Comments on: Transmedia, in the blink of an eye http://cultureby.com/2007/11/transmedia-in-t.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andre Po http://cultureby.com/2007/11/transmedia-in-t.html/comment-page-1#comment-2380 Andre Po Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:13:12 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=389#comment-2380 Very intersting Very intersting

]]> By: Mary W http://cultureby.com/2007/11/transmedia-in-t.html/comment-page-1#comment-2379 Mary W Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:18:52 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=389#comment-2379 Per the transmedia business model: yup, it's a change from the old hierarchical model of media, to more of a network model. (I forget who pointed out that every age has its mental model -- the steam engine, the atomic bomb, etc. -- and ours is the network.) In the olden days, having a movie made out of your book or script was the "highest" (ie the most expensive) storytelling medium/outcome. Stories moved one way, from comics and/or books to TV and movies. Perhaps early transmedia was when movies and TV shows started doing spinoff book series (was Star Trek the first for this? I don't know). But there was still the hierarchical sense that the movie/TV show was the "original canon" and the other stuff was "secondary canon." Now it's growing towards a full network effect: as you say, *all* the transmedia around the new IP/storyworlds (like Matrix) is canon, and the story elements interweave across the various media -- minor characters in the movie become fully developed characters in the game or comic, etc. It's not a one-way influence model anymore. Per the transmedia business model: yup, it’s a change from the old hierarchical model of media, to more of a network model. (I forget who pointed out that every age has its mental model — the steam engine, the atomic bomb, etc. — and ours is the network.)

In the olden days, having a movie made out of your book or script was the “highest” (ie the most expensive) storytelling medium/outcome. Stories moved one way, from comics and/or books to TV and movies.

Perhaps early transmedia was when movies and TV shows started doing spinoff book series (was Star Trek the first for this? I don’t know). But there was still the hierarchical sense that the movie/TV show was the “original canon” and the other stuff was “secondary canon.”

Now it’s growing towards a full network effect: as you say, *all* the transmedia around the new IP/storyworlds (like Matrix) is canon, and the story elements interweave across the various media — minor characters in the movie become fully developed characters in the game or comic, etc. It’s not a one-way influence model anymore.

]]> By: Faris http://cultureby.com/2007/11/transmedia-in-t.html/comment-page-1#comment-2378 Faris Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:19:38 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=389#comment-2378 Totally - understanding how attention is being allocated is increasingly valuable / crucial http://farisyakob.typepad.com/blog/2007/11/live-attention-.html FX Totally – understanding how attention is being allocated is increasingly valuable / crucial

http://farisyakob.typepad.com/blog/2007/11/live-attention-.html

FX

]]> By: Adam Crowe http://cultureby.com/2007/11/transmedia-in-t.html/comment-page-1#comment-2377 Adam Crowe Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:49:53 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=389#comment-2377 The term 'Crossmedia' perhaps has a bit more currency in wider academic circles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossmedia The term ‘Crossmedia’ perhaps has a bit more currency in wider academic circles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossmedia

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