Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age

"My name is Yomi Ayeni, I’m a storyteller and one of my favourite activities is exploring new ways of interacting with narratives across any platform."

"Are you looking to create your own interactive team? Check out an NFB tried, tested and true recipe from Marie-Pier Gauthier, the Head of Production for our French Interactive Studio."

Randy Astle:  "[Glen Keane's] newest piece, a short film called Duet, was created as an interactive film for Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group (ATAP) for release on Android devices; it’s the third of ATAP’s Spotlight Stories, a series of interactive films sponsored by ATAP to push the boundaries of interactive storytelling on handheld devices."

Charlie Jane Anders:  "Few book series celebrated narrative possibility and experimented with branching storytelling in as unique a way as the Choose Your Own Adventure novels. They were largely the work of R.A. Montgomery, who died aged 78 on Nov. 8."

i-docs:  "During the summer Ingrid Kopp, Director of Digital Initiatives at the Tribeca Film Institute, came to the Watershed, Bristol to give a talk on interactive storytelling. For members of the i-Docs community who weren’t able to attend, we’re pleased to be able to offer the full transcript, full of brilliant examples and analysis of these new forms of storytelling. Enjoy."

i-docs:  "The brainchild of Creative Director and PhD researcher, Nina Simoes, Meet Lucy is an innovative and interactive story that highlights the reality of housing issues in London and runs parallel to Learn Do Share."

Sarah Salovaara:  "Zero Point, a meta-documentary about the virtual reality industry, is about to remove the popular practice of 3D filmmaking from theaters" ...

Adrienne LaFrance:  'Donald Trump may be a Wall Street Journal reader, but the Journal is not a brand that immediately evokes the style of Trump’s long-running reality show The Apprentice. And yet the Journal is experimenting with its own interpretation of the genre, having just completed a 20-week first-season run of its Startup of the Year online show — a contest that the Journal calls an “interactive crash-course in entrepreneurship.”'

Randy Astle:  "As the producer of films like The Ring and Mulholland Drive, Neal Edelstein is no stranger to horror films and thrillers. And with his new project, Haunting Melissa, he’s moved beyond traditional pictures with his first immersive production for iPad and iPhone."

"Wrapping up a three-part series Jonathan Gottschall discusses the problem with interactivity and some eternal truths of storytelling."

Part 1, The Science Of Storytelling: How Narrative Cuts Through Distraction Like Nothing Else, can be read here.

Part 2, Infecting An Audience: Why Great Stories Spread, can be read here.

A look at the 5 interactive video projects projects from the Tribeca Film Festival's Storyscapes.  The image above is from Empire Uncut.

Ben Hanson:  "We speak with Lake about weighing the value of interactivity, the power of using storytelling cliches, and what he sees as the future of interactive storytelling."

"Ed Daly of experiential agency Seeper explains the best approach to creating experiences that people will love."

Robinder Uppal & Marc Serpa Francoeur:  "A checklist of great interactive documentaries" ...

Catalina Albeanu:  "Knight Foundation has today published a guide intended to help media outlets produce their own interactive storytelling projects."

Prof Yannis Ioannidis, Dr Olivier Balet & Prof Dimitrios Pandermalis:  "Storytelling is key to the museum experience, so what do you get when you add tech? Curator-led, non-linear digital tales" ...

Tom Cheredar:  "With the growing number of digital distractions vying for the attention of your kids, reading books might seem far less appealing. Interactive books can bridge the gap, and some of them are having real success."

Jess Linington:  "Love Radio, a transmedia documentary with interactive elements, explores the process of reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda in a unique format; a radio soap."

Nicole Laporte:  "The creator of the acclaimed Walking Dead games has set hearts racing with news it'll interpret Game of Thrones next. CEO Dan Connors talks about how the studio brings interactivity to Hollywood properties and immersing fans in their favorite TV narratives."

Kevin Ohannessian:  "Stephen Gaghan, the writer behind Traffic and Syriana, joined Activision to create Call of Duty: Ghosts. We talk to him about the process of writing for games, working with developers, and how games will change how he makes movies."

Steven Levy:  "Motorola is concocting what it hopes will be much more than an odd and expensive interactive cartoon" ...

Another great article from Anthony Kaufman ....