It is now official, I’ve got a paper in DAC! The paper, which frankly I didn’t do as much as Jeremy and Mark, is our first collaborative academic paper. We’ve been working on our collective blog, WRT, for about a year now. Basic info about the DAC program is now online. Our paper, A Framework … Read moreWRT & DAC
Interesting news for those following the Narratology (Story) versus Ludology (Game) debate: Steven Spielberg will be collaborating with the game makers at EA’s Los Angeles studio (EALA) to create three new original franchise properties. Beginning this year, with offices located on site at EALA, Spielberg will work directly with EA’s development teams to offer his … Read moreSpielberg Has Crossed the Floor
Why is cross-media storytelling more than an artistic choice? People are crossing media already, using many types of media everyday and using more than one at a time. There has been plenty of industry research (particularly from the advertising industry) about media usage, but the following are significant. The latest one was released on the … Read moreSimultaneous, Concurrent & Meshing Usage
I’ve been asked from a few sources about what works I’ve come across that are Quality Kids Entertainment. The following is a list of such works, however, many I have not viewed first-hand (TV shows) and so I cannot attest to their quality. Just about all, however, I’ve read reviews on or noticed they’ve won … Read moreSome Links on Kids Entertainment
I’m thrilled to say there is another cross-media researcher in cyberspace: Marcus Ruppel. He is a PhD student in Textual and Digital Studies in the Department of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has started a blog, Triggers and Traces, to share his thoughts for the next couple of months: Welcome to … Read moreAnother Cross-media Researcher: Ruppel
Some of the talks from the Laboratory of Advanced Media Production (LAMP: a cross-media lab) are now available as a podcast. The talks so far include: Making a drama out of cross platform – Jim Shomos and Paul Baiguerra (talking about Forget the Rules) Diverged technology, converged people, new stories – Christy Dena (me, not … Read morePodcasts of LAMP talks avail
Some great moments from travelling that have stuck with me: Watching kids learning to swim in a pool. One child wanted to impress his older brother by being “big”. For him, an adult was someone who could jump into the deep end and hold their breath underwater. My Auntie ponders if caterpillars are aware of … Read moreMy Journey Hasn't Stopped
One neat trick that designers of cross-media works can do is unfortunately heavily underutilised: referring to material that already exists. It takes alot of work to create a cross-media work that has many websites, TV series, comics and so on, but you needn’t create the universe in 7 days…it has already been done. Direct audiences … Read moreSeek & Find Art
Top producers in film, TV, mobile entertainment, advertising and so on have contributed to a report on Hollywood over the next 75 years. The Future of Entertainment has the following amazing contents: Chris Albrecht The HBO exec on driving home its brand message while innovating programming. Jim Banister The veteran onine executive says the future … Read moreLeaders Direct Our Future
A report on attracting audiences produced by Morton Smyth Limited is available online. [T]he report is for organisations that want to attract a broad public, and are willing to go through a process of change to achieve it. It focuses on what really makes the difference in audience development and reveals what organisations most need … Read moreReport on Attracting Audiences