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Defining Transmedia

What is transmedia and is it different than crossplatform?
Good question. The terms are new and lots of people are using them in different ways. I can only tell you what they mean to me.
When I use crossplatform and multiplatform I’m talking about projects and content that make use of several different platforms or […]

Transmedia Producer

It’s official.  As in an official credit as sanctioned by the Producers Guild of America.  Transmedia Producer was adopted this week according to Nikki Finke at the behest of transmedia guru, Jeff Gomez.
Here’s the definition:
A Transmedia Narrative project or franchise must consist of three (or more) narrative storylines existing within the same fictional universe on […]

A Symphony of Narrative

It’s a bit of light weight interview with Jeff Gomez about transmedia, nonetheless Jeff pulls out the beautiful phrase “a symphony of narrative” to describe the transmedia experience.  He also makes some a bit of business case for transmedia.

Jeff Gomez’s Principles of Transmedia Narrative

In the previous post I mentioned Harry Potter as the ultimate transmedia example.  But as Jeff Gomez points out in the comments, while HP does appear in many media, it is not transmedia narrative.  Across media, the Harry Potter stories are all reiteration or retellings of JK Rowling’s original seven book tale.  None of the […]