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The NxT Media: The Math for Modern Storytelling : Communicators Co. Story Guardians | Under Construction. Feedia : @Jeff_Gomez giving us a deep... 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' Celebrates 50 Years of Trask. Wolverine may be blowing up in the box office — but that doesn't mean we can't get excited about other X-Men characters. To get fans excited about next summer's X-Men: Days of Future Past, the team at 20th Century Fox launched a website celebrating 50 years of Trask Industries. For those unfamiliar with X-Men lore, Trask Industries is a weapons and technology company founded by Bolivar Trask. Trask developed the Sentinels — robots created for the express purpose of destroying mutants (mutants like the X-Men). Trask Industries and the Sentinels will play a predominant role in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

The film, which opens on May 23, 2014, will unite the characters from the original X-Men trilogy with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class in a battle royale for the future. The well-crafted Trask Industries website acts as a launching pad for what looks like it could be a viral marketing campaign surrounding the film. Fox offered up this animated GIF of a Sentinel. John Anthony Hartman's post on Vine.

Understanding Transmedia - How Story World's are Changing the Art of Communication. Brian Clark on Transmedia Business Models. Seven Myths About Transmedia Storytelling Debunked. Over the past few years, transmedia storytelling has become a hot buzzword in Hollywood and Madison Avenue alike--"the next big thing" or "the last big thing" depending on whom you ask. Last year, the Producer's Guild announced a new job title, Transmedia Producer, a decision that has more or less established the term as an industry standard. More and more companies are laying claim to expertise in producing transmedia content.

But many using the term don't really understand what they are saying. So let's look at what people are getting wrong about transmedia. Myth 1: Transmedia Storytelling refers to any strategy involving more than one media platform. The entertainment industry has long developed licensed products, reproducing the same stories across multiple channels (for example, novelizations). Myth 2: Transmedia is basically a new promotional strategy. Yes, many early transmedia experiments were funded through marketing budgets. Myth 3: Transmedia means games. Profiting From Transmedia Branded Entertainment. Are You Awake - Home. Transmedia Talk Podcast – Episode 14. Welcome to Transmedia Talk a new podcast covering all things story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia and Robert Pratten and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century. download Or Subscribe iTunes NB: If you’d like to give us feedback, recommend yourself as a guest or suggest topics to cover – please email us at talk@workbookproject.com or Tweet away with the hashtag #tmediatalk Hosts.. and Guests for this week Nick Braccia from Culture HackerRobert Pratten from TransmediaStoryteller.com Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media Haley Moore The panelists discuss their early & current experiences with developing and executing transmedia projects.

Running Time. Transmedia Producer - Ideas, Tools and Insight from all Around.