Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age
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a look at the creative and technical worlds of immersive storytelling
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How to Slice the Transmedia Narrative Arc

How to Slice the Transmedia Narrative Arc | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
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Ezri Carlebach:  '“It’s storytelling, Jim, but not as we know it,” as Spock famously didn’t say. The crew of the Enterprise – Kirk and Spock in particular – blazed a trail for a new kind of storytelling on television and then, in the hands of their, shall we say, ardent fans, went even further by appearing in an entirely new form, which laid the groundwork for today’s transmedia storytelling.'

Michelle Gilstrap's curator insight, July 22, 2013 11:39 AM

Transmedia is more than just having a script,it is all media now and your fans will tell you what they want if you don't provide for them.

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The Lack of Narrative as Narrative [#Transmedia]

The Lack of Narrative as Narrative [#Transmedia] | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Laura Sterritt: "[...] at the very core of transmedia storytelling—or storytelling of any kind—is the need for narrative, content, and characters. Does this mean musicians who lack story are at a loss? No. The lack of narrative is a narrative" ...

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The Role of Theme in the Winning Hack at Storycode's Hackathon 2012

The Role of Theme in the Winning Hack at Storycode's Hackathon 2012 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Randy Finch: "As my students will tell you, I am keenly interested in the role "theme" will play in the New World of cross platform storytelling."

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How Interactive Should Transmedia Be?

How Interactive Should Transmedia Be? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"Inspired by much of the latest discussion around narrative and games, I’ve been thinking about interactivity and its place in transmedia. For me that means understanding and managing audience expectations."

 

[When choosing your transmedia storytelling platforms, Sara suggests taking into account both your narrative needs and an audience's expectation of the level of interaction provided by those platforms.  It's good advice and the article contains some great specifics.]

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How to Analyze Transmedia Narratives?

Sergei Dragunov's curator insight, January 14, 2013 8:05 AM

At last we have started our new project based on animated scenes. But we realy want to transform it into a transmedia reality. Now i trying to find some references about this new style of storytelling. Here is one realy good presentation

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Building the Narrative: Transmedia storytelling in professional sports

Building the Narrative: Transmedia storytelling in professional sports | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

sunilagni: "Within any form of entertainment lies numerous narratives, designed to engage the audience. Television shows, books and films are all examples of entertainment that utilize plot development and characters to develop a storyline and convey some sort of message to the audience" ...

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BRAVE NEW WORLDS: ON TRANSMEDIA WORLDBUILDING

BRAVE NEW WORLDS: ON TRANSMEDIA WORLDBUILDING | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
“A linear story had a linear workflow, but now we’re in a nonlinear immersive space,” explained production designer Alex McDowell at a recent Flux 5D event titled “Digital Design and World-building in the Narrative Media Landscape”...
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YSA Directing for Meaning Across Media

YSA Directing for Meaning Across Media | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Actions can also be meaningful in trans/cross-media projects. An example is the film Untraceable. If you watch the first part of the trailer, you’ll see a website and its significance mentioned...

 

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