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“”Allen Feldman - Formations of Violence

The event is not what happens. The event is that which can be narrated.

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is sequential. It brings us a series of events, which are supposed to be connected.

Photography fails to create an obvious bond between each of this events and the big picture.

We often lose track of the overall context.

Photographic narration

When you read a story, you need to know the context to learn more about it.

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?What can transmediastorytelling add to your story

Context (universe)

Experience (interaction)

(story+context)x experience= Learning

Cognitive ProcessLeads to

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For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.

Aristotle

Why using Transmedia storytelling?

Multiple entry points leads to enriched experience & better exposure.

Collaborative work creates new bonds between different kind of public (creators and interactors).

Possibility to tell deeper and richer stories.

Creates new revenue streams for creators (aka photojournalists).

?TransmediaStorytellingin the U.S ?

1991Marsha KinderThe author of Labyrinth mentions the “commercial transmedia superstructures” in her book “Playing with Power in Movies, Television, and Video Games” and explains the power of Transmedia storytelling in the advertising business.

src: Transmedia Memoir - Geoffrey Long

1999Andy & Larry Wachowski Release the first episode of “The Matrix”, a fictionnal film franchise based onTransmedia Storytelling. (March)

1999Daniel MyrickEduardo Sanchez Release of “The Blair Witch Project” based upon a Transmedia narration involving a web plateform & comics (october).

2003 Henry Jenkins

MIT media studies professor publishes in the MIT Technology Review an article titled “Transmedia Storytelling” in which he refers to the term Transmedia and defines it as “a process where integral elements of a fiction get dispersed systematically across multiple delivery channels”.

2006 Henry JenkinsGoes further in his study in his book “Convergence Culture” where he definitively coins the term “Transmedia” which, to him, “immerses an audience in a story’s universe through a number of dispersed entry points, providing a comprehensive and coordinated experience of a complex story.”

2010jeff gomezCEO de Starlight Runner Entertainment, successfully promotes the TRANSMEDIA PRODUCER credit which has been officially endorsed in April by the PGA (Producer Guild of America).

Transmedia definition Three (or more) narrative storylines existing within the same fictional universe.

On any of the following platforms: Film, Television, Short Film, Broadband, Publishing, Comics, Animation, Mobile, Special Venues, DVD/Blu-ray/CD-ROM, Narrative Commercial and Marketing rollouts, and other technologies that may or may not currently exist.

These narrative extensions are NOT the same as repurposing material from one platform to be cut or repurposed to different platforms.

src: Code of Credits - New Media - Producers Guild of America http://bit.ly/crULzO

A Transmedia Narrative project or franchise must consist of

definition Transmedia

A strong story, opened, taking place in a rich universe.

The use of one medium over the others as a spine for the whole experience.

An honest and long term relashionship built with the audience around a reciprocical engagment.

A Transmedia Narrative project or franchise must consist of

Crossmedia / Transmediastorytelling

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Whole is LESS than the sum of its parts. Dissatisfaying conclusion to consuming all media.

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examples examples

La Zone Guillaume Herbaut &Bruno Masi

La Zone Guillaume Herbaut &Bruno Masi

French photographer Guillaume Herbaut and journalist Bruno Masicreated an interactive documentary- produced by Agat Films & Cie - about the aftermath of Chernobyl disaster in the close area of Prypiat, Ukraine.

Long before the official release, a blog was launched to let the authors talk about the project.

La Zone Guillaume Herbaut &Bruno Masi

A multimedia exhibition was presented to the public at “la Gaîté Lyrique” in Paris.

La Zone Guillaume Herbaut &Bruno Masi

Later on, a photo book has been published by “La Gaîté Lyrique” and les éditions Naïve.

marcus bleasdale VII SEVEN Photographer, Marcus Bleasdale worked on the civil war raging in Democratic Republic of the Congo.His work, which has been exhibited, extended as a multimedia piece and a translated into comic strips in the BJP, is the closest example of Transmedia storytelling

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Comic Strips by Paul O’Connell for the British Photography Journal

O’Connell thought carefully about how best to approach the work, opting to ‘remix’ Bleasdale’s images into completely new scenes rather than simply redraw them.

Katie Louise Dixon

marcus bleasdale VII An exhibit has been programmed in Zurich, Switzeland.

A book has been published using the photographs he did for “The Human Rights Watch” .

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The NY based studio MEDIASTORM, produced a multimedia piece in which the story is extensively completed by interviews and videos recorded by Bleasdale in RDC.

The whole gives a deeper sense of the context of Bleasdale’s work.

inside disaster TVO“Inside Disaster” follows the efforts of the Red Cross in Haïti to rebuild the country and help people. An ARG, an educational website and a documentary scheduled to be aired in 2011 on TVO (Canada) are part of this Transmedia experiment.

inside disaster TVOimmersion, comprehension, interaction

The ARG part (Alternate Reality Game) brings the audience in the middle of a destroyed Haiti and let him the choice to play the role either of a journalist, or a humanitarian or of an inhabitant.

> You can walk around the city> Interact with the environment> Make your own choices leading to alternate endings

inside disaster TVOThe website provides more informations about the role played by humanitarians, journlalists and the living conditions of Haitian people. It also gives an insight of the documentary, how the crew managed to film in haiti and what were the issues meet by them.

education, information, extension

inside disaster TVOThe documentary is scheduled for broadcast at the beginning of 2011, and will follows three characters

> A Journalist> A Humanitarian> and an Haitian

To report the reconstruction efforts in Haiti made by international NGOs and specially the Red Cross.

information, narration

insidedisaster.com

collapsus vpro -submarineCollapsus.com is a Transmedia experience inspired from a Dutch documentary about the energy crisis that the Occident should face in the coming decades.

collapsus vpro -submarine

Dutch TV station VPRO addressed the problem of energy crisis through a traditional documentary.

But problem:> The audience of the documentary is small.

> The target audience is around 55 years and +

> There’s a single broadcast channel, which means one chance to watch the documentary.

explanation, information

collapsus vpro -submarine

A Youtube channelwas created to support & completethe documentary.

It Allows:> to reach a younger audience.

> to add entry points to the story.

> to give better and deeper explainations about the subject.

comprehension, extension,

collapsus vpro -submarine

The website is an hybrid between video, ARG and news.

Three different parts: > the Left part is dedicated to the documentary.

> the Middle part is the Anim part.

> the Right part is left to the fakes “TV news” (but based on real datas)

Produced by Tommy Pallotta, Collapsus.com is theresult of a close collaboration between VPRO & Submarine Channel.

immersion, interaction

collapsus vpro -submarine

collapsus.com

transmedia activismuse transmedia storytelling to raise awareness on social & public interest projects.

Example: "Coalition on homelessness of san francisco"

transmedia activismuse transmedia storytelling to raise awareness on social & public interest projects.

Example: "Coalition on homelessness of

san francisco"

Usage is similar to “Inside Disaster”a platform dedicated to fiction

is used to hook the audience and returnit to the factual platform.

transmedia activismuse transmedia storytelling to raise awareness on social & public interest projects.

Example: "Coalition on homelessness of

san francisco"

The organization of the narrative uses a layer system where each

matches a certain type of content or a piece of the story and where interactivity

and monetization can be integrated.

transmedia activismuse transmedia storytelling to raise awareness on social & public interest projects.

Example: "Coalition on homelessness of

san francisco"

Narration is extended in the real world using augmented reality

which allows more interactivity.

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