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The Numinous Place Creator Mark Staufer on Transmedia

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The Numinous Place, by Mark Staufer Mark Staufer (@MarkStaufer) promises a pioneering transmedia thriller with the launch of ‘The Numinous Place‘. Blending book, film and web-based narrative elements, Staufer’s quadrilogy will immerse participants in an interactive parallel world blurring traditional narrative entertainment and game play.

‘The Numinous Place’ is the world’s first truly multidimensional work of fiction – technology and creativity merge harmoniously to create a uniquely experiential new medium. (The
Numinous Place)

In a recent interview with Mike Vogel (@MikeVogelCom), the creator of the transmedia story Phrenic, Stauffer shared some transmedia (and human nature) observations that I’d like to highlight.

I believe there’s still a lot of gimmickry surrounding transmedia, and by that I mean the technology and the excitement of using multi platforms oftentimes come at the expense of the actual story… Tech accentuates the narrative.
Story should always come first. One of the main fears of traditional publishers is that mixing media—text, audio, video, etc.—could take the reader out of the story. But that’s an incredibly old-fashioned view. The fact is, every single one of us experiences the world in a multi-stream way; our brains multi-task and filter information and entertainment constantly as an essential part of our day to day reality. (This is Transmedia)

Old news, not new news. But too often overlooked. Thank you, Mark
Staufer. Looking forward to ‘The Numinous Place‘! BTW, You can read
the full Mark Staufer interview HERE…

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Transmedia storytelling is a way to create a storyworld and tell a story across multiple platforms and formats. The different media complement each other and are linked together. An essential aspect of a transmedia production, is that the audience can actively participate in the storyworld.  Therefore a digital platform often has a central role. One example is a tv series where the audience can follow the characters on Twitter and respond to them.Transmedia arises from our convergence culture, as mediatheorist Henry Jenkins states. We use all kinds of media at the same time. We text with our cellphones while listening to music on Spotify, reading the newspaper, checking tweets and meanwhile writing a blogpost.

Since the audience is getting more and more used to consume different media at the same time and responds to them online, producers are looking for new and creative ways to tell their stories, and use different platforms in order to create a storyworld. ~ Katía Truijen (Masters of Media)

Transmedia Storytelling is the practice of telling a single story with multiple platforms and formats, often using digital tools. Often shortened to simply Transmedia, it can allow documentary filmmakers to not only reach new audiences, but also to create unique educational components to enhance their film’s message and provide ways to partner with companies and brands, which can mean welcome financial relief to lighten the burden of the high cost of filmmaking.

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“Transmedia” is a buzz term that while currently all the rage may soon go out of fashion. But the essence of Transmedia storytelling — the integration of digital technologies and creating cross-platform experiences to enhance content, perhaps in a documentary’s case its message — is here to stay. Documentary filmmakers already wear many hats. Partnering with a developer familiar with coding and end users’ needs will elevate a documentary Transmedia project — and just might open creative avenues the creator wouldn’t have thought of on his or her own. With Transmedia, it really does take a village. ~ Amanda Lin Costa, producing of documentary, “The Art of Memories.” (MediaShift)

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