“What is a Wisconsin Film?”: 2013 Wisconsin Film Festival

April 10, 2013
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“What is a Wisconsin Film?”: 2013 Wisconsin Film Festival

This year’s “Wisconsin’s Own” selections speak to the exciting way in which films tied to a particular place nevertheless negotiate multiple influences in surprising and original ways.
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#1ReasonToBe and Many Reasons To Still Worry

April 9, 2013
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#1ReasonToBe and Many Reasons To Still Worry

One of this year's key stories is how the industry deals with difference and inclusivity, both for developers and for the industry as a whole.
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Missionary for the Movies: Remembering Roger Ebert

April 8, 2013
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Missionary for the Movies: Remembering Roger Ebert

Roger showed that popular film criticism could be an intellectually honorable enterprise—more than that, a calling.
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Framing a Legacy: The Office‘s Diegetic Documentary

April 5, 2013
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Framing a Legacy: <i>The Office</i>‘s Diegetic Documentary

While The Office's documentary aesthetic has often led to the assumption the show itself was the final product, the choice to position the diegetic documentary as public television and a successful international export pushes against this assumption in interesting ways.
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E-distribution gets “Weird” in Canada

April 4, 2013
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E-distribution gets “Weird” in Canada

Distribution remains a challenge for many artists and labels, and this initiative creates a much-needed resource that can allow artists to more easily sustain creative autonomy.
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The Future of Media Production?

April 3, 2013
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The Future of Media Production?

The idea of user-supported media production extends beyond Kickstarter, as technology continues to offer more areas for direct audience support and participation.
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Diagnosis: Media Amnesia (and Education)

April 1, 2013
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Diagnosis: Media Amnesia (and Education)

The cycle of obsession and disavowal over new media creates “media amnesia," whereby the promise of yet-another new technology restarts the dialogue on its perceived potential without a thorough investigation into the previous medium’s “failures.”
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What Are You Missing? March 17-March 30

March 31, 2013
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What Are You Missing? March 17-March 30

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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“Fell in Love with a Song”: Squaresville and the Intimate Collective

March 27, 2013
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“Fell in Love with a Song”: Squaresville and the Intimate Collective

"You know how sometimes when you're really really focused...you forget that you're a person? You forget that anything exists at all?"
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Tornadoes and Meteors and Bombs, Oh My! — Queering Kansas in the Pictures

March 22, 2013
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Tornadoes and Meteors and Bombs, Oh My! — Queering Kansas in the Pictures

Disney's Oz the Great and Powerful, like The Wizard of Oz, represents Kansas monochromatically to highlight the queer and colorful world of Oz. But as far as Hollywood's concerned, it's Kansas that's queer.
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Roundtable (Part 2): Career Stages and Conferencing Strategies

March 21, 2013
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Roundtable (Part 2): Career Stages and Conferencing Strategies

In the second part of this series on conferencing strategies and SCMS, focus is given to guidance and advice from faculty at various stages of their career.
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Roundtable (Part 1): Career Stages and Conferencing Strategies

March 20, 2013
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Roundtable (Part 1): Career Stages and Conferencing Strategies

In the second part of this series on conferencing strategies and SCMS, focus is given to guidance and advice from graduate students at various stages of their education.
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The Cost of Interfaces

March 19, 2013
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The Cost of Interfaces

Boycotting Facebook is getting harder, particularly because of the complete invisibility and unawareness of the nature of the social networking site to its members.
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The Comics Arms Race and the Failure of Diversity

March 18, 2013
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The Comics Arms Race and the Failure of Diversity

Retailer incentives like variant covers are nothing new, but are being emphasized strongly in today’s market.
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What Are You Missing? March 3-March 16

March 17, 2013
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What Are You Missing? March 3-March 16

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Kickstarting Veronica Mars: A Moment in a Movement

March 15, 2013
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Kickstarting Veronica Mars: A Moment in a Movement

Why kickstarting Veronica Mars was not simply a procedural act, but rather a social experience awakening, mobilizing and monetizing fan cultures in real time.
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