Druid Media, Inc.

 

Video Sites, Interactive Media & Networked Broadband Productions

 

           

Story Courts  2008

 

A venue for interactive short stories.   http://storycourts.blogspot.com  

 

 

The Dame Domain, 2006/2007

 

The Dame Domain is a blogged sitcom centering around Jane Becker.  With a voice somewhere between Nora Ephron and Erma Bombeck, Jane blogs about the sale of her dotcom business and what it’s like to work for the new owner—and a boss 15 years her junior.  Jane also skewers life with teenagers, the DARE program, politics, sex and turning fifty.    http://thedamedomain.blogspot.com

 

 

 

Text Box: Descent to the Underworld, 2004/2005      


 

Descent is an international collaboration of eight universities in China, Brazil, the United States and the Czech Republic.  Working in an online studio created by Access Grid and the  Internet2’s Abilene Network, sixty-four students collaborated to produce  60 short films  and a soundtrack for an online game.  “Descent” was the longest collaborative, multi-point project undertaken on the network.  

 

 

Text Box: The Game-FilmÓ, 2004

 

The Game-Film is a video game in which the game play results in a short film.  As players move through the game, they collect pieces of a film  (instead of health or points).  At the end of the game, the  scenes are edited together to tell a story of where the player has been in the game.  Descent to the Underworld is a beta of the Game-Film.  The Game-Film is built on Druid’s I-TGV platform.   

 

 

 

Text Box: Story Streams, 2003

 

Story  Streams is the first real-time collaborative film; it was created by  directors in Paris, Montreal, Mexico City and Philadelphia.  Utilizing broadband, instant messaging, webcams and chat rooms, the filmmakers were networked together in real-time.  They uploaded their films to the central point in Philadelphia, where a master director mixed together the separate files to create a new film, which was then streamed back out over the net.  The live webcast, carried by Real Broadcast Networks, also included live interviews with the directors.  The entire production was done on location at WHYY television in Philadelphia. 

 

 

 

Text Box: Streaming Cinema,2000 - 2003

 

Streaming Cinema was the first US festival of web based cinema and interactive media.  The festival screened eight times in three years in Philadelphia,  Boston, Lisbon,   Seoul, Linz and Amsterdam.  Druid produced all aspects of the festival, from festival programming and planning, through marketing and public relations.  

 

 

 

Text Box: Kurz Film Kanal, 2001

 

This  interactive German-language film channel offered a menu of films, interviews with the filmmakers, a VJ component , online chat rooms and links to filmmaker resources.  It was developed and produced for Europe Online, a European satellite broadband company based in Luxembourg. 

 

 

Text Box: Cinema Lounge, 2000

 

A network of twelve regional film sites for Media One/AT&T broadband, including sites in Los Angeles, Miami, Detroit and Boston.  Sites included a selection of    films, searchable bios, links and chat rooms.  The Boston area site was number one in the Media One system within two weeks of launch.    

 

 

Text Box: The Bit Screen, 1998 - 2003

 

The Bit Screen was a groundbreaking site  - the first to offer films made specifically for the Internet (web  cinema).   The web site launched in June of 1998 and screened weekly from January, 1999 through July, 2003.

 

 

Text Box: Intervals, 1999

 

A series of  animated interstitials  for the Philadelphia PBS television affiliate.  The series introduced pre-school children and elementary school students to musical concepts.

 

 

Text Box: Sales Training Videoconference, 1997/1998  

 

 

Druid Media developed and produced all aspects of a 4 hour sales training course to be delivered via videoconferencing.  Responsibilities included: development of course content, coordination with videoconferencing engineers, pre-production for in-studio shoot, and creation of all marketing materials. 

 

 

Text Box: Interactive Multimedia Projects, 1988-1996

 

Clients and projects included an 8 hour management training course on IVD for IBM; a sales training course on IVD for Armstrong Industries; Sales training on CBT for Scott Paper; A learn-to-read program on CD-Rom for children. 

 

 

 

 

 

CURATED SHOWS

 

 

Text Box: New Directions in New Media, August, 2003

 

Curated an international selection of new media art as part of a national show sponsored by the Express, Ltd.  Other venues for the national show included the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

 

Text Box: A History of Web Cinema, November, 2002-2003

 

Curated a show which examined the development of web cinema from 1997-2002 for the ZKM Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany as part of their installation, Future Cinema.  The show opened at the Kiasma Media Museum in Helsinki in June, 2003 and at the ICC in Tokyo in December, 2003.

 

 

Text Box: Dreamwaves, May, 2003

 

Annenberg School, University of Southern California.  Curated a room on the site, which focuses on water dreams. 

 

 

Text Box: SeNef, 2002 – 2004

 

Curated a series of screenings of digital film and interactive media for the Seoul Net Film Festival in South Korea.  Programming Advisor, April, 2004.