Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age
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a look at the creative and technical worlds of immersive storytelling
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Reflections on transmedia – Nordic Panorama edition

Reflections on transmedia – Nordic Panorama edition | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "I thought I’d share some of my reflections from the past couple of days, things that hit me while talking to documentary filmmakers from around Europe as well as with aspiring transmedia startups from different fields" ...


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Simon Staffans: The 5 keys to Transmedia success

Simon Staffans: The 5 keys to Transmedia success | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "When you take your show multi-platform, how can you be sure the audience will follow?"

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Transmedia - the ketchup effect

Transmedia - the ketchup effect | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "Transmedia, as we all know, originated some 20 years ago. As a practice it has existed way longer, depending on how you define it, with the Bible being quoted as one of the first instances of transmedia in practice."

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Brands and transmedia

Brands and transmedia | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "[...] here are five points I believe matter for brands and companies when thinking about applying transmedia storytelling methods to their marketing and image building" ...

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Transmedia and response

Transmedia and response | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "A brief post to highlight what I feel is an important thing to take into consideration in transmedia projects" ...

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Transmedia tools – Conducttr Mobile and Weavr

Transmedia tools – Conducttr Mobile and Weavr | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "Basically, everything and anything that makes it easier for me to get my stories to the desired audience in a logical and engaging and compelling and immersive way, I’m all for it, and these two services might just fit the bill"...

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Transmedia and the Audience

Transmedia and the Audience | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "The Audience. Your task? To get them to turn around, pay attention and invest in your content!"

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Simon Staffans: 5 things we learned from MIPTV 2012

Simon Staffans: 5 things we learned from MIPTV 2012 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"The importance of industry dialogue & strong stories; the growth of formats & branded content; and hacker innovation were Staffans' key MIP takeaways"...

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Transmedia and audience segments

Transmedia and audience segments | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffan's Wife: "[...] transmedia, should the mythology and story world allow for it, could be a brilliant tool for reaching not just one target audience, but a number of target audiences in a way that engages them on their own while still keeping them loosely knit together through the common narrative superstructure."


DRC:  The image used here references the second part of Simon's post where he muses on an interesting idea...

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Getting funding for transmedia – a comment

Getting funding for transmedia – a comment | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "The following couple of things need, in my book, to be taken into consideration if you want to raise funding for a transmedia project" ...

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MIPTV 2012 – thoughts and comments

MIPTV 2012 – thoughts and comments | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "With the events of the past few days still somewhat fresh in my head, I thought it prompt to write up a short recap of some things I saw as important"...

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Five transmedia projects to follow - spring 2012

Five transmedia projects to follow - spring 2012 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "In no particular order, and without snubbing any other projects out there that I’m either ignorant of or have simply forgotten due to mushy-brain-syndrome; here are five projects you might do well to put in your bookmarks" ...

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Planning for success in transmedia

Planning for success in transmedia | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "A short post on a matter I feel is not taken into consideration enough when drawing up a transmedia project (a failure I’ve been guilty of as well); the challenge to not only dream of success, but actually also plan for it and execute said plans."


He considers 3 points:

  • Longevity;
  • Great numbers;
  • Open up for audience participation.


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Five transmedia projects – autumn 2012

Five transmedia projects – autumn 2012 | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "Here are five [transmedia] projects that in one way or another have caught my eye during the past weeks" ...

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Time to create transmedia

Time to create transmedia | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "Kicking and screaming, or willingly and eagerly, we will move into the world of content transcending media platforms ..."

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Simon Staffans: 5 Transmedia myths debunked

Simon Staffans: 5 Transmedia myths debunked | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "As with any new trend, a lot of falsehoods are banded about on the nature and potential of cross-media storytelling. So I thought it was about time to debunk some transmedia myths. Ready?"

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In Case of Transmedia? It's Good For Business, Yes! - Interview in Subvertising

In Case of Transmedia? It's Good For Business, Yes! - Interview in Subvertising | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "The people over at Italian advertisement/Subvertising were kind enough to interview me a bit, talking about brands and transmedia and great campaigns. Klick the picture below to get to the pdf of the magazine!"


DRC: Interview in both English & Italian.

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Simon Staffans: What Transmedia lessons can TV learn from video games?

Simon Staffans: What Transmedia lessons can TV learn from video games? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

SimonStaffans: "The international game industry is currently worth something in the region of 80 billion dollars annually. The TV industry by comparison is worth more than 200 billion dollars annually. It could be argued that these two industries would benefit from looking at what synergy effects could be had from collaborating over IP and development."

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Nordic Game and Nordic Transmedia Meetup

Nordic Game and Nordic Transmedia Meetup | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "It’s Friday mid-day and the transmedia track at the game conference Nordic Game has about half a day left; right now I’m listening to a presentation of the game version of Game of Thrones" ...

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Five transmedia projects – May 2012 edition

Five transmedia projects – May 2012 edition | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

The five transmedia projects that Simon Staffans will be keeping a eye on this month ... Dark Knight Rises; Try Life; Alt-Minds; Rides: Dirty Works; and Endworlds.

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Transmedia – does anyone care?

Transmedia – does anyone care? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "I’ve had a blog post sitting on my computer, half-written, for quite some time. The essence of the post was that there are only about 200 people around the world that actually care if your project is a ”true transmedia project” or not, the 6.999.999.800 others either don’t care or will never hear of your stuff."

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Transmedia and fiction in television

Transmedia and fiction in television | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "Making a mythology as rich as that of GoT might seem excessive, but look at the possibilities it generates for entry points, character interaction, fan art and fan fiction and so on!"


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Transmedia Storytelling Around the World: Simon Staffans

Transmedia Storytelling Around the World: Simon Staffans | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"Simon Staffans is a designer for cross- and transmedia projects with more than 20 years of experience in the media industry becoming a format developer in 2005 at MediaCityFinland"...

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The Transmedia Translator

The Transmedia Translator | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans ponders on the issue of "understanding" between transmedia practitioners.

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Ten Transmedia People - Spring 2012 Edition

Ten Transmedia People - Spring 2012 Edition | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Simon Staffans: "For anyone starting out in transmedia, I thought I’d compile a small list. Here are ten people you could do worse than following on Twitter, on blogs and anywhere you can find them, to be inspired and awed and kept abreast on what transmedia is and where it’s heading."

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