In his AMA, Will Maurer referenced this article in his response to my question. It’s by Henry Jenkins on the theme of Transmedia and Convergence Culture. It’s a great read and challenging too, so I thought I’d drop in here as its own post, so that it doesn’t get lost in the AMA comments.
What are your takeaways from the article?
Enjoy.
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This comment in the article by Jenkins stood out for me:
Transmedia producers have found it difficult to achieve the delicate balance between creating stories which make sense to first time viewers and building in elements which enhance the experience of people reading across multiple media.
Does this highlight a problem with Transmedia in that even when you have created differing media elements of a story world, that perhaps you are not creating a door but a window to the origin of the story?
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Is this the article you're referring to?
http://henryjenkins.org/blog/2023/4/6/from-brazil-to-la-transmedia-and-audiovisual-creators-raphael-draccon-and-carolina-munhoz-part-two
The link takes us to a list of several blog posts.
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As to your quote, yeah, I'd imagine it is difficult for Transmedia Producers to lead teams that can execute the vision in different mediums. This has always been the case, and separating the teams seems the best way to let those who do what they do best flourish. BUT the question remains, which leaders can still be involved in multiple mediums? I for one would LOVE to talk to the team who did HALO the recent TV series as I haven't seen a SciFi series so well done in a LONG time! Clearly, their leadership had to find departments heads that would be able to draw from the source material but not sacrifice story for references.
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Karen "Kay" Ross Hi Kay, Oops, sorry about that. Here’s the link:
http://henryjenkins.org/blog/2007/03/transmedia_storytelling_101.html
As for Transmedia Producers, perhaps to help with that ‘delicate balance’ the writer needs to develop talents as a Producer as well?