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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SXSW: The dawning of a transmedia world?

SXSW: The dawning of a transmedia world? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
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"This is the year for transmedia, writes Cedar's Kim Willis - where making an impact means giving people a deep, sensory and immersive experience."

Jeni Mawter's curator insight, March 21, 2015 9:15 PM

Loving the exploration of new technologies to enhance the 'story' experience. Writer's for children and young adults take note!

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Information and inspiration ...

Information and inspiration ... | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
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September was a busy month for professional development in New Zealand with events on interactive storytelling, finding 'voice' in film & television, and transmedia ... Fiona Milburn reports back from this year's DOC Edge Lab, The Big Screen Symposium and NZGDC's Hollywood & Interactive IP event.


Image: Ingrid Kopp of the Tribeca Film Institute

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Opening the transmedia toolbox

Opening the transmedia toolbox | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
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TBI:  "Anna Jackson reports back with tips and tools from Jeff Gomez and other local and international producers at a Transmedia Toolbox event at Unitec in Auckland."

Dima Arkas's curator insight, August 8, 2013 7:59 AM

Кейсы трансмедиа-ивента...

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Future Media 2.0 – some thoughts

Future Media 2.0 – some thoughts | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "First Motion, a pan-Baltic area EU project, organised a conference this week in Riga, Latvia, and were kind enough to invite me to attend and take part in a panel discussion on funding and transmedia" ...

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Lessons from the Future of StoryTelling summit

Lessons from the Future of StoryTelling summit | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

David Rowan: 'Delegates at the event, on 5 October, came from ad agencies and design shops, from the Punchdrunk theatre company and the Library of Congress -- all drawn by a shared curiosity about "reinventing the way stories are told"' ...

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Digital Hollywood 2012: Crowd Funding – The New World Financial Source “the story” is king

Digital Hollywood 2012: Crowd Funding – The New World Financial Source “the story” is king | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Geoffrey Maingart: "One of the most important subjects of the conference was “crowdfunding,” the great alternative way to fund a venture, and it can be done without giving up equity or accumulating debt" ...

Richard Platt's curator insight, September 29, 2013 12:56 PM

New Venture funding that even celebrities are involving themselves in

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Henry Jenkins at Madrid Transmedia Living Lab 2012

Henry Jenkins at Madrid Transmedia Living Lab 2012 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"Also have a look at Robert Pratten’s (CEO of Transmedia Storyteller LTD) keynote slides, which introduces a methodology for participatory storytelling and illustrates with examples from his work" ...

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Embracing “Transmedia” at BEA2012

Embracing “Transmedia” at BEA2012 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Pinwheel: "The phrase was very popular, especially in the digital zone, at BookExpoAmerica this year. I wondered why I hadn't heard the term used more often? Apparently, I wasn't the only one" ...

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Thoughts on the FMX 2012 Conference

Thoughts on the FMX 2012 Conference | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Scott Walker: "Earlier this month I attended my first FMX conference, an annual event focused on animation, effects, games and transmedia" ...


DRC: A fabulously in-depth post from Scott Walker.

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Transmedia Next #tnx12 Day 1

Transmedia Next #tnx12 Day 1 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Dorothea Martin: "So yesterday in London, the first day of Transmedia Next (#tnx12) took place and involved all of the participants in a story, a competition and into the wide wide worlds of transmedia storytelling"...

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Transmedia Hollywood: the creativity of the US content industry in the transmedia era

Transmedia Hollywood: the creativity of the US content industry in the transmedia era | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Morgan Bouchet: "Over the course of nearly two hours, there was an animated discussion of a single theme: “Creative Economies: Commercial vs. State-Based Models”, or the views of the “rest of the world” on the challenges and economics of transmedia/crossmedia" ...

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Simon Staffans: 5 things we learned from MIPTV 2012

Simon Staffans: 5 things we learned from MIPTV 2012 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"The importance of industry dialogue & strong stories; the growth of formats & branded content; and hacker innovation were Staffans' key MIP takeaways"...

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Transmedia Hollywood 3: Rethinking Creative Relations

Transmedia Hollywood 3: Rethinking Creative Relations | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Transmedia Hollywood 3 just passed on Friday and like the two years previous, aimed to work out some of the prospects of the futures of entertainment...
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Transmedia Rebels – This is London Calling (part 1)

Transmedia Rebels – This is London Calling (part 1) | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
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Lee Robinson from Bellyfeel shares his experience of London's Conducttr Conference.  Part 2 can be found here.

