RomComs

With JUCY close to being finished (at least in the offline sense), I’ve been thinking lots about romantic comedies… and discovered that MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING is the highest grossing box office romcom ever made (in the English speaking world).

Predictably SEX AND THE CITY is in the top ten, as is PRETTY WOMAN. At KCDC we’re working on a sequel to the latter, the real story of what happens when a sex worker marries a rich man… more later.

If you’re interested in how romcoms have fared at the box office, check out this list.

JUCY pre-production is underway!

After a successful week promoting All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane in Copenhagen, director Louise Alston is back in the driver’s seat on her second feature JUCY. The KCDC office is positively buzzing!

kid + screen

Many of us have seen how involved our kids get with their screens. New York photographer Robbie Cooper took the time to record just how present with their entertainment kids are.

Part of me wishes gunfire SFX wasn’t so prevalent during the absorption.

Jucy gets a mention in the international press!

Sandy George wrote a feature article on Jucy’s director, Louise Alston, for Screen International. The link is here.

What’s going on in Sid’s car?

Sid is a dirty man with a dirty mind. He loves to tease sordid stories out of his passengers so he can stream some excitement to clientele of his own…

Charades takes a step

Charades is an immersive multiplatform comedy series KCDC’s developing with the assistance of Screen Australia. Last night we shot some stills and video.

The possibilities are endless

On the weekend I delighted my son by watching a feature length machinima movie, made inside the World of Warcraft, about the World of Warcraft, with him. The film made some assumptions the viewer would know about WoW early on and I found myself asking lots of questions, but as it moved further into the story, it became more and more engaging.

Machinima has been around a while now and I’m fortunate enough to know some people who are VERY into it. It’s a technique I’m keen to start exploring in storytelling, mixing it up with more traditional screen methods. Stay tuned.

KCDC gets an online facelift

It’s great to launch my company’s website today. Many thanks Grace!

It’s all about meaning…

Gerd Leonhard recently posted about the near future becoming what he describes as an attention economy. He suggests some interesting models for obtaining this attention, and they’re models we’re seeing in various forms across multiplatform and ARG entertainment.

It will be fascinating in the coming weeks, months and years, to see how the stakes are raised in this new economy. Credibility, it seems, is the new black.

The future of the world wide web… including screens into the machine

Kevin Kelly made a presentation at the 2007 EG Conference reminding us the world wide web is only 5000 days old. He ponders the next 5000 and I found it pretty inspiring and exciting.

Long have I fantasised about walking around my space dictating emails, knowing electronic fibres wired into the walls will be picking up my words and transcribing, then sending them…