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Transmedia as foresighting. transmedia futures event s lab ocadu
1. TRANSMEDIAforesighting
Transmedia as a Foresighting Practice in a Web 2.0 World...
Siobhan O’Flynn, PhD
Interactive Storytelling c. 2001
NarrativeNow
Transmedia Futures. sLab OCADU
July 31, 2012
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2. How To
Transmediastories
Transmedia stories are those which
‘unfold across multiple media
platforms with each new text
making a distinctive and valuable
contribution the whole.’
Henry Jenkins, Convergence Culture
2006
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3. How To
TransmediaWorlds
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4. How To
TransmediaWorlds
‘Branded entertainment comes and
goes in a flash, but transmedia
storylines are timeless because they
are built on a foundation of classic
narrative structure. They’re good
stories.’
‘Transmedia bibles build on
archetypal patterns & identifying the
core theme & values of a story.
Jeff Gomez
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5. AThinkLab.com How To
Transmediaproduction
Dr. Pamela Rutledge
Dr. Pamela Rutledge
http://athinklab.com/transmedia-storytelling/case-study-example-the-three-little-pigs/
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12. key...
transmediadesign
• Strong living characters (villains too!)
• Immersive worldbuilding = rules, values, conflicts
• Entice: gaps, mysteries, narrative spaces
• Engage: design for participation
• Technology is a tool, not a goal
• Respect your fans
• Your audience is global
• Extend - hope - no pray! - for sharing
• Start a movement
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13. Designing for
multiplescreens
• consider context of use
• design for one or many
• design for distinct affordances
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19. planning for human behaviour
future
unpredictability
past
predictability
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20. planning for human behaviour
transmedia & foresighting
experience design: variables future
unpredictability
past
predictability
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21. Greek Tragedy
systemofwarnings
Tragedy
genre as structure
genre as a contract
For Greeks, Oedipus REX is
affective because they knew
the story
grazie Byron Lavoilette for ‘system of warnings‘
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22. Greek Tragedy
systemofwarnings
Oedipus rex
not original story
sophocles’ version one of many
task of the poet...
leverage the known
surprise, Delight, Move audience by
innovating within known form
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26. design for what people do...
& what you think they may do...
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27. Transmedia
Designed as a System of Possibilities based on Assumptions of
Projected Human Behaviour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJpSqeQbh4
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28. thank you
Siobhan O’Flynn, PhD
NarrativeNow
University of Toronto
sioflynn@me.com
@Sioflynn on Twitter
website: siobhanoflynn.com
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