Social Media Week is February 1-5, 2010. It’s an international five day event being held simultaneously in New York City, Berlin, London, San Francisco, Toronto and São Paulo to “explore the profound impact that social media has on culture, business communications and society at large.”
I think it’s a great opportunity to use the social media […]
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Technology has affected writers in the last 10 years. In my last post, I talked about viewing habits. Today, I’m going to look at some of the other digital developments and how they affected us.
Blogs
Although blogs have been around since the mid-90s, free blogging services that made it possible for anyone to blog easily arrived […]
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Henry Jenkins is the man when it comes to transmedia storytelling. His blog is a great source of information about all things transmedia.
He points out that there are many names for the new kinds of storytelling: deep media, cross platform and transmedia.
He offers this definition of transmedia:
Transmedia storytelling represents a process where integral elements of […]
Saturday, December 5, 2009
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 […]
Tim Kring is of course the creator of Heroes.
I love what he has to say about using the “whole buffalo”. Everything is an opportunity to add to and expand the universe of his story, even the packaging on merchandise.
He also talks about how he built his pitch for Flags of Orpheus on the web.
I’ve been whining about having nothing to watch recently, but for the last couple of weeks I’ve been glued to my new favourite television drama: Canadian politics. It’s had all the important elements: quirky flawed characters, passion, enormous stakes and a twisting, turning plot. No wonder citizens are suddenly engaged.
I wish I had the time […]
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Alex makes some really good points about narrative and Story2Oh! over at Complications Ensue.
While he notes that people like the voyeurism inherit in my project and others like a theatrical adaptation of a Proust novel he saw twice. Maybe Tamara, John Krizanc’s legendary environmental theatre piece fits into this category too.
It’s cool to look […]
