I stumbled across this video by Mickey Gilchrist and Scott Bartlett that is titled “transmedia”. The inference, then, is that this video is a collection of transmedia examples. Have a look: [youtube QBusjqW7wRA] Now, in an effort to demythologise what ‘transmedia’ and ‘cross-media’ etc is, I’ll take the opportunity to unpack the relations between the segments … Read moreUnpacking a "TransMedia" video
On the 5th April, FremantleMedia launched Project V. Project V is a 12 week comedy told through six vloggers. They are real world performers (mainly comedians) from the UK and US who can vlog about anything. And they do. So, it has the realism aesthetic of ‘LonelyGirl15’ but without the deception; sometimes well executed comedy … Read moreFremantleMedia's "comedy vlog drama"
Crossovers (what I call inter-world relations in academia) are a familiar trait of comic books. Indeed, the playing with boundaries of all kinds — from media to fictional worlds — is a characteristic of this age of integration. My monocle popped however (to quote Christian McCrea) when I recently saw two ARGs crossover. For the … Read moreCrossovers come to ARGs: Perplex City & Frozen Indigo Angel
Kyle Redinger has started a blog to discuss the business side of new media: Kyle started The Media Age because he felt that there was a lack of business focused blogging regarding the New Media world. Kyle’s degrees in Finance and Anthropology speak to his unique approach and thoughts on the New Media world. Kyle believes … Read moreBlog about New Media Business
Recently I commented on how delighted I was to see Belgium broadcaster VRT inviting bloggers to its press launch of their ‘extended reality experience’ of Emma. I’ve also whinged in the past about how Australian bloggers & podcasters are not courted. Well, Kris Hoet gave me a heads up on an article in The Wall Street Journal on … Read moreCourting Bloggers & Podcasters for launches
I, and many others, have been looking forward to (and thinking about creating) a multi-platform immersive comedy for a while. Well, NBC will be doing it soon: NBC Digital Entertainment today [May 14] announced the second season of its pioneering interactive entertainment. Continuing to set the standard for broadcast network digital entertainment, this fall, NBC Digital Entertainment will introduce the follow … Read moreFirst 360 Experience Comedy!
In the Netherlands, you can now get an Master of Business Administration in Cross Media Experience! From what I can understand of the website, it looks like you learn cross media marketing, strategy, production, creative projects, organisational infrastructure and international cross media business. The people seem like they will be well informed: Lemniscaat School of … Read moreMBA in Cross Media Experience!
Just came across two new sites that provide top notch information about journalism, newspapers and newsrooms in this age of integrating media: Editors Weblog: “editorial solutions for the newspaper renaissance”. Includes categories such as multimedia convergence, citizen journalism, online strategies, newsroom management, revenue & business models Trends in Newsrooms Looking to find out what editors-in-chief … Read moreConvergence Journalism Links
As I’ve spoken about before, online virtual worlds are increasingly being used as extensions to entertainment properties. For those in Sydney, Australia, there will be a talk on this topic this Thursday with none other that Tony Walsh! MIXED REALITY BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT Where Social Networks meet Games meet TV Which side of the wall are … Read moreTV & Virtual Worlds
Emily Turrenttini, the powerhouse behind two blogs on mobile phone technology and content: picturephoning and ringtonia (and textually which aggregates the other two). Emily has now added a blog dedicated to reporting on TV on the Net: TvSeries Online will be following user generated TV content published online, it’s impact on the Television industry and will explore … Read moreNew blog dedicated to TV on the Net