Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
Circular Nexus of Screens Why does Click Click Ranger need this complicate maneuver over multiple forms of screens, and for what purpose? In order to dissect the discursive logic behind this nexus of screens, we need to understand the current configuration of these screens in Korea. Mobile Phones: The prodigy of Korean IT m (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
I am offering today's post as part of the ongoing conversation I've been having throughout the semester about transmedia storytelling practices. Below you will find the first of two installments written by HyeRyoung OK, a recently minted USC PhD, who I have met through my work with a new MacArthur Foundation Research Hub o (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
I recently asked the students in my Transmedia Entertainment and Storytelling class to write short analytic papers on examples of transmedia extensions. I ended up with papers on amusement park attractions, mobisodes, web sites, comic books, computer games, and a range of other media which have been used to expand our exper (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
Science fiction writers do not so much invent the future as they inform it. I mean inform here in two ways - first, they give us the information we need to process issues in the present moment and to therefore anticipate some likely consequences of the choices we face as a society and second, having given a vivid picture of (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
This is the third and final segment of my response to David Bordwell's thoughtful analysis of some of the pitfalls and challenges associated with transmedia storytelling. Thanks to David for sparking what has been a fascinating exchange, one which has forced me to sharpen my thinking about certain key issues that I am worki (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
Today, I continue to share my responses to David Bordwell's recent blog post on transmedia storytelling. It is worth stressing that these are still early days in the evolution of transmedia narrative practices and even earlier in terms of our theoretical understanding of those practices. Exchanges like this one have the po (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
David Bordwell, my graduate school mentor and one of the leading figures in academic film studies, joined the conversation about transmedia storytelling the other week with a typically thoughtful and engaging entry that explored the strengths and limits of transmedia as an expansion of the cinematic experience. Personally, (Read More)
Talent imitates, genius steals:
Watching Paint Dry from Faris Yakob on Vimeo.I'm off for a while - I'm doing a labour day long weekend one and then I'm doing a guest lecture spot for Henry Jenkins' new transmedia course at USC. In the meantime I've made this little film for you. It's called Watching Paint Dry. There's a surprise at the end. In return I as (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
Last time, I focused on District 9 as adopting and expanding some core strategies of transmedia branding, linking it to True Blood, Cloverfield, and the granddaddy of them all, The Blair Witch Project. I should note that about the same time that post went live, friend and Convergence Culture Consortium consultant Grant McCr (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
"In a good summer, there's usually a movie that will come out of nowhere and completely wow us. This is a good summer, and that movie is District 9." -- Betsey Sharkey, Film Critic, LA Times. Sharkey's review of District 9 is typical of those that were published in newspapers around the country. Many film critics were taken (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
Last week, I shared the syllabus for my Transmedia Storytelling and Entertainment class and was blown away by the intensity of interest out there. I don't expect the same level of excitement over this class, since there are many such classes out there around the world, but I figured I would share it just the same. This cour (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
Given the interest out there in transmedia or cross-media entertainment, I thought I would share the syllabus for the course I am teaching this fall at the University of Southern California. I am still shifting some details, as I deal with the scheduling of guest speakers, but all of the speakers listed have agreed to come. (Read More)
mashable:
Glide OS 3.0, by TransMedia, is a popular mobile and web operating system that comes complete with applications and automatic file and application compatibility across devices.Their newest app, Glide Engage, is a mobile and web microblogging and collaboration tool that launches today and supports 1,400 character posts (not (Read More)