there will be a fish

Best discussion section for this class that I've had all semester! Instead of having someone regurgitate the week's readings while everyone else nods off, our TA brought in a guy she knows who's involved with new media production. I wasn't expecting much, but it was actually really fascinating -- the way he was describing the concept behind new media was basically presenting it not as a base effort to earn money that cheapens the film, piggybacking off its success (as many of the artiste filmmakers in the class clearly thought), but as a way of telling more stories, of expanding the world of the story.

( I ramble on about new media and engagement and storytelling )

Anyway. Wow. I hope that made sense. I've been having some wicked insomnia, so I kinda didn't sleep last night.

The point of all this is, now I'm curious what some of the new media things you all have come across that really did it for you. I've already mentioned the Castle stuff, but one of my very favorites is Burn Notice's Ask A Spy videolets. So clever! So fun! And I always end up wandering around the site or watching an episode or trying to figure out when the season kicks off again, too, so it's effective like that. Another recent favorite is the Sesame Street twitter account, which is awesome, because it's Muppets! Tweeting! It's delightful.

So, what's something fun you've come across recently? Come, bring me your new media favorites...

Heeee.

To my fellow Burn Notice fans out there: if, like me, you loved all the quirky spy stuff on the show, you might be amused by the USA website's Ask A Spy page. It's a bunch of little videos of Jeffrey Donovan (in character as Michael) explaining how do things like escape from prison in Turkmenistan or avoid getting drunk at a business meeting. Fun! :)