The Workbook Project (WBP) is an online community and network with an emphasis on
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
,
design
A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design'' ...
,
video games
Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device to gener ...
, and
transmedia storytelling
Transmedia storytelling (also known as transmedia narrative or multiplatform storytelling) is the technique of telling a single story or story experience across multiple platforms and formats using current digital technologies.
From a producti ...
. It was founded by writer-director
Lance Weiler
Lance Weiler is an American filmmaker and writer from Pennsylvania. He first was known for ''The Last Broadcast (film), The Last Broadcast'' (1997), a Found footage (film technique), found footage horror film which he co-wrote, co-produced, co-d ...
in 2006. It provides resources, advice, and documentation from the community with a focus on the process of funding, creating, distributing and sustaining creative projects. Its goal is to help extend the story of any project, while giving value to the project and its audience. Within the WBP are five individual branches that all feed back into the larger Workbook Project community. Those branches include: WBPLabs, New Breed, Culture Hacker, RADAR, DIY DAYS.
WBP host a yearly Discovery and Distribution Award which is designed to fund and provide distribution for a film, musician or designers.
The most recent project from WBP, Pandemic 1.0, which premiered at
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...
2011, was an example of Weiler bringing in the community of WBP to collaborate on and participate with the project.
Notes and references
Film organizations
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