When fan communities embrace the principle of storytelling

The creativity of the US content industry in the transmedia era

Case study: Assassin’s Creed, a transmedia franchise

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Centre Pompidou Transmedia lab

Henry Jenkins explains his vision of transmedia and audience engagement

Promoted by Sorbonne Nouvelle – Université Paris 3 and supported by Orange’s Transmedia lab, the Centre Pompidou hosted a lecture by Henry Jenkins on Friday 25 May for a lecture on Transmedia Storytelling entitled “Engagement, participation, play: the value and meaning of Transmedia audiences”. The lecture, organised by Eric Maigret (Professor at Paris 3 University) [...]

On 7.06.2012

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Between fiction and reality: the continuous back and forth for fan communities 3/3

Aurore Gallarino offers a new perspective as part of a series of articles which provide a complete overview of certain fan practices, many of them related to storytelling, and their transmedia potential. She has given us a look at “fan community story factories” and explained “expanded universes: home-made franchises”. Now she shows us the overlap [...]

On 21.05.2012

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Do it yourself: fan community “pirate” productions 2/3

Aurore Galliano offers a new perspective as part of a series of articles which provide a complete overview of certain fan practices, many of them related to storytelling, and their transmedia potential. She brings us a look at “fan community story factories” and explains “expanded universes: home-made franchises”.         Everyone can call [...]

On 14.05.2012

The transmedia is a new form of narrative.

In comparison with Cross-media that redefines the main content for complementary Medias, the transmedia articulates an original narrative universe on different media.

This universe is enriched by the different media, which bring thanks to their own consumption specificity and their technological capacity, a complementary and new perspective on the universe and the story.






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