Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age
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Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age
a look at the creative and technical worlds of immersive storytelling
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Your Kickstarter Probably Sucks. Here's How to Make it Better.

Your Kickstarter Probably Sucks. Here's How to Make it Better. | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"It doesn't matter how good your idea is, or at least how good you think it is, a Kickstarter project isn't some forum post or drunken roundtable discussion with friends. It's a serious attempt at asking complete strangers for often sizeable sums of cash."

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Hackathon Planning In Less Than 10 Steps

Hackathon Planning In Less Than 10 Steps | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Erin Tao: "There’s so much involved in terms of [Hackathon] planning that I can’t adequately address the important points in a single post. The emphasis of this article is the requisite planning, whereas the follow-up will focus on best practices for actual execution of demos, which are the most challenging and stressful element of hackathons."

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The Pitch Doctor coaches Producers on attitude, nerves & inner voice

The Pitch Doctor coaches Producers on attitude, nerves & inner voice | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"The first session in MIPTV’s new Producer’s Hub this morning saw MIP regular, business coach and “Pitch Doctor” Paul Boross, give specific advice to producers on getting themselves noticed: and ultimately, their programmes sold."


This article contains a list of "essentials for positive pitching".

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How to Monetize Live Events

How to Monetize Live Events | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Andrea Phillips:  "There's no question that immersing your audience in a live event brings tremendous weight and power to the experience. A good event turns up the narrative volume, and can convert your quietly contented fans into enthusiastic evangelists."


This post is part of an on going series exploring the creation of a new transmedia project called Felicity.

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Five ways to create effective transmedia stories

Five ways to create effective transmedia stories | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
In his keynote speech at DIY Days in New York earlier this month, self-proclaimed "story architect" Lance Weiler trumpeted transmedia storytelling as an "opportunity to lay story across the real world in a way that's never been possible."...


His 5 tips for multiplatform brand storytelling:

  • Reel 'em in
  • Appeal to emotions
  • Change over time
  • Be surprising
  • Feature the product prominently

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Planning for success in transmedia

Planning for success in transmedia | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "A short post on a matter I feel is not taken into consideration enough when drawing up a transmedia project (a failure I’ve been guilty of as well); the challenge to not only dream of success, but actually also plan for it and execute said plans."


He considers 3 points:

  • Longevity;
  • Great numbers;
  • Open up for audience participation.


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How to get your transmedia project in front of people

How to get your transmedia project in front of people | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"You might have beautiful and compelling and immersive and interactive content, but unless you can get someone to take note of it, you’ll never capitalize on its potential."

 

[Simon Staffans gives 3 general guidelines for getting noticed: Make use of trends; Identify beacons and approach them; and Market your content.]

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Transmedia Tips for Grassroots Creatives and Organizations

Transmedia Tips for Grassroots Creatives and Organizations | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Robert Pratten - Here are my top five tips for creative people starting out in transmedia:

1. leverage what you do best
2. know your premise
3. start small and build it bigger
4. decide how the audience will participate (and clearly communicate it)
5. differentiate yourself from the bigger players

 

[You might also like to read Simon Staffan's "Starting out in transmedia - 5 points of advice" @scoopit http://bit.ly/y5h5oK]

 

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Starting out in transmedia - 5 points of advice

Starting out in transmedia - 5 points of advice | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"With the growing acknowledgement of transmedia storytelling as a possible way to tell stories and engage audiences, drive brands, foster interaction and generate revenue, many have started to look at incorporating these methods in their own work."

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Nuno Bernardo: How to use Transmedia to develop a Comedy project

Nuno Bernardo: How to use Transmedia to develop a Comedy project | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

The creator of the recently-launched development & production fund Digital Comedy Lab explains how to use transmedia strategies to develop and market a comedy show

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How to reach children with your transmedia project

How to reach children with your transmedia project | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Younger audiences are the early adopters of new technologies and new interactive devices ...

