Ep12: Mobile Movie Mayhem: Jennifer Wilson: StoryLabs & Screen Australia Clinic

Mobile Movie Mayhem - Jennifer a Director at the Project Factory, gives a deeply practical view of mobile for TV and Film extensions and how to deal with the paradox of making mobile apps to market movies but the apps themselves then need to be promoted. She helps orientate listeners around the mobile and tablet ecosystem, how to market apps, movie and TV app case studies, how to deal with App Store Gatekeepers, likely development costs and many more tips and tricks. With 9% more time spent with apps than the general web Jennifer helps us understand the pros and cons of StoryTelling using mobile apps and why it is important to develop new and highly personalized experiences playing on the fact that your mobile is an extension of yourself. She finishes on practical advise for storytellers on how to engage and develop apps. Mobile Movie Mayhem - A presentation by Jennifer Wilson, given at the StoryLabs & Screen Australia labs and digital ignition seminar held in Sydney in late Nov 2012. StoryLab's Podcasts: Recorded and Produced by Gary P Hayes JENNIFER WILSON (AUS) - is one of the vital cogs in the machine that is The Project Factory. With more than 20 years experience in interactive media. Jen brings a zeal for device-independent relationships with consumers, storytelling across multiple platforms and a passion for all things mobile. Jennifer combines solid commercial sense based on over twenty years in business, with a technical understanding of the issues of transmedia and multiplatform production; and wraps this in a bundle of creativity and curiosity. Her previous posts include Managing Director of HWW, Head of Innovation for ninemsn and principle of boutique consultancy, Lean Forward. Jen is the author of many papers on digital screen content issues including ‘Getting in the digital frame: A screen producer’s guide to the digital landscape’, ‘The Digital Deadlock: How clearance and copyright issues are keeping Australian content offline’, ‘ Pocket Power: getting your content mobile’ and co-author of ‘The Writer’s Guide to Making a Digital Living’. She has a zeal for device-independent relationships with consumers, storytelling across multiple platforms and a passion for all things mobile. Jen sits on the Council of the Screen Producers Association of Australia representing the Interactive Media Division.