Digital Media Resources
Online Resources
How to Make Money with Multi-Platform Digital Media
Everything you ever wanted to know about how to make money with multi-platform digital media.
http://www.ipf.ca/bellfundbliki/
Producing For Mobile
A Guide for Documentary Producers Moving into The Mobile Space
http://www.ipf.ca/Bell/PDFS/CS_MobileGuide_Sept10.pdf
From Zeros to Heroes
Digital strategies for Film and Television Properties
http://z2hmedia.com/blog/primer/
Screen Austrailia's How to write a Transmedia Production Bible
A template for Multi-platform Producers
http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/documents/SA_publications/Transmedia-prod-bible-template.pdf
New Media Producer's Legal Toolkit
http://bellfund.ca/useful-tools/legal-toolkit/
Webseries ToolKit - Tips and Best Practices
http://www.ipf.ca/IPF/downloads/Webseries-Toolkit-Feb2011.pdf
How to Build Audience for your Webseries
http://www.ipf.ca/downloads/IPF-MARKETING-GUIDE.pdf
YouTube Creators Playbook
A compilation of important tips, best practices and strategies to help you build an audience on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/creators/playbook.html
Twitter on TV: A Producer's Guide
https://dev.twitter.com/media/twitter-tv
CFTPA Study - Towards a Framework for Digital Rights
http://www.cftpa.ca/newsroom/pdf/CFTPA_DIGITAL_RIGHTS_STUDY_June_2010.pdf
Emerging business models in the digital economy—The mobile applications market
http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib310665/emerging_business_models.pdf
WIP Mobile Developer's Guide to the Galaxy
http://wipconnector.com/download/Guide_8thEdition_WEB_US.pdf
Mobile Developer's Guide to the Parallel Universe
- A guide to marketing you app and managing your product's lifecycle
http://wipconnector.com/download/GuideToTheParallelUniverse_1stEdition.pdf
Documentary and New Digital Platforms: An Ecosystem in Transition
http://www.obsdoc.ca/res/pdf/Observ_20110203_Study.pdf
Freedom and Engagement in Interactive Narratives
A slideshow presentation on narrative structures
http://prezi.com/v2q6btutkcbm/freedom-and-engagement-in-interactive-narratives/
Blog: BewareoftheLeopard.ca
Insights on the Business of Digital Media
http://bewareoftheleopard.ca/
InteractiveFilm.Org
The Canadian Film Center (CFC) resource for the production of interactive film based on a case study of the interactive feature film, Late Fragment.
http://ifilm.cfcmedialab.com/node/11
i-docs
Website dedicated to Interactive Documentary
http://i-docs.fr/
A Digital Filmmaker's Map to the Web
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/10/digital-filmmakers-map-to-web.html
Cultural Human Resources Council
Resources for those considering starting a career in Digital Media
http://www.culturalhrc.ca/minisites/New_Media/e/index.asp
The Pixel Report
Website devoted to showcasing new forms of storytelling, film-making and cross-media business development that is in tune with an audience-centred digital era.
http://thepixelreport.org/
Hope For Film
Website with resources and discussions about all things Film in the new Digital Age
http://trulyfreefilm.hopeforfilm.com/
Blog: Tracking Innovation at the Convergence of Games and Social Platforms
http://www.insidesocialgames.com/
Transmedia and the Independent Filmmaker
Excellent 45 minute presentation on Transmedia Creation from the Sacramento Film Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL8IyodetO4
Gamification Encyclopedia
Articles and Terms on Gamification
http://gamification.org/wiki/Encyclopedia
Slebisodes
Resource for Webseries including tips for creation, distribution, festival entry and release schedules
http://www.slebisodes.com
Blog: A Filmmaker's Guide to Internet Search Marketing
http://www.veria.ca/blog
Transmedia Blogs:
http://www.yousuckattransmedia.com
http://transmythology.com/
Entreprenurial & Research Support
Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone
Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ) is a workplace designed for young entrepreneurs, infused with the energy and resources of downtown Toronto. It’s a place where students and alumni come to innovate, collaborate and market their products and services, and where commercial enterprises can turn to for progressive and creative digital solutions.
To get into the Zone, you’ll need to have a unique idea, which has commercial or social value. You will also need to be able to show that you have gone through some business planning towards realizing your goal.
http://digitalmediazone.ryerson.ca/apply/
Spin Master Innovation Fund
Launched by The Canadian Youth Business Foundation, its affiliate, Entrepreneur Gateway Canada and Spin Master Ltd. in April 2011, the Spin Master Innovation Fund seeks to identify and support the next generation of highly innovative job creators. The focus is on big ideas: young entrepreneurs who seek to create sustainable and scalable businesses with national and international expansion potential.
http://www.cybf.ca/innovation/
CANARIE Inc - Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research (DAIR) Program
The purpose of the Program is to provide shared R & D infrastructure in order to make both research projects as well as new product development by small and medium-sized enterprises more cost and time-efficient. A pilot program will be in operation from May 2011 to March 2012. The focus of the pilot program is creating a highly flexible, on demand, shared product design, prototype, validation, and demonstration environment.
For more information, visit: http://www.canarie.ca/en/dair-program/about
