In the Tribeca (Online) Film Festival’s Future of Film blog, Tribeca Flashpoint Academy Recording Arts faculty, Tom Blakemore, explores how advances in technology are improving the educational and artistic experiences of young audio engineers.

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The Future of Film blog, launched as part of the Tribeca (Online) Film Festival, features leading filmmakers and other experts within the film industry sharing their thoughts on film, technology and the future of media. In her post “Reel to Real: Interactive Drama and the Cinema of Tomorrow“, Kristin Hertko, Web Producer at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, discusses how video game technology can be used by filmmakers to create an interactive cinematic experience.

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Film & Broadcast student Mike Eisenberg recently sat down with director Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?) to talk about his new film, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, all about the business of product placement.

Hot on the heels of their People’s Choice win, Team Bloom yesterday took first prize in the US Imagine Cup Finals with their Xbox game, Spero: a game focused on alternative energy solutions and educating people on how to live healthier lives.

The team will now advance to the international finals in New York City, where their entry will go head to head with projects from around the globe. We wish them the best on the next leg of their journey!

View the press release from Microsoft below.

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The results are in!

Competition was fierce, but with 5,091 votes, Tribeca Flashpoint Academy’s Team Bloom has won Microsoft’s Imagine Cup People’s Choice Award! Thank you to all who supported them with daily votes and texts!

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For this week’s Jumpstart, we welcome actress Roslyn Alexander.

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Congratulations to John Otterbacher (faculty, Film & Broadcast) and Alisha Lillion and Elena Rubin (2010 Tribeca Flashpoint Academy graduates), who all have short films featured this weekend at the Chicago Latino Film Festival!

Both these short films – Rooftop Wars (co-produced by John Otterbacher) and The First and Only Lesson (crew members included 2010 Graduates Alisha Lillion and Elena Rubin) will be showing together as part of a set this weekend.

Details about both films and a link to purchase tickets are below.

Friday, April 8th
4:30pm
Landmark Century Centre Cinema
2828 N Clark Street, Chicago

Saturday, April 9th
1:45pm
Instituto Cervantes
31 W. Ohio, Chicago

For more information, or to purchase tickets, click here.