The Numinous Place Creator Mark Staufer on Transmedia

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…