Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age

Alex Kane:  '“Today’s most innovative artists are always looking for new ways to push boundaries, with their music and their means of connecting with fans,” says [Lucas] Wilson. “[...] We’re used to going to concerts, but very few of us have actually been on stage. We’ve grown accustomed to hearing from our favorite artists on social media, but rarely do those words come directly from their mouths. VR is changing all that. It’s the most personal way of connecting with your fans.”'

Stephanie Coats:  "Bernie Su has already changed the way millions of people watch television and he’s done it without ever putting a show on a major network."

Mignon Fogarty:  "Snapchat is no longer just a private messaging tool for kids" ....

DRC:  These are useful tips for all Snapchat storytellers :)

Emily Buder:  "We go behind the scenes of the first Snapchat movie, a real-time horror flick."

Stuart Dredge:  "Get started with VR on your iPhone or Android phone with these 100 apps, spanning films, games, news and 360-degree photo-sharing" ....

Mădălina Ciobanu:  "Beautiful interactives can be built even when you don't have a whole army of developers, designers and animators behind you" ...

Meg Carter:  "The folks behind Wallace and Gromit and the digital storytelling company want to expand your idea of what interactive video can do."

Mark Wilson:  "Google has spent the past year running experiments in VR. Here's what the company has learned about what you can and can't do."

Tim Bajarin:  "Virtual reality may be the closest to teleportation we will ever have in our lifetime."

Michelle Fitzsimmons:  "Virtual reality is more than an emerging technology. It's redefining how filmmakers tell stories, bringing a brand-new set of challenges to a medium that's been refined over the last 100-plus years."

Keith Stuart:  "From mid-cycle PlayStation upgrades to episodic entertainment and virtual studios, something big is happening in the way games are bought, made and sold" ....

Anrick:  "Like the cinema from the past 50 years — so much of which is still compelling, gripping and emotionally captivating today — we should design VR content to be a part of the long term virtual landscape."

Brian Seth Hurst:  "Producing for VR is a virtual hack-a-thon right now but hopefully this primer will give you some insights into the production process, the technology and the workflow."

Adi Robertson and Ben Popper:  "Reitman worked with Utah startup The Void as it developed its VR companion to the upcoming reboot, and we got the chance to chat with him about emotional storytelling, technology, tickling digital ghosts, and bringing pornography to high-end virtual reality."

Alejandro Dinsmore:  "Chris Milk, one of the leading creators in the VR space is moving away from thinking about VR as a medium in which the author tells a story, and toward thinking about it as a medium in which viewers can, for the first time, step directly into the world of the creator."

Chris O'Falt and Sarah Colvin:  "IndieWire examines how much money, crew, time and equipment it took to shoot the 34 Competition Pilots that screened in Denver. [....] What we learned was that shooting an indie pilot is not terribly different than shooting the micro-budget features that find their way to film festivals."

Mona Lalwani:  "Storytelling in virtual reality has yet to take shape. While the simulated world of gaming has proved the visual capabilities of the medium, few have taken a crack at the art of building a compelling narrative."

Elena Cresci:  "Bree was a funny, friendly 16-year-old video blogger with a strange family. But all was not what it seemed. Ten years on, we revisit YouTube’s first viral sensation" ....

Bernard Boo:  "Can great, gimmick-less storytelling be achieved in virtual reality? Two leading studios are paving the way for VR storytelling."

Melanie Arrow:  "Immersive storytelling is a technique that is finding its way into new spaces such as theatres, games, documentaries, advertising and journalism. The aim is to give people the feeling of really ‘being there’, calling on 3D gaming, virtual and augmented reality technologies in the process. Tech is making our media more entertaining, hard-hitting and unique."

Natasha Lomas:  "VR needs content if it’s to be more than a flash in the early adopter pan.  But it’s pretty clear that in the short term at least it’s not going to have a whole lot of compelling content."

Robert Hoekman Jr:  "It can be hard for designers to take a step back and look at an app or website through users' eyes. Here's where to start."

Michel Reilhac:  "In an era where our digital culture has become superficial, virtual reality is a key to unlocking new in-depth experiences."

Samantha Murphy Kelly:  "Facebook's first original VR film reveals true potential for the future of filmmaking."