The Wildlight Blog

GREETINGS & NEWS & VIRTUAL CINEMA!!

Hey everyone!

Wildlight has been on a bit of a working holiday for the past six months, so apologies for the lack of communication & new programming!

While we slowly sift through our ginormous to-do list, you can amuse yourself with TEN NEW FILMS that came together through our collaboration with the Irish Film Board - VIRTUAL CINEMA. Since we started Wildlight we had hoped not only to distribute great content, but we also hoped to be part of the commissioning process.

We are proud to present the ten films created through the Virtual Cinema scheme - kudos especially to the filmmakers creativity with the micro budget and miniature time frame. With all that considered, the films are a fantastic feat in themselves.

The Athenrides, Fat Kitty Films (directed by our very own Jessie!)
Chips, Rachael O'Kane/ David Freyne
Deer Park, Billy Walsh
Don't Leave Me Hanging, Paddy C. Courtney
A Facebook Fatwa, Eamonn Carey
Paranoid Fat Chick Gets Fired, Cecilia McAllister
The Perils Of Internet Dating, Simon Eustace
Rapunzel - The Blonde Years, Trish Groves/Fiona Ashe
Stay Out Of My Bag, Frances Roe
When Nuns Attack, Boru (sequel to our old favorite Nun Fight Club!)

You can view all the films on our YouTube Channel Here:
http://ie.youtube.com/virtualcinema

New Look Website...

Wildlight has grown, and so has our website. We have recently updated our website to show off the multiple platforms that you can watch the Wildlight Film Channel. Several areas have been added or updated, so be sure to check it out.

With a new appetite for reality out there, we have also begun launching our Wildlight Documentary Channel, which will showcase some of the best new, edgy short documentaries out there today. We have also added a bit of information about the forthcoming documentary channel on the new site.

Enjoy! http://www.wildlight.tv

Net Visionary Nomination

  Net Visionary Nominee 
  Originally uploaded by brixtoncat

Wildlight's Jessie Ward has been nominated for an iia Net Visionary Award for Mobile Internet Contribution!

Be sure and vote for Jessie here:
http://www.netvisionary.ie/vote2007.html/

New Films live on our Joost Channel!

We've a new batch of fabulous films live to view on our Wildlight Joost Channel!

For those of you not familiar with Joost, it's an exciting new Video on Demand platform that works through peer-to-peer technology, ensuring a full-screen, TV-like experience, but with all the interactive bells and whistles of the web.

If you're already a Joost user, simply click on this link to go directly to the Wildlight channel:  http://www.joost.com/02800bb

Here's a look at our current programme listing:

• Ku Ku    
• Before I Get a Job ep. 1    
• There's an Extraordinarily Tall Man and an Extraordinarily Short Man That Follow Me Wherever I Go    
• Incomplete    
• Ringing in Sick ep.3    
• Nude Not    
• Ambience of Night    
• Before I Get a Job ep. 2    
• Stars    
• Useless Dog    
• Nun Fight Club    
• And The Red Man Turned Green    
• Barbershop    
• Changes    
• Donuts    
• Ringing in sick ep.1    
• Fuel    
• Lovely Show ep.1    
• Short Circuit    
• Prey Alone    
• Just Dessert    
• Fifty Percent Grey    
• The Most Beautiful Man in the World    
• Hide    
• Ringing in sick ep.2    
• Initiative    
• Walkers    
• Doing Really Well    
• Attack of the Fifty Foot Fuckers    
• The Divorce    
• Plinc!    
• A Little Closer To Home    

wildlight on sony connect for psp

wildlight on sony connect for psp
Originally uploaded by stevemc11

Here's a peek at the Wildlight Channel appears on Sony's Connect website - for downloading free Wildlight films to watch on your PSP.

You can connect to the Sony site here:
http://video.connect.com/channel/Wildlight.php

Darklight Symposium 2007

Hey everyone, if you're going to be in Dublin from June 21st to June 24th you should try and get yourself down to the Darklight Festival Symposium - this will be a fantastic event for those of you into any of the following:
THE EVOLUTION OF SHORT FILM
THE FUTURE OF TV
PRODUCTION
DISTRIBUTION
NETWORKED COMMUNITIES
ANIMATING FILMS AND GAMES
REAL TIME FX
MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES
SCREENINGS
ART
FILM
WORKSHOPS

The programme launch of Darklight '07 (with special guest Dave Fanning) takes place at the Curved Cafe, Filmbase, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, 11am-12pm, Wednesday, 6th June 2007 At this event, the full programme details for the 7th Annual Darklight festival will be unveiled.

Join us in the YOUTUBE SALON to showcase your favourite weird or wonderful clips from YouTube.

International festival guests include: Guy Miller from EA Games, Computer Animator and Artists, Zoogloo's Greg Maguire and Andy Buecker, formally ILM and Disney Chris Shepherd creator of Who I Am and What I Want

RSVP by return of e-mail to dermot@dhr.ie or telephone 01-488580 4 www.darklight.ie

Darklight Symposium 2007

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Interesting Article on the Future of Film

Interesting Article on the Future of Film: Kevin Mayer, Disney EVP – “Fewer Movies, Better Quality”

      

Submitted by Scott Goldberg on March 21, 2007 - 10:17am.

   

 

  From the Future of Film:  Disney’s EVP of Corporate Strategy, Business Development, and Technology Group, Kevin Mayer, spoke this morning at the Future of Film conference.  He said the company is slating fewer movies in the future, focusing instead on a higher quality product.  The “Three Pillars of Disney,” as he described them, include creative excellence, better technology to create and distribute content, and a global focus to tap vibrant international markets.

Click here to read the whole piece...

We have JOOST!!!

We are happy to finally announce that we are a part of the exciting new Internet Video Community JOOST!

Brought to you by the guys behind Skype, Joost (formerly under the working title The Venice Project) uses similar peer-to-peer technology to bring you full-screen, DVD resolution video viewable on the web. Unlike YouTube, Joost is working together with content partners to create an alternative to conventional Television, which is truly interactive.

We encourage everyone to sign up to try the Joost Beta test, and check out our channel! For more information about Joost there is a great summary of articles here: http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/4360

Join us at Sundance & Rotterdam!

Happy New Year everyone! Now that holiday festivities are over, we're gearing up for some of the most exciting film events on offer.

We will be travelling to both Park City for Sundance and the Film Festival Rotterdam in the next few weeks. If you are going to be at either of these events please get in touch, we would love to meet with you! - our contact details are available on out websitel: www.wildlight.tv

We also have a lot of exciting news which we are yet to announce in an official capacity, however if you are lucky enough to be a beta-tester for The Venice Project, be sure to check out our channel!

love always, the Wildlight Team

November Films on Vodafone

We are pleased to announce that our latest batch of great films are now available on Vodafone Ireland's 3G portal. Click here to download and watch a trailer for these films in iPod format!

Films included in this month's programme are:
Mug by Adrian Tanner, Egg by Clive Richards, Vibrato by Anneka Bosma, Jungle Beat - Always Take The Weather with You by Sunrise Productions, Taxi ep.2 - Death by Brown Bag Films, Crimeface ep.3 by Krishna Stott, Chalk by Scott Amos, 3 Cheers for the Vegetable Alphabet by Jim Ether, Telegastrovision by Antanas Janauskas and Barabbas 5 (Grand Prix) by Barabbas.

Enjoy!