#Pitchblack Immersive

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'Encuentro 2024: We Are Here – Presente!’ National Latiné Theater Festival at The LATC

In what may be one of the most exciting and ambitious endeavors I’ve ever seen from the Latino Theater Company, nineteen theater companies (including their own) and 165 artists from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico will be coming to downtown L.A. during a three-week national theater festival of dynamic, contemporary Latiné theater. Latino Theater Company presents Encuentro 2024: We Are Here –…

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Netflix Joins PitchBLACK Forum & Awards Honoring Yoruba Richen

Black Public Media is having its sixth PitchBLACK Forum on April 25th and April 26th. The competition awards Black creatives up to $150,000 for film and media projects. The winners will be announced on April 27th at the PitchBLACK Awards honoring documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen. The event will happen at The Green Space in Manhattan and Baltimore comedian Sir Alex is the emcee. Netflix's Fund for Creative Equity is supporting the PitchBLACK Forum and Awards for 2023 and 2023. The new grant builds on previous support to Black Public Media in 2020.  

“We are so happy to have Netflix continue its work with our organization through this partnership,” said Leslie Fields-Cruz, executive director of BPM. “Just as Netflix helped change the way audiences find and consume their entertainment, we at BPM are confident that this partnership will help us continue our work to help Black and independent storytellers and creative technologists forge new paths.”

BPM has awarded more than $1.7 million to over 17 projects since it PitchBLACK forum launched in 2015. Some of the projects have premiered on PBS, WORLD Channel, Create and PBS Digital. Program Alumni have produced for PBS, CNN, Showtime, Netflix, BET, NBC, The CW and more. The PitchBLACK Forum is a funding competition for filmmakers and immersive media producers/directors developing new projects about the Black experience. The participants compete for awards up to $150,000 in funding in front of a panel of media professionals and a virtual audience of funders, distributors and industry leaders. 

The forum this year culminates BPM's 360 Incubator+ program, an intensive three-month fellowship under the mentorship of veteran producers offering participants an opportunity to develop a film, web series or engagement project. The event includes the PitchBLACK Film Forum on Tuesday, April 25; and the PitchBLACK Immersive Forum on Wednesday, April 26. Winners will be announced on the evening of Thursday, April 27 during the PitchBLACK Awards honoring Richen, whose works have chronicled the trials and triumphs of Black life with films about Harry Belafonte, Rosa Parks, Harry Belafonte, the killing of Breonna Taylor and more. Richen will join the ranks of other of BPM Trailblazer Award winners including Orlando Bagwell, Joe Brewster, Michéle Stephenson and Marco Williams. 

BPM will also present the Nonso Christian Ugbode Fellowship to a yet-to-be-announced recipient. The fellowship is named after BPM's late director of digital initiatives. 

The PitchBLACK Immersive Forum and PitchBLACK Awards will stream live on BPM’s social media channels. The PitchBLACK Film Forum is invitation-only.

For more information on BPM, visit blackpublicmedia.org. Follow the organization and watch the events at @blackpublicmedia on Instagram and Facebook and @BLKPublicMedia on Twitter.

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Black Public Media Awards $225,000 To Creatives in Film and Immersive Media

Filmmaker Luchina Fisher and producer Shan Shan Tam pitch their project Hiding in Plain Sight on Day 1 of PitchBLACK Photo credit: Kat Walsh Black Public Media’s PitchBLACK Forum — the largest pitch competition for independent filmmakers and creative technologists developing new projects about the global Black experience — concluded Thursday with three winners receiving awards totaling $225,000…

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ATEEZ: Late night car drive

Fluff

Gender neutral :)

Help, I can’t stop listening to Mist, it’s so so so good and also Wooyoung in the chorus soothes my soul, I can’t with this album it’s so good, also the Wonderland M/V is so powerful, I love this era I can’t believe they did all that, I stan the right group.

(Also in this I included my thoughts on who’s dom/sub as in who drives/who let’s their partner drive (although some of them could be switches) so enjoy…)

Seonghwa

- after your fancy dinner date with Seonghwa you didn’t want to go home just yet, so Seonghwa suggested a late night drive

- he wanted to show you some special spots in Seoul, which you had never seen

- while he was driving his free hand rested on your thigh

- as soon as you arrived on the observation deck, Seonghwa got out of the driver’s seat and went around the car to open your car door – being the gentleman he is

- the view was breathtaking: the skyline of Seoul, the trees and the moonlight, creating a magical atmosphere

- the best view however was Seonghwa in his fancy suit, you couldn’t take your eyes off of him… and he noticed: “You enjoy staring at me?”

“Actually I do, I’m so lucky”

- you pulled him in for a sweet and slow kiss

 Hongjoong

- you’ve been cooped up in your apartment all weekend, having no energy to do anything

- Hongjoong called you a few times making sure you’re alright but you insisted you didn’t wanna bother him

- at 11 pm on Sunday night someone knocked on your door and of course it was Hongjoong

“Are you ready to feel better?”

