I’ve just discovered that Jay Lemke, a semiotician, has cast his eye on transmedia. Very cool. He terms this area ‘inter-media world franchises’ and looks to the usual suspects: Harry Potter, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, America’s Army, Disney, Manga, Star Trek and so on. My aim here is first to identify the phenomenon … Read moreLemke on Board with 'inter-media world franchises'
I’ve mentioned the number website that is an extension of the TV series Lost, but there are a whole lot more that have been put out by the producers of the show. This series has been screened in many countries: Australia – Channel 7Austria – Pilot premiered October 6, 2004 on pay channel PremiereCanada – … Read moreFound more Lost Sites
A seminar will be held in Virginia late June this year on ‘Cross-Media Teams: Strategic Thinking for a Multi-Platform World’. This seminar brings together senior executives from both Web and traditional operations to tackle the challenges and rewards of multi-platform media and interdepartmental cooperation. Participants boost teamwork while getting the core knowledge and strategies required … Read moreMissing the Sunrise
A prestigious Art prize in Australia, the Archibald Prize, is having its conventional feathers rustled by a cross-media artist: TonyJohansen.com. Johansen, who has his domain name as his signature in the competition, has created a ‘triptych’…in four parts. To add to the hypertextual reworking on his name is the name of the entry: GoFigure.net.au. The … Read moreCross-media Art
Thanks to Drew for passing this on to me. A television soap in the US has flirted outrageously with cross-media by producing a novel. The novel is written by a character in the TV series and is referred to and launched in the series! I love this. The book, The Killing Club, is brought out … Read moreKiller Work
A ‘Summit of the Future Report’ by the Club of Amsterdam was released recently [pdf]. But, to Monique De Haas’ horror I’m sure they just don’t address all the issues. I guess how can they really? Here are some of the highlights:They talk about how young people are on the Internet rather than watching TV. … Read moreDanish Future
On April 27 a TimeWarner press release: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), a Time Warner company, today unveiled GameTap, a first-of-its-kind broadband entertainment network that offers games-on-demand plus original programming via a broadband connected PC. Game Tap will not only be an outlet for post-retail games but it will progress the life of what … Read moreTimeWarner monster gets bigger and cleverer
It is great to see more ‘distributed art’ being commissioned and called for in exhibitions and collections. It shows an awareness of a hugely emerging area of production. But I can’t quite get my head around this one: dLux media arts (who do great stuff mind you) is called for works for d>Art.05 with the … Read moreOxymorons
For the 50th Anniversary Press event the Disneyland® Resort is offering a podcast. Michael W. Geoghegan plays host for this sneak peek at the biggest celebration in Disney history, including interviews, stories and other exciting events direct from the Disneyland® Resort on May 3, 4 & 5, 2005. This just seems a bit weird to … Read moreDisney is Podcasting!
I’ve now put some project information about my research online under the domain of: polymorphicnarrative.org. The domain name is the name of the narrative system I am proposing for my PhD research. I’ve got alot more to put on the site so forgive the slight content on some pages. Anyway, enjoy. And please do let … Read moreAnnouncing Big Word Title website!