know your ideas in the comments.

We appreciate Brian Clark’s patience with our first attempt at producing shorter interview shows. Brian is the CEO of GMD Studios; an experimental media lab focused on the emergence of networked communities, audiences and marketplaces. Brian put up with us for almost two hours while we recorded several episodes of Remix Fiction Television that spanned a wide range of topics relating to his company’s vision and practices. Our first short-format episode with Brian is available now on our Vimeo channel.

Remix Fiction Interviews Funnel Productions – the Creators of Purity Towers

Martin Aggett — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:11:27 +0000

Remix Fiction is excited to announce this weekend (Sunday @11am Pacific Time) we will interview the creative team at Funnel Productions on the heels of the recent conclusion of their alternate reality game, Purity Towers. This was Funnel Production’s third full-scale independent ARG following their previous productions; Man of the People and Myth of the Seeker.

We’ll dive behind the scenes and learn what was happening on the other side of the curtain as players chose their alliances and helped co-create this complex tale of class oppression. We’ll talk to the actors who portrayed Randy, Earl, Melissa, and the rest of the characters who communicated with the audience through email, tweets, and Facebook messages.

We want the players of Purity Towers to be a big part of this special broadcast of Remix Fiction Television by helping us come up with interview questions. You can submit your questions by typing them into a comment, or you can call and leave a voicemail (206-350-1072) which we’ll play on the air. We also encourage you to video your question and upload it to a video sharing site. Just leave a link to the video in the comments and playing those videos during the show will be our top priority (there will also be a surprise for some of our video question authors)

Funnel Productions: Our mission is to create the best games around and to build a broader community of ARGamers in the process. We are a grassroots alternate reality gaming organization. We have day jobs, though one day we hope to create games full time. Our games are produced entirely out of our own pockets, but we do our very best to keep them fun, immersive, and enjoyable for the players.

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Remix Fiction Television Evolves

Remix Fiction Interviews Funnel Productions – the Creators of Purity Towers