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Nuno Bernardo: How to fund your next Transmedia project

Nuno Bernardo: How to fund your next Transmedia project | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

You’re ready to produce your first transmedia project. You have a strong premise; you created a story world with great characters living in it. You’re ready to share your vision with the world. You have fleshed out which media you are going to use but the next step is the hardest – finance.

 

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10 Tips for Raising Money on Kickstarter

10 Tips for Raising Money on Kickstarter | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Rusel DeMaria: "Kickstarter has its challenges. Even as a successful participant, I’ve hit some bumps along the way. The lessons I’ve learned from this experience are worth observing. If you’re looking to get funded on Kickstarter, here are ten tips to help you succeed."

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Tech up your Format: 15 MIPFormats Commandments

Tech up your Format: 15 MIPFormats Commandments | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"A well-chosen diversity of tech journalists and techies each imparted their own “10 Tech Commandments” to MIPFormats today, as C21Media’s David Jenkinson moderated. From the resulting 30, we extracted 15 that captured shared ideas or yielded new paths."

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How to produce, upload, tag and share a great YouTube video

How to produce, upload, tag and share a great YouTube video | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"A little pragmatism never hurts, especially on the topic of video production, which can in some ways be more complicated online. Not one to mince words, Joe McDermottroe provided a useful series of checklists for current or future content producers on YouTube."

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Reasons People Will Pay

Reasons People Will Pay | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Lucas J.W. Johnson: "But it’s not just about what people will pay for, in the sense of money. It also addresses any time the audience is asked for something — their time, their attention, their action, whether that be liking a Facebook page or following you on Twitter (and putting up with your updates on their news feed), participating in an interactive story, or moving from one medium to another. You have to ask — what is the audience getting from that? And is it something they want?"

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Ten Transmedia People - Spring 2012 Edition

Ten Transmedia People - Spring 2012 Edition | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "For anyone starting out in transmedia, I thought I’d compile a small list. Here are ten people you could do worse than following on Twitter, on blogs and anywhere you can find them, to be inspired and awed and kept abreast on what transmedia is and where it’s heading."

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4 Tips for Creating a Consistent Transmedia Content Strategy

4 Tips for Creating a Consistent Transmedia Content Strategy | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
A consistent transmedia content strategy will facilitate more meaningful connections with your customers and extend the value of your content and amplify its overall impact.

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In getting started:

  1. Establish content strategy as a practice and discipline in your organization
  2. Connect your content efforts to existing brand and/or marketing goals
  3. Identify, analyze, and prioritize
  4. Make content findable, distributable, and extendable
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Four Keys to a Great Creative Team

Four Keys to a Great Creative Team | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Andrea Phillips looks at "what makes a great team work so well."  She thinks that "there are four fundamental components required for everything to mesh in just that perfect way":  Communication, Trust, Constructive Disagreement, & The X Factor

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Ad crafting updated, the basics of transmedia planning

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Five tips for transmedia game development

Five tips for transmedia game development | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"The Mobile Games Forum featured three speakers from studios that carry out brand extension and advergaming projects [...] Their success stories all share similar points of advice about transmedia game design" ...

Matmi's curator insight, January 11, 2013 5:50 AM

Transmedia games are set to be big in 2013 - It's interesting that the author mentions that developers must create engaging brand experiences - Matmi have been creating engaging brand experience through games for a while and are now bringing this into the world of transmedia - HK

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Ten Advice [Tips] for Transmedia Storytellers

Ten Advice [Tips] for Transmedia Storytellers | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans ports the ten points Chase Jarvis made about creative photography to the field of transmedia, as "they are all pretty crucial points for any creative industry – not least transmedia".

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How to Nurture Multi Platform Transmedia Projects

How to Nurture Multi Platform Transmedia Projects | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Early stage Multi Platform or transmedia story projects are fragile things requiring careful nurturing.
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