transmedia

The mixing of Real and Not Real in Transmedia

(the musings continue, now with something I'm struggling with right now)One particular challenge that I face while developing transmedia, is the thin line between being just about enough fictional, but not too fictional. I don’t work – or, should I say, I do not at the moment work – with drama-based transmedia projects; instead, the…Read more The mixing of Real and Not Real in Transmedia

Musings on transmedia development

(Felt the need to write down some stuff re: transmedia development that have been bouncing around in my head for some time. It's basically just some reflections from the ground floor of the transmedia development factory...)We started out as developers of interactive television-formats some five-six years ago. These were based on television as the core…Read more Musings on transmedia development

The Pixel Lab – reflections pt 1

I, as 33 others, attended The Pixel Lab in Cardiff last week; a lab focussing solely on transmedia, from every possible angle. Engaged in the lab were also twenty-odd tutors and experts, each with their own take on the matter (but, and which was slightly amazing to me, not contradicting each other, but rather building…Read more The Pixel Lab – reflections pt 1

Refuting the "Content is King, but a King w/o an army is nothing" claim

Just read the statement in the header on Twitter, a quote from some conference or another.I can understand where they are coming from, as I assume whomever came up with that statement is a developer of apps/technical solutions/whatever. Code, gadgets, widgets, the stuff that will take the story to the audience. Or they are marketers,…Read more Refuting the "Content is King, but a King w/o an army is nothing" claim