Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age

Filmmaker Magazine:  "Filmmaker Greg Pak (Robot Stories) has released his graphic novel Vision Machine as an iPad app and, in the process, is pointing the way towards new storytelling formats and new production and distribution partnerships."

Through extensive observational research, I’ve discovered what works and doesn’t work for my daughter, so I’m going to shamelessly generalize my findings to all children and propose four essential guidelines for developers who work on iPad apps for children...

A no nonsense approach ...

• Affordance Is King
• Pagination Is A primary Action
• The Menu Is A Distant Seconday Action
• If You Try To Trick My Kid Into Buying Stuff, You're Dead To Me

... and a must read.

Frotz is a platform for exploring the world of interactive fiction games.

Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan: "In theater, there’s a concept called the “fourth wall.” It refers to performances that involve the audience, breaking down the invisible “wall” between performer and spectator. A new project from Pentagram goes even further, breaking down the “fifth wall” between the performer and a digital audience."

Show Must Go On will see players trying to overcome a host of problems while trying to stage manage their own opera or ballet...

[What with gaming, and VFX incorporated into sets ... @scoopit http://bit.ly/vf9Nmz ... Opera is definitely "moving with the times".  It'll be transmedia next!]

Two Apple iPads and a plush "Angry Birds" doll, based on the mobile video game, will be launching on Russian spacecraft soon, bound for the International Space Station.