Course: Transmedia Storytelling

Following our previous discussion on character, we now touch on plot. Romance, hero action, adventure. Different story themes have their set structure and plot. Let’s take a closer look. If …

In this video I talk about background and character as important elements that make up the story. The story really only begins when the character is introduced. The role of …

In 1920, a director named Robert Flaherty created a documentary film called Nanook of the North. Often referred to as the original documentary film shown in theaters, Nanook of the …

Although there are various kinds of stories, there appear to be two main traditions in storytelling. The first tradition is the story about you, your neighbors, people; these are stories …

Let’s have a look at the concepts of story and telling as this is a significant point. A story involves people sharing information about who did what. It can be …

The storytelling methods of today are not restricted to the expressions of language or the physical format of books. Not only does it encompass films, television shows, animation, and games …

The story itself and the way of delivering the story are both very important. Most of you have probably had an experience similar to the following. You heard a very …

In this video I talk about how discontinuity has become a feature of modern society, and it is the role of creators and consumers to fill in the blanks and …

Rediscovering the narrator Traditional storytelling involves a narrator transmitting a fixed story to an audience of one or more, employing various verbal tones, physical gestures, and facial expressions to evoke …

To the children of today who spend time in front of computers with joysticks, mouses, and keyboards, the intense sensual stimulation of digital mediums combined with their participatory format offers …

In this video I discuss storytelling. Our current mode of storytelling has become more important than the forms of storytelling that existed in any other age. Why? Storytelling in the …

Web pages at the beginning of the digital era were mostly centered around text, modeled after printed forms such as newspapers and magazines, with photographs, diagrams, graphs, and other additional …

In this video I talk about how, with new opportunities for active participation, consumers have started to give meaning to content, which in turn has begun incorporate and reflect what …