Brad Tollefson's curator insight, October 25, 2014 2:11 PM

Excellent two parter, summarizing the blast everyone that could make it had at the most recent Conductrr Conference...

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The Transmedia of Tomorrow: The Art That Lies To Tell The Truth

The Transmedia of Tomorrow: The Art That Lies To Tell The Truth | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
A transcript of a 3 person panel at Dragoncon talking about fact and fiction in comics, film, and transmedia at large...
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James Curcio:  “Fiction and non-fiction, fact and myth, often aren’t opposites. These lines blend a little more every day. When these things play such a crucial role in our news as well as entertainment media, and in a world where social media platforms are often at the front lines of cultural revolutions, it is increasingly necessary that these things are understood.

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Make More, Talk Less, Tell Better Stories: All In a Day's Work at StoriesLab [#Transmedia]

Make More, Talk Less, Tell Better Stories: All In a Day's Work at StoriesLab [#Transmedia] | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

James Carter:  "Go where your audience is and fashion a story you believe will engage them."

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A report from the recent StoriesLab Conference.

Peter (PJ) Fulcher-Meredith's curator insight, May 15, 2013 6:40 PM

If the story is simple and authentic it will be received, remembered and acted upon. Get the inside right before you worry about the medium outside.  Remember, "the shortest distance between two people is a story" - the right one

Yael BOUBLIL's curator insight, May 16, 2013 3:33 AM

Où trouver des lecteurs ? Une vraie question de littéraire finalement !

Mervi Rauhala's curator insight, May 20, 2013 3:12 AM

Nice transmedia examples.

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Interactive Documentary Conference – Amsterdam – Nov 2012

Interactive Documentary Conference – Amsterdam – Nov 2012 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Mandy Rose: '“How does the documentary genre connect to visual art, music or the digital revolution? To robots, poetry and interactive installations?” What’s “…the link between documentary and innovation, experiment and adventure.” This was the territory of Expanding Documentary' ...

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Where Academia Meets Industry: Lessons from the Futures of Entertainment 6

Where Academia Meets Industry: Lessons from the Futures of Entertainment 6 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Dan Levy: "Sparksheet was in Cambridge, Massachusetts this past weekend for the sixth-annual Futures of Entertainment event, where academics and industry types met to discuss the changing nature of storytelling in the digital era."

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London Transmedia Fest 2012

London Transmedia Fest 2012 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "[...] it became quite apparent that there is a very tangible interest in transmedia storytelling, not least among the marketing crowd. And it’s no surprise; utilizing transmedia storytelling methods when working on content – be it together with a brand or not – simply makes sense."

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Wyrd Con 2012: Larp Meets Transmedia

Wyrd Con 2012: Larp Meets Transmedia | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Lizzie Stark: "At Wyrd Con, I learned about transmedia, alternate reality games, and hobnobbed with the west coast's finest larpers and game designers" ...

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Transmedia and Education – Living Lab Madrid 2012

Transmedia and Education – Living Lab Madrid 2012 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Bill Boyd: "Just catching my breath after a great conference in Madrid where I had the privilege of sharing a platform with some very impressive speakers and activists from the emerging world of transmedia, including a truly inspirational masterclass from the master of transmedia himself, Henry Jenkins"...

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Transmedia Next Day 2 + 3 #tnx12

Transmedia Next Day 2 + 3 #tnx12 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Dorothea Martin: "[...] Inga von Staden, Jonathan Marshall, Anita Ondine, and Lance Weiler, guide the participants through the main topics in transmedia storytelling and production"...

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Nordic Game and Nordic Transmedia Meetup

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Simon Staffans: "It’s Friday mid-day and the transmedia track at the game conference Nordic Game has about half a day left; right now I’m listening to a presentation of the game version of Game of Thrones" ...

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Enhancing the Narrative through Transmedia

Highlights from the transmedia panel for the first ever Hollywood 3.0 forum.


DRC:  You might also like to check out April Arrglington's excellent coverage of another transmedia focussed event: Transmedia Hollywood 3 Coverage (Part 1)


Via Simon Staffans
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Case Studies: New Transmedia Factual Programming - MIPDoc 2012

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