admin I’m sure you’ve all heard about Tim Kring’s latest project, Conspiracy for Good. If not, here is the introductory video: I was fortunate to have been involved with CFG early in the design process when I was brought in by Nokia as a transmedia story and game consultant. The project has since changed, and so … Read moreIn London? Get into the Conspiracy for Good action!
The contributors in this collection question what kinds of relationships hold between narrative studies and the recently established field of multimodality, evaluate how we might develop an analytical vocabulary which recognizes that stories do not consist of words alone, and demonstrate the ways in which multimodality brings into fresh focus the embodied nature of narrative … Read more‘The Contributions of Multimodality and Polymorphic Fictions: Beyond Narrative and Games Studies’ for New Perspectives on Narrative and Multimodality
Invited contribution to Elizabeth Strickler’s (Georgia State University) curated theme of ‘Transmedia Now’ for In Media Res: In this 1972 documentary, The Computer Generation, by John Musilli, artist Stan Vanderbeek talks about the possibility of computers as an artist tool. My aim with drawing on this documentary is to compare the current state of transmedia with … Read more‘TEST TEST TEST Transmedia’ for In Media Res
My chapter for Drew Davidson’s book discusses ways you can create quality cross-media experiences. This is one of the earliest ‘how-to’ books on cross-media published. This text is an introduction to the future of mass media and mass communications – cross-media communications. Cross-media is explained through the presentation and analysis of contemporary examples and project-based … Read more‘Creating Quality Cross-Media Experiences’ for Cross-Media Communications
Conspiracy for Good is a branded entertainment alternate reality game for “social good”. It was created by Tim Kring (USA), The company P (Sweden), and Nokia (Finland). The global alternate reality drama combined online, mobile, video, live events, billboards, newspapers over 5 months+.I was a Transmedia Analyst on the project, brought in by Nokia to … Read more‘Conspiracy for Good’ for Nokia
The Hunt is a serious alternate reality game (ARG) created by No Mimes Media (USA) and Juxt Interactive for Cisco in 2010. The ARG was commissioned by Cisco to teach their global sales force about their new technologies in an entertaining and compelling manner.The global ARG combined online, mobile, live action, and live events over … Read more‘The Hunt’ for Cisco
Greg Martin, of Adapt Weekly and lots of other exciting projects (more coming!), interviewed me about…my background and my thoughts on some of the movements happening in the transmedia area. Here it is! And check out his other interviews with great people like Elan Lee, Jeff Gomez, J.C. Hutchins, Mike Monello, Brent Friedman and more!
It is not often clients release public testimonials in my business. Why? Because often my clients want the world to think they didn’t seek any advice! So I have to sign non-disclosure agreements and not tell anyone I give design advice on a project. But sometimes clients are quite happy to share their creative process. … Read moreClient testimonial: End of the World Entertainment
In a couple of weeks I’m flying to Portofino, Italy to participate in Cartoons on the Bay: the International Television and Cross-Media Animation Festival. I’m on the Scientific Committee judging the Pucinella Awards with an amazing panel. The nominations for the awards have been released in the press here and here. I’ll also be giving … Read moreNext Appearances: Cartoons on the Bay, TEDxTransmedia, Eurovision TV Summit
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be consulting to filmmakers at Openindie. Openindie, if you don’t know, is created by Arin Crumley and Kieran Masterton. It is described as follows: OpenIndie, in the first instance, is a user generated film screening site with the aim of democratizing distribution. Development will take place over a number … Read moreI'm consulting for Openindie!