Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age
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a look at the creative and technical worlds of immersive storytelling
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Guillermo Del Toro, Part II: 'The most important element of filmmaking is your freedom.'

Guillermo Del Toro, Part II: 'The most important element of filmmaking is your freedom.' | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

'The most important element of filmmaking is your freedom.'

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Scott McCloud on Comics [The Infinite Canvas]

Scott McCloud on Comics [The Infinite Canvas] | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"Nothing I could say could improve on what Scott’s telling us about the potential of comics. A neuron rupturing perspective!" Edwin McCrae | The Fiction Engine

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Applying Visual Storytelling to Website Designs

Applying Visual Storytelling to Website Designs | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Stories are integral to human culture. Visual stories are a direct method of conveying information, ideas, and cultural wisdom in a powerful way. It’s through narrative that people are engaged, and the web is just another platform to expose this form of art.
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Look away now: Do movie spoilers really matter?

Look away now: Do movie spoilers really matter? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Plot alone is not where the pleasure lies – if it were, why would anyone return again and again to a cherished book or film?
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With Conan and The Thing back at the cinema it's like 1982 all over again

With Conan and The Thing back at the cinema it's like 1982 all over again | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Blade Runner, First Blood, Wrath Of Khan … 1982 was a high water mark for genre movies, but we won't see its like again...
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Was That The Plan All Along, Fabio?

Was That The Plan All Along, Fabio? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Tweet ESCAPE PLANS MATTER I love bold, ballsy big campaigns that go all-in and make a statement. But sometimes the work doesn’t quite go as planned and you may end up with a bit of egg on your face.
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DC will restart all of its titles with No. 1 in September [updated]

DC will restart all of its titles with No. 1 in September [updated] | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
DC Comics is going back to the starting point in September, renumbering its entire lineup of DC Universe titles with No. 1 and retooling nearly all of its major characters, including Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman.
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Explosive storytelling

Explosive storytelling | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

IN A new spin to converging arts, Taiwanese rock band Mayday has created a rocking sensation with its very first 3D film that combines the band’s explosive music with a little bit of storytelling.

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Heads roll in new “CHOPPER” comics

Heads roll in new “CHOPPER” comics | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"I realized there was an opportunity to expand Martin’s strong characters and story universe from the comic book by utilizing trans-media storytelling to create original on-line tales that could further enrich the overall CHOPPER mythology and entertainment experience for fans," says producer J.C. Christofilis.

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WHY “TRANSMEDIA” IS CATCHING ON (Part Three)

WHY “TRANSMEDIA” IS CATCHING ON (Part Three) | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Tracking transmedia developments as they unfold will be complicated, in part because this new entertainment format covers so much ground.

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Kung-fu gunslingers are looking for action in Far West

Kung-fu gunslingers are looking for action in Far West | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Far West is designed from the outset as a transmedia setting: a world with many different products based on it, all designed to allow you to choose your point of entry into the setting.

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BeActive heading to “350 South”

BeActive heading to “350 South” | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
350 South: An American Journey (pictured), from prodco beActive, is billed as a "fully participatory documentary experience" following Irish and American environmentalists on their year-long journey from Alaska to Argentina.
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Pride of the Eastside

Pride of the Eastside | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
The movers and shakers behind El Gallo want you to rethink how movies get made...
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Guillermo Del Toro, Part I: Videogames, Transmedia and Here's His E-mail

Guillermo Del Toro, Part I: Videogames, Transmedia and Here's His E-mail | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Guillermo Del Toro's name adorns posters for the horror remake 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark,' which opens this week, but the director has a lot more on his mind...

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How to write Interactive Fiction for Twitter

How to write Interactive Fiction for Twitter | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Growing up, the first taste I had for interactive media was through "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, which ended each scene with a choice that the reader must make....

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5 Things Not to Do on a Web Project Shoot…and What To Do Instead

5 Things Not to Do on a Web Project Shoot…and What To Do Instead | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
In the latest Web Content Corner from our New Media guru Jenni Powell, she provides helpful guidelines for web project production.
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Ancient Eagle Fossil Found

Ancient Eagle Fossil Found | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

... the expedition team, consisting of a documentary director, paleontologist and a gaming expert, are undertaking the trip as the first step in the creation of an electronic game and transmedia world.

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Rome Viharo and the Future: Storytelling, Shamanism and How Social Media Replaces Government

Rome Viharo and the Future: Storytelling, Shamanism and How Social Media Replaces Government | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Transmedia is storytelling with the arcs of the story placed across different forms of media, on or off line, books, film, video and so on. The viewer goes on his own journey, possibly even participating in some way, like chatting with the author.
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DC Comics: First look at ‘The New 52′ commercial

DC Comics: First look at ‘The New 52′ commercial | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Ready or not, the New 52 is coming. The massive (and controversial) DC Comics initiative -- which will have the entire DC line of comics "start over" in numbering, beginning with Justice League No. 1 on Aug.
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D23 Expo: Disney says ‘Make Mine Marvel’

D23 Expo: Disney says ‘Make Mine Marvel’ | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
One key difference between Marvel and Disney is the degree of consistency of their characters’ stories across multiple platforms, from films to TV and books.
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Circus Circus Celebrates Chuck Jones in Vegas

Circus Circus Celebrates Chuck Jones in Vegas | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
The legacy of toon town genius Chuck Jones will come to life in Sin City this October as Circus Circus Las Vegas opens The Chuck Jones Experience, and interactive exhibit designed to “Educate, Inspire & Entertain” visitors.
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Teaching ‘Tron’ and guarding ‘Pirates’? Brand consistency in transmedia age

Teaching ‘Tron’ and guarding ‘Pirates’? Brand consistency in transmedia age | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

“We think we have shown that different media are like instruments, and when you put them together, you can create moving symphonies,” said Gomez

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The Power of Fictional and Fictionalized Musicians | TransChordian

The Power of Fictional and Fictionalized Musicians | TransChordian | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Music is one of the most difficult art forms to attempt transmedia storytelling with. Without a literal narrative or story world, musicians must work harder to convey their messages in other ways. However, a history of fictional bands and fictionalized versions of real bands have easily found their way into other media.

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Forget 3-D —interactive media is the next wave of entertainment.

Forget 3-D —interactive media is the next wave of entertainment. | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

 Enter the "transmedia" movement. A cinema/digital media hybrid anchored in filmmaking, this new brand of storytelling is defined by works that combine the typical moviegoing experience with more interactive elements, enabled by new media tools.

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Ridley Scott Ready To Direct New Version Of Seminal Sci-Fi Film 'Blade Runner'

Ridley Scott Ready To Direct New Version Of Seminal Sci-Fi Film 'Blade Runner' | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

After revisiting his classic Alien with the upcoming 3D Fox film Prometheus, Ridley Scott is committing to direct and produce a film that advances his other seminal and groundbreaking science fiction film.

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