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POWER TO THE PIXEL PRESENTSADVENTURES IN CROSS-MEDIA

& STORY INNOVATION

CREATIVE EUROPE DESK, HAMBURGLIZ ROSENTHAL - CEO & Founder, Power to the Pixel

@powertothepixelwww.powertothepixel.comwww.thepixelreport.org

Friday, 12 September 14

http://www.powertothepixel.com




CROSS-MEDIA PROJECT DEVELOPMENT / The Pixel Lab, July to October 2014, Germany & London/ High 5 For Kids, November 2012 to March 2013, Denmark & Sweden/ The Writer’s Room, March to November 2014/ Consulting & Advisory

CROSS-INDUSTRY BUSINESS & COLLABORATION/ Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Forum, London - October 2014 in association with the BFI London Film Festival/ IPA AdaptLab The Cross-Media Forum NYC, HIgh 5 For Kids Financing Forum Sweden, Pixel Paris/ Inter-Industry Think Tanks, Markets/ Consulting & Advisory

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POWER TO THE PIXELCreate, Finance, Engage Across Multiple Platforms

What we do:




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16 PROJECTS

2 WORKSHOPSTHE PIXEL LAB

32 PARTICIPANTS

20 EXPERT MENTORS

6-12 JulyGermany

6-9 OctoberLondon


POWER TO THE PIXELThe Cross-Media Forum7-10 October 2014In association with The BFI London Film Festival

Special Offer for Pixel Day Hamburg Delegates:30% off tickets until 19 September


The Pixel Market: Day One

The Pixel Market: Day Two

The Think Tank

3 EVENTS

The Conference

4 DAYS

CONFERENCE THE PIXEL MARKET

THE THINK TANK

POWER TO THE PIXEL

In Association with the BFI London Film Festival, 7-10 October 2014

7-10 October 2014



AbundantAudiences

MoneyTime

ScarceStorytellers

ChannelsContent

Abundant

Scarce

Courtesy of Co:

FROM SCARCITY TO ABUNDANCE


FANS AND FOLLOWERS ARE THE NEW CURRENCY

PEOPLE-CENTRIC APPROACH THINK AUDIENCE FIRST

PLATFORM SECOND


UNDERSTAND PEOPLE’S:BEHAVIOUR

&MOTIVATIONS

PEOPLE-CENTRIC/ DESIGN THINKING


“What motivates people to consume, create and share media

is that they want to connect to new ideas and to disconnect from the world”

Wayne Fletcher - Head of Innovation, McCann Erickson

PEOPLE-CENTRIC/ DESIGN THINKINGUNDERSTANDING MOTIVATION


PEOPLE-CENTRIC/ DESIGN THINKING

Courtesy of Wayne Fletcher, Head of Innovation, McCann Erickson


/NO STORY IS SELF-CONTAINED IN ONE MEDIA

/STORIES HAVE BECOME A LIVING ENTITY:SHARED, DISCUSSED AND RE-MIXED

/STORY BRAND IS BIGGER THAN PLATFORM OR MEDIA

STORYTELLING TODAY


TRADITIONAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

FILMTV FORMAT

BOOKGAME

LONGPRODUCT

DEVELOPMENT/SCRIPT

FINANCE/ PRE SALES

FESTIVALSB2B MARKET

SALESDISTRIBUTIONMARKETING

5 YEARS

PREDETERMINEDFORMAT

AUDIENCEENGAGEMENT


TWO CROSS-MEDIA APPROACHES

€ 1,665

People-CentricPlatform-Centric v


WHAT IS ?

