Posted by Kathryn Lagden...
As we lead up to the 2007 Canadian New Media Awards I decided to check in with one of the winners from last year. Ken Bautista, CEO and Executive Producer of Hotrocket Studios Inc. and Rocketfuel Productions answered the questions below...
KL: What category did you win at the 2006 CNMA awards?
KB: We won the "Most Promising New Company of the Year" award.
KL: Tell us about the type of work you do at Rocketfuel
KB: Rocketfuel Productions is a joint venture between two Edmonton
interactive companies, Hotrocket Studios and Redengine. We created
Rocketfuel specifically around an original interactive content
property called "C.I.E." The C.I.E. (Central Institute for
Exploration) follows the inner workings of a secret kids-only agency
dedicated to exploring the past, present and future. When four C.I.E.
Agents suddenly go missing, it's up to the audience to work together
to unravel a series of clues transmitted via mobile phones, blogs,
podcasts, and video. Blending technology, science, real-world
locations, interactive storytelling, and online community, C.I.E.
activates kids (ages 8-12) in an alternate reality experience like no
other.
KL: How has your company changed since winning most promising new company of the year?
KB: Since the CNMAs we've had a lot of attention and support gained
for our project and company. The project is currently being supported
through Telefilm Canada and the Virtual Museum of Canada. It was also
recently selected as 1 of only 2 projects in Canada to be supported
by the TELUS Innovation Fund announced in 2007. Recently, we pitched
the project and took the top prize at the international Pitch It!
competition at the 2007 KidScreen Summit in New York City in front of
a room of 1,200 execs from the children's entertainment industry. I
was also recently invited to speak on a panel of digital content
creators at the 2007 Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum in Hong
Kong, specifically talking about our project and company.
Congrats Ken! Sounds like a great initiative.
The 2007 CNMA awards will take place on May 28th. Tickets are available at the CNMA website.
It's great to hear about award-winning companies in other regions of Canada. Sometimes we get rather insular in T.O. and forget that concepts and technological innovations are not constrained to one geographical area or a finite group of individuals. (New names; fresh ideas and voices. That's definitely a good thing.)
The C.I.E. does sound like a wonderful experience; I'm related to an 11-year-old with a very inquisitive mind, with whom I'm going to share this initiative.
I wonder if the Virtual Museum of Canada (whose existence was also news to me) gets "virtual" funding from the current federal government?
(Finally, I'm pleased to see that you've kept your promise to remain an active contributor to the AIMS community, Kathryn.)
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