While animating this episode of my Diaspora campaign my focus was on learning a bit more about the Timelines feature from Tumult Hype. I’m pretty sure timelines will allow me to insert more interactive features. For example, in this sequence I’ve inserted a little “easter egg” in the final frame of each scene. Just a [...]
Tag Archives: transmedia
Transmedia Ramblings
Do you remember the first time you saw the map montage used to show the long plane trip in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark? That’s the kind of thing that gets me excited – seeing perfect new uses for a medium. For me, transmedia is about finding those perfect uses and [...]
New Tagline
When I first started my blog, the tagline was “Writer, Editor, Publishing Consultant”. It was a reflection of the things I do professionally, in approximately the order I wanted to prioritize them. Over the years, my actual duties for Gumboot Books and Live Your Dream Workshops meant writing was, in fact, a far distant third [...]
Transmedia Storytelling
Lately I’ve been putting a lot of thought into the emerging field of transmedia storytelling. In short, it’s about telling stories using whatever medium is best suited and then rolling all those media into a single, kick-ass product. Authors like JC Hutchins are at the forefront of this new movement, and companies like Push Pop [...]