KEY STARTING POINTS

THE CORE(The Story Driver)

THE GOAL STRATEGY (The Roadmap)


GETTING TO THE CORE

Courtesy of Adam Sigel


TRADITIONAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

FILMTV FORMAT

BOOKGAME

LONGPRODUCT

DEVELOPMENT/SCRIPT

FINANCE/ PRE SALES

FESTIVALSB2B MARKET

SALESDISTRIBUTIONMARKETING

5 YEARS

PREDETERMINEDFORMAT

AUDIENCEENGAGEMENT


INNOVATING PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

STORYCORE THEMESCHARACTERS

BRAND

LESS THAN 1 YEAR

CONTENT STRATEGY

ENGAGEMENT PLAN

RAPID PROTOTYPING

OF FIRSTMVP

AUDIENCE TESTING/ PROOF OF CONCEPT

INVESTMENT/FURTHER DEV

& NEW PRODUCTS

/NO PREDETERMINED FIRST PRODUCT/EARLY AUDIENCE TESTING AND ENGAGEMENT

/R & D and PROTOTYPING/FAIL FAST

/ORGANIC STORY/ BRAND DEVELOPMENTFriday, 12 September 14

PROTOTYPINGVOID

THE INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT GAP

STRATEGYPixel Lab

FINANCEThe Pixel Market

IDEAStory


/Platform vs idea development/Platform vs idea funding/Cross-border partnerships/Cross-industry partnerships

EXAMPLES

/The Spiral/The Builders Challenge/Alma: A Tale of Violence /Gigglebug /Highrise /Iron Sky Universe

SUBJECTS


THE SPIRALPOTEMKINO/ CAVIAR CONTENT

Project Elements: / 5 x 50’ TV series / thespiral.eu game / living drama / an art installation


The Pixel Market 2010/ The Cross-Media Forum 2012









The Pixel Market 2010/ The Cross-Media Forum 2012

FINANCE PLAN:

/ Budget: Total Budget: €6.45m Interactive Extension funding secured: €435k

/ Financing Partners: 20 TV: YLE, NRK, VRT, SVT, VARA, ARTE, TV3, VAF, BXLIMAGE, Tax Shelter, Own investment, Media Broadcast, COBO fonds, Mediafonds TV series Interactive Funding: MEDIA Interactive, Wallimage Crossmedia, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Mediafonds e- Cultuur, Tax Shelter, own investment / Launch Date: Interactive - 21 Aug 2012, TV - 2 September 2012









LESSONS LEARNED:

/ Engage the community early on

/ Too short a time to develop a complex interactive experience

/ Separate the marketing of the game and the TV series

/ Executive Producer needed to coordinate broadcaster relationships

/ Event based multi territory format - limiting the territories of format sale



THE BUILDER’S CHALLENGESEPPIA/ INDI FILM

The Pixel Lab 2012

How did they make this enormous structure?




/ Budget: Film: €1m Interactive Extension: €353k

/ Interactive Finance Partners: 8

FranceFrench Ministry of Culture €25kRegion Alsace €30kScan Strasbourg €20kARTE GEIE €66kSeppia €56kTotal €197k

GermanyMFG Content Funding €115kZDF ARTE €20kIndi Film €21kTotal €156k

Launch date: 16 Dec 2012





Lessons Learned:

/ Cross-media project conceived after the 3D feature film

/ Funding secured for docu-game and app in August 2013. Launch scheduled in 16 December, too short a time to develop and test products.

/ Concentrate on one new product, not two at a time

/ Simultaneous launch - no audience build around the project.

/ Co-production of interactive products is new - difficult for traditional producers to structure cross-border teams

/ No plan for the licensing of the interactive format beyond ARTE



ALMA: A TALE OF VIOLENCEUPIAN/ VU


Project Elements:/ Webdocumentary/ 52’ TV documentary/ App for Android and iOS/ Book/ Exhibition

Budget: €550,000k

Financing Partners:/ ARTE (web and TV) €215k/ CNC (webdocumentary)€100k/ Tribeca Film Institute (webdocumentary)€40k/ World View - CBA Fund €19k/ Upian

Distribution Partners:France: France Info, Télérama, Rue89Germany: TageszeitungUS: Time

