Murmur is a hybrid
studio
A studio is an artist or worker's workroom. This can be for the purpose of acting, architecture, painting, pottery (ceramics), sculpture, origami, woodworking, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, industrial design ...
/technology company that creates and distributes
social film
A social film is a type of interactive film that is presented through the lens of social media. A social film is distributed digitally and integrates with a social networking service, such as Facebook or Google+. It combines features of web video, ...
s. It was formed in 2010 by producer Mike Knowlton and writer/director
Hal Siegel.
Murmur released its first film, ''
Him, Her and Them'' in April 2011. As the first ever social film, it was distributed as a
Facebook application
The Facebook Platform is the set of services, tools, and products provided by the social networking service Facebook for third-party developers to create their own applications and services that access data in Facebook.
The current Faceboo ...
. The film blends conventional visual formats like video and photography with
social media
Social media are interactive media technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of ''social medi ...
capabilities such as comments and utilization Facebook's friend and profile picture functionalities. Murmur's next project is currently in development. Knowlton says that "It takes the idea of
social mechanics, of
loops, a step further."
Both Knowlton and Siegel are published on the topic of social media mechanics. Knowlton has been featured on
Tribeca Film
The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. Tribeca was fo ...
's Future of Film blog and Siegel has been featured twice on
Ted Hope
Ted Hope (born 1962) is an American independent film producer based in New York City. He is best known for co-founding the production/sales company Good Machine, where he produced the first films of such notable filmmakers as Ang Lee, Nicole Ho ...
's
Indiewire
IndieWire (sometimes stylized as indieWIRE or Indiewire) is a film industry and review website that was established in 1996. The site's focus was predominantly independent film, although its coverage has grown to "to include all aspects of Hollyw ...
blog, Hope for Film.
References
External links
Murmur Official WebsiteHim, Her and ThemHim, Her and Them Production Blog
Film production companies of the United States
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