Jan Libby, the creator of Snow Town, talks with us about story, immersion, and her plan to turn her short ARG into a replayable app.

Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Haley Moore
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller

Special Guests:

Jan Libby, creator of the Snow Town I-Fi App currently up for contributions on Kickstarter.

Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore 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

Janine Saunders, creative producer of Robot Heart Stories, talks with us about how Robot Heart Stories used transmedia strategies to engage underprivileged elementary students in collaborative learning.

Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller
Haley Moore

(and Host Emeritus Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media)

About the Project

In Robot Heart Stories, two groups of students – one in Montreal (French speaking) and the other in LA (English speaking) – used their developing knowledge of math, science, history, geography and creative writing to get a stranded robot back to her home planet. The robot’s ten-day journey from Montreal to LA culminated in its arrival at DIY Days LA, where we sat down with Janine.

About Our Guest:

Janine Saunders is a creative producer who has worked on Collapsus, Pandemic 1.0, and produced the Workbook Project’s RADAR series. Working with Workbook Project founder Lance Weiler, she was the producer of Robot Heart Stories.

Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore 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.

Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore

(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)

Special Guest:
Mark Harris, creator of THE LOST CHILDREN.

Mark Harris talks about attacking transmedia from the technical side, his project THE LOST CHILDREN, and the

From This Episode:

Video featuring some of the technology Mark developed for Pandemic 1.0‘s Mission Control center at Sundance.

Workbook Project contributor Zack Forsman

Mark’s piece at Filmmaker Magazine

Mark shared his experience using WordPress to manage a storyworld with WordPress at New Breed. Part 1 – Part 2

The found footage docu drama Lake Mungo

Power to the Pixel’s Cross Media Forum NYC on April 19.

To avoid spoilers, we won’t mention the name of the books Dee brought up in the podcast, but you can find the book and its companion piece on Amazon.

Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore 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.

Hosts: Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker

Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media

Haley Moore

(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)

Special Guest:Mike Knowlton and Hal Siegel from Murmur

Mike Knowlton and Hal Siegel discuss how they developed Him, Her and Them, the first Facebook-native film, which launched on April 6.

r From This Episode:Arcade Fire’s interactive film The Wilderness Downtown

Collapsus

The Facebook version of The Dark Knight

David Lynch’s iPhone video rant.

Simon Pullman’s article on Him, Her and Them on Transmythology

Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore 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.

Hosts: Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media Haley Moore (and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)

Special Guest: Marc D’Agostino, creator of the_source Marc D’Agostino joins us to talk about his work developing the_source, an interactive drama.

From This Episode: The trailer for the_source ReGenesis Push, Nevada Bar Karma For more about recent controversy around the term “transmedia”, check out Transmedia Talk Episode 22. Editors’ Note: After sign off, Marc discussed his television festival experience with us in a little more detail. He said that he thinks that television festivals are more open to crossmedia/transmedia experiences than film festivals are, possibly because television in general is more tied to the internet than film is.

Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a new podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore 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.

Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore

(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)

SXSW Super Special

Dee Cook and Haley Moore recap the transmedia presence at SXSW Interactive 2011.

From This Episode:

The PGA’s Transmedia Producer credit.

Fourth Wall Studios’ recent influx of money.

SXSW Panel: Help Save SXSW from Marketer Douchebaggery

SXSW Panel: Fireside Chat: Tim O’Reilly Interviewed by Jason Calacanis

Hitler rants about SXSW.

The Transmedia Artists Guild held an introductory panel at SXSW.

SXSW Panel: Fan to Fanatic: True Blood’s Marketing Hook

SXSW Panel: The Future of Storytelling: DEXTER Fans Play Killer

SXSW Panel: Having Fun Yet? 10 Usability Heuristics For Games

SXSW Talk: Project 314: Putting The ‘Game’ Back Into ARGs with Adrian Hon

SXSW Talk: Hoax or Transmedia? The Ethics of Pervasive Fiction with Andrea Phillips

SXSW Panel: Social Media Is Science Fiction

SXSW Panel: Can Transmedia Save the Entertainment Industry?

Flynn Lives, 42 Entertainment’s ARG for Tron:Legacy.

SXSW Panel: New Worlds: Creating Online Sci-fi and Fantasy Experiences in which Felicia Day explains why she rolls her eyes at the term transmedia.

The #AntiTransmedia movement.

Steve Peters, Geoff May, and Brooke Thompson weigh in on the word “transmedia” in the days since SXSW.

Stitch Media’s diagram of possible transmedia definitions.

Frank Rose’s book The Art of Immersion

Transmedia NYC Meetup

The Game of Thrones food carts in New York City and Los Angeles

Nick Braccia recommends the Kindle version of A Game of Thrones

Petite Lap Giraffes

Part 1: First of two special podcast from SXSW 2011. In this podcast Robert Pratten interviews Intel’s futurist Brian David Johnson

Part 2: In this special edition from SXSW 2011, Robert Pratten hosts a roundtable discussion with transmedia practitioners from different disciplines: Adrian Hon, Co-Founder and Chief Creative at Six to Start, Marcus Romer, Artistic Director of Pilot Theatre in the UK, Rachel Clarke, Head of Engagement Intelligence at Momentum London. With regular co-hosts Nick Braccia, Haley Moore and Dee Cook

Running Time: 1:15:03

Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Haley Moore
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller

Special Guest:
Independent transmedia creator Andrea Phillips

Andrea Phillips joins us to talk about transmedia ethics, a topic she will discuss at SXSW Interactive next weekend, and at DIY Days in NYC this Saturday.

Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a new podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore 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.

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:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore

(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)

Running Time: 1:11:27

Special Guest:
Lorie Marsh from Lost in Sunshine.

We speak with Lorie Marsh, producer of the Lost in Sunshine story world, who talks about indie films, funding, and experiments in the transmedia realm.

Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a new podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore 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.

NB: If you’d like to give us feedback, recommend yourself as a guest or suggest topics to cover – please email us at talk AT workbookproject.com or Tweet away with the hashtag #tmediatalk.

Hosts: Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker

Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media

Haley Moore

(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)

Special Guest: Lorie Marsh from Lost in Sunshine. We speak with Lorie Marsh, producer of the Lost in Sunshine story world, who talks about indie films, funding, and experiments in the transmedia realm.

This show has a special focus on transmedia in Brazil with Marcelo Douek from Lukso discussing his work with brands and storytelling.

This show talks about Andrea Phillip’s work on a range of ARG and transmedia projects and discusses staffing for participation, developing narrative that allows for participation, editorial control & ethics/responsibilities of producers

Happy New Year everyone!

The panelists discuss their early & current experiences with developing and executing transmedia projects. Good discussion about the thrill of interactivity and designing ARGs.

Wide-ranging discussion with leading transmedia producer Jeff Gomez, founder & CEO of Starlight Runner