Launch date: October 2012

Revenue Model: 52’ Minute TV Documentary

ALMA: A TALE OF VIOLENCEUPIAN/ VU


HIGHRISEKaterina Cizek @ NFB Canada


TRAILER

PROLOGUE

OUT MY WINDOW

DIGITAL

LIVEDIGITAL

PARTICIPATE

INSTALLATION

LIVE

highrise.nfb.ca

BOOK WRAP

DIGITAL

SUBWAY INSTALLATION

2009

2014LOCAL GLOBAL

MIT

RADIO SHOW

KIPLING WORKSHOPS

ONE MILLIONth TOWER

1,000th

TOWER

CODING WORKSHOPS

FILMS

USER SUBMISSIONS

INTERACTIVE

ACADEMIC

COMMUNITY

DIGITAL

HISTORYHIGHRISE

STORY UNIVERSE

DIGITALCITIZEN

SSHRC





OUT MY WINDOWKaterina Cizek @ NFB Canada


http://highrise.nfb.ca

OUT MY WINDOWKaterina Cizek @ NFB Canada


http://highrise.nfb.ca/


http://highrise.nfb.ca

THE 1000th TOWERKaterina Cizek @ NFB Canada




ONE MILLIONth TOWERKaterina Cizek @ NFB Canada/ collaboration Mozilla


A SHORT HISTORY OF THE HIGHRISEKaterina Cizek @ NFB Canada/ collaboration New York Times


GIGGLEBUGAnima Boutique (FIN)

High 5 For Kids 2013


/ Age: 3 - 6

/ TV Series: 10 x 5mins, June 2013 52 x 5mins in dev

/ App: released in 2013 in English, Finnish, Swedish, German, Chinese

/ 8 new apps in dev

/ Book: x2 picture books

GIGGLEBUGAnima Boutique (FIN)

High 5 For Kids 2013Friday, 12 September 14

IRON SKY UNIVERSE/ 1ST STAGETIMO VUORENSOLA/TERO KAUKOMAA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py_IndUbcxc








3 x graphic novels

1 x boardgame

1 x LARP

3 x iPad/iPhone games
























IRON SKY UNIVERSETIMO VUORENSOLA/TERO KAUKOMAA

BUILDING THE NEXT STAGE OF THE FRANCHISE

INVESDOR EQUITY CROWDFUNDING PLATFORM1st round investment target: €150,000

Investment reached: €265,800Price per share: €25 (minimum 10)

no. of shareholders: 421Equity offered: 5%Valuation: €2.5m


GERMAN EQUITY CROWD FUNDING PLATFORMS

Startnext: Creative Industries Startups/ Social Organisations

DeutscheMikroinvest: Mixed Investment Products

Innovestment: High Tech Investment

FundedByMe: Cross-border Mixed Invesment


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CONCLUSIONS

/ PEOPLE-CENTRIC APPROACH TO CREATING STORY EXPERIENCES

/ ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES WITH USER-TESTING

/ COLLABORATIONS ACROSS INDUSTRIES AND SKILL SECTORS

/ INVESTMENT IN PROTOTYPING, NEW CONTENT FORMS AND AUDIENCE

BUILDING






NEW WAYS TO MEASURE IMPACT AND VALUEHarmony Institute/ Buzzfeed

HOW TO GROW STORY BRANDSRovio/ Playmatics/ Iron Sky Universe

SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION MODELSGuardian/ NFB Canada/ TOXA/ FilmTank/ BBC/ ITVS

WHO IS FINANCING STORY INNOVATION?100+ International Funders

NORDIC FOCUS8 Nordic Funds, 20 producers, 9 Projects

POWER TO THE PIXEL: The Cross-Media Forum7-10 October 2014 In association with The BFI London Film Festival


POWER TO THE PIXEL: The Cross-Media Forum7-10 October 2014 In association with The BFI London Film Festival

Special Offer for Pixel Day Hamburg Delegates:30% off tickets until 19 September


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