A Portsmouth Novel – by Matt Wingett
Games Make the Difference One of the major differences between transmedia storytelling and traditional storytelling is the nature of participation. In the trad story, the creator unfolds the tale, while the audience listens, reads or watches, depending on the medium. The reader / audience is essentially guided by the writer / creator’s choices. In the …
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Meeting Alison Norrington The day arrived when Alison Norrington came to tell us what transmedia storytelling is. Alison has an impressive résumé. She is a storyteller, writer, producer and experience designer, who founded Storycentral, a London-based entertainment studio that incubates and develops ground-breaking IP with global partners in film, television, Virtual Reality, theme parks, animation, …
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So, what next?!? With Roy Hanney’s approach to me to use The Snow Witch as the basis of a brand new transmedia story, we had to work out what to do next. We had the general idea we wanted to produce something. Now we began to fill out a new story. So, what was Roy’s …
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Some time in the autumn of 2018, Roy Hanney, course leader in Media Production at Southampton Solent University told me over a glass of wine: “I’ve been thinking about your book, The Snow Witch, and I’d like to ask you if we can extend it and use it as the basis of a transmedia storytelling …
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