The purpose of this project assignment is to become a transmedia producer by creating media content across multiple platforms. Thus, you have to collaboratively make a short film and, additionally, you have to create a comics or a game or a book (audio or augmented-reality) or a real-time animation that connects with the storyworld of your short-film.
- You must first create a Github account, using the university email, and then fork the repository.
- Fictional stories
- Non-Fictional stories
- Mixed
Attention: Examples & Ideas will be discussed during class!!!
- You must create a team of 3-6 fellow students (collaborators). See in the discussion session the procedure for creating the teams. You must choose a coordinator per team. The coordinator will be responsible for uploading the necesserary documents in his/her repository only in markdown format.
- Read the article Transmedia Project Design: Theoretical and Analytical Considerations found in the Transmedia folder. Start working on your team project by answering the questions indicated in the second section of the article. You should edit the README.md found in the Transmedia folder. In the Transmedia/dpsdXXXXX/ folder you can find an example that will help you write your Transmedia Design document.
- Create your design document. You should edit the README.md found in the our_design folder.In the our_design/dpsdXXXXX/ folder you can find an example that will help you write your design document.
- Create your short film and upload the demo in youtube. Insert the link of your demo in the design document.
- Create the additional context (book, game, animation, comic) that connects with the storyworld of your short-film.Upload the additional context to the our_design/ folder
- Use the answers in step 3 to prepare the presentation of your concept. You should edit the README.md found in the our_presentation folder. During the presentation you will have to define the designed world and explain what kind of media are appropriate for the demo of the story. In the our_presentation/dpsdXXXXX/ folder you can find a presentation example that will help you prepare your presentation.
- Deliverable 1 (Steps 1-2): until 31/03/2023
- Deliverable 2 (Steps 3-6): until 02/06/2023
The group assignment will contribute up to 7 points in the grade. Each member of the team will get the same grade.
You submit in the coordinator's Github repository:
- Single Transmedia report
- Single Design Document for the design document.
- Link to your short movie video.
- Single presentation
- Any files you consider important (e.g. scenario, storyboards, games, music books, real time animations etc)
For any questions, regarding the deliverables, in the Discussions session, not only you can ask but you can also answer.