- just seeing his beautiful face was enough to bring tears to your eyes

- he didn’t tell you where he wanted to take you, he just took your hand and you trusted him completely

- after driving for about 40 mins he parked the car in a parking lot that looked abandoned

- you wanted to open the car door but he stopped you: “No need to get out”

- he pulled out a picnic basket from the backseat and put his seat in a lying position

- the car had see-through ceiling (thank KQ for that) so you could look up to the sky and the stars

- while eating chocolate covered fruit, kimbab and eggtarts you both talked about the things that made you worry at the moment

 Yunho

“Uhh… Y/N? Mh, I think we’re lost”

“What? You said you knew the way, that’s why I let you drive” You had noticed Yunho taking seemingly random turns for a while now

“I know it in the daylight, it’s pitchblack outside now, I can’t help it”

- he looked like a lost puppy, it was so cute, so you laughed

“That’s not funny, we’re actually lost in the middle of nowhere”

“I know but your face was so cute”

- and to that he sulked

- you ended up relying on google maps to guide you home

- you ended up talking 3h for a 1h trip

 Yeosang

From Yeosangie: I’m still at the company, sorry, I’ll be done in an hour

stay there, you texted back

- that was the perfect opportunity to take a night drive with him and spend some one on one time with him

- so an hour later you showed up at the company, Yeosang was already waiting on the street for you

- he got into the passenger’s seat

- you could tell he was exhausted by the dark circles under his eyes

- for some reason that made him even more attractive to you

“How was your day babe?”

“just the usual stuff: went to uni, had lunch with a friend, did some studying in the library, although I wasn’t that productive today. I have this really big exam coming up, I should really step up my game for that, or I’ll fail that and I can’t let that happen. So how was your day? Did you get to sing the new song?”

- no response from him

“Yeo?”

- you looked over to him and he was out, he looked so peaceful

- you took his hand in yours, he was so warm

- you kept driving till he woke up 2h later, you knew he needed sleep whenever he could get it

 San

- San drove you both through the city

- you two talked a lot, which kind of distracted him from the road

- you didn’t think much about it but when San kept driving although the traffic lights were red and almost got you both in a car crash, that was it

“San, pull over now! I’m gonna drive”

“…okay”

- he was sulky the whole ride home, he just wanted to show you how well he could drive

- you made it up to him at home in ways he could never refuse…

 Mingi

“Mingi stop pushing random buttons please, I need to concentrate”

“I’m sorry but I’m bored, where are you taking me?”

“You’ll see”

- after a while you arrived at a cliff

- you stayed inside the car, but you could see the sea, you were so close to the edge

“Woah, that’s pretty cool”

“Isn’t it? I saw it on Instagram and I thought this could be nice”

- you let down the windows and breathed the fresh sea air in

- after some time Mingi started playing some songs on his phone

- it didn’t take long for you two to start screaming the lyrics at the top of your lungs

 Wooyoung

- this has been the most nerve wrecking day of your life

- a few days ago Wooyoung mentioned how much he missed his parents and his little brother so you suggested you two could visit them, which you just did

- you were incredibly nervous before but after a while you got used to the whole situation and felt quite comfortable

- now you were on your ride home, Wooyoung on the passenger’s seat

“You did amazing today, I love you”

“Really? Do you think your parents like me?”

“My dad loves you, he told me when you were in the kitchen and my mum is always savage, that’s how she shows affection, so yeah they both like you”

- relying on Wooyoung’s statement you could relax a little

“I love you Woo”

- while you were shifting gear Wooyoung put his hand over yours

 Jongho

“You still awake?”

“Yeah just got home, are you alright Y/N?”

“Yes, I just wanted to see if you would come on a late night drive with me?”

“Always”

- 10 mins later you picked him up, he had a ton of snacks in his hands

- you spent the night with him feeding you various sweets and both of you singing along to the songs he played on his phone

- whenever he got really into a song you loved looking at him because he was so immersed and his eyes were closed

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#delealli Launches Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 In The "World's Darkest Room" Notification .... @england and Totten hammidfielder Dele Alli marks the #Launch of the highly anticipated Call of Duty®: @blackops4intel , by playing the game in the ‘world’s darkest room’. @callofduty ®  boasts over 200 million global players. The latest game in the series, Black Ops 4 delivers the deepest, most engaging #blackops game that @treyarch has ever created, with three distinct modes of play: Multiplayer, Zombies and #blackout .  To fully appreciate it, the creators of #vantablack , the super-black coating that holds the #worldrecord as the darkest substance made by man, have created a special version of Vantablack known as VBx2 and applied it to every wall of a unique gaming space, the Black Ops House. #delealli became completely immersed within the action of the #gamer as playing in #pitchblack conditions highlighted the colour and vibrancy on the screen. Talking about playing with his #teammates™ , Dele was able to enjoy the Multiplayer gritty, grounded... #gaming🎮 #gamergirl #gamers #gameroom #controller #videogamer #gamingscreenshot #mediamuverz #squadgoals https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo-yP0VnpRi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jlekqxrjnby5

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Pitchblack playback

Went to something called Pitchblack Playback on Wednesday night. Very Hackney. You go to an industrial unit called the Institute of Light and pop on an eye mask. Then you sit on a sofa in the pitch black and listen to an album in the complete darkness. 

Ours was The Life of Pablo. It started off great. You feel like you’re IN the music. I was immersed. Every feature felt like a shard of Kanye’s personality, not another musician. Every song felt like a different layer to the story he was telling us – of his life and fame, temptation, success, betrayal.

Then the music ended up and I realised I’d been asleep for the past four songs. Missed No more parties in LA and everything. One of the all time great verses by Kendrick. 

Very much recommend the event though. Decent way to spend eight quid.