KCB201 Week 7 Lecture (Barry Saunders): DIY Media and Collaboration

Slide 1: creative industries DIY Media and Collaboration KCB201 Virtual Cultures Barry Saunders b.saunders@qut.edu.au CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 2: creative industries Long history of DIY ‒ Media ‒ Music ‒ Electronics ‒ Film CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 3: creative industries Zines and pamphlets CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 4: creative industries Punk and folk CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 5: creative industries Community radio and TV CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 6: creative industries Indymedia CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 7: creative industries Blogging CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 8: creative industries Electronics CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 9: creative industries Open source software CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 10: creative industries Blender CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 11: creative industries Citizen journalism ‒ Youdecide2007 ‒ Multi-format citizen journalism project ‒ Hyperlocal ‒ Anyone could join and participate CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 12: creative industries Youdecide2007 YouDecide2007 Video interview http://www.youdecide2007.org/content/view/377/101/ CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 13: creative industries Livejournal and fanfic CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 14: creative industries webcomics CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 15: creative industries Current TV CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 16: creative industries Current TV Sony Ad http://current.com/items/76314302_sony_v_cam_transformation CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 17: creative industries Swarm of Angels CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 18: creative industries Archive.org CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 19: creative industries machinima Red Vs Blue http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/archive/ CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 20: creative industries Ask a ninja Killacon http://askaninja.com/classickillacon?video=flash CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 21: creative industries Sky Captain ‒ Trailer created at home with homemade bluescreen and Macintosh Iici ‒ Used to generate interest in film financing CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 22: creative industries Flickr CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 23: creative industries Flickr - HDR http://www.flickr.com/groups/hdr/ CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 24: creative industries Johnathon Coulton Still Alive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWUcVj31QaM CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 25: creative industries 1000 true fans ‒ Idea that 1000 fans are sufficient to have a successful (as in, sustainable) career ‒ Reduced entry and development costs ‒ Johnathon Coulton is an example of this ‒ http://www.kk .org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans. php CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 26: creative industries Nine Inch Nails ‒ Encouraged piracy of his album when he found out the price in Australia ‒ No longer on label ‒ Made album at home studio in 10 weeks ‒ sold online for $5 - $300 ‒ Made $1.6 million in first week. CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 27: creative industries DIY ‒ Long history ‒ More popular in economy with lowered costs of entry ‒ Pathway to professional work ‒ Strategy for established professionals to lower costs, reach audiences in a different way CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 28: creative industries Links from slides ‒ http://zinebook.com ‒ http://www.zinegeek.com/?page_id=127 ‒ http://www.4zzzfm.org.au ‒ http://www.31.com.au/ ‒ http://www.nirs.org.au/ ‒ http://indymedia.org ‒ http://boingboing.net ‒ http://www.popularmechanics.com/ ‒ http://www.makezine.com/ ‒ http://www.chumby.com/ CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 29: creative industries links ‒ http://www.us.debian.org/ ‒ http://www.ubuntu.com/ ‒ http://www.blender.org/ ‒ http://youdecide2007.org ‒ http://livejournal.com ‒ http://pvponline.com ‒ http://dieselsweeties.com ‒ http://current.com ‒ http://aswarmofangels.com/ ‒ http://archive.org CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com

Slide 30: creative industries ‒ http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/home.php ‒ http://askaninja.com ‒ http://www.skycaptain.com/ ‒ http://flickr.com ‒ http://www.flickr.com/groups/hdr/ ‒ http://www.jonathancoulton.com/ ‒ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWUcVj31QaM ‒ http://ghosts.nin.com/ CRICOS No. 00213J creativeindustries.qut.com