Internet content creators, eager to exhibit wares and seek endorsement of their endeavours, will rock up to a two-day Netfest this week. One special guest is porn start Kylie Ireland. But will she appear in person?
The Netfest media conference, running in Melbourne from November 30 - December 1 will feature in-depth case studies from leading Internet content creators pioneering new approaches to video, audio and interactivity on the Internet, according to conference Chairman Bill Dawes.
"A lot of people are aiming to get in on the ground level to become the next giant media destination on the Web," Dawes told ZDNet.
The conference will help them "learn the technology to produce quality Web content and learn how to recognise it when they see it," Dawes added.
The conference sports a new program of about 30 presenters, including keynote speaker Kevin VanHook from What'sOnWeb.com.
VanHook who will talk-up the cutting edge Apple QuickTime TV channel his company is creating with the help of American porn star Kylie Ireland.
The risque actress plays the role of Kyra in "Kyra: The Cursed" - a G-rated live-action fantasy that makes use of desktop video production tools for special effects and Apple's QuickTime technologies.
Streamed into "Webisodes" of about six to eight minutes in length, the production is shot entirely on a Sony 3-CCD miniDV camcorder and post-produced in Media 100.
Footage is given more of a film quality by being treated in Adobe After Effects, which is also used in conjunction with Lightwave 3D to create visual effects.
Kyra: The Cursed is delivered via QuickTime progressive download, where the viewer can watch the show while it downloads, rather than true streaming.
Kyra will be profiled at Netfest alongside presentations on topics such as Flash Animation, Web 3D, QuickTime, Internet Radio and Multiplayer online gaming.
Dawes anticipates the Melbourne conference will be just as busy as June's Netfest in Sydney when over 400 attendees turned up.
Netfest, aimed at the likes of Web designers and producers, Web masters and TV producers, is for "people creating content and issues that concern them," Dawes said.
"It's a festival of leading edge Net content and how to do it," he added.
