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Transmedia Storytelling: Narrative worlds, emerging technologies, and global audiences
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - What is Transmedia Storytelling?
This module will introduce you to the instructors of this course, and give you an understanding of how the course works and what you will learn. We will also introduce you to what Transmedia Storytelling is and how it is important to the way we interact and co... - Week 2 - Creative Ideas Generation - Building a Storyworld
This module introduces you to creative thinking techniques that you can use to help you develop a cohesive and rich story narrative. You’ll explore important models of creative thinking, along with different tools and techniques that can help you expand your n... - Week 3 - Understanding a Transmedia Audience
Understanding the different audiences that engage with elements of a transmedia experience can help develop and improve the reach and impact of your storyworld. This module explores the concepts of ethnography and participatory design as a means of identifying... - Week 4 - The Transmedia User Experience
The success of your project is ultimately determined by the quality of the audience's experience. Will your transmedia strategy capture people’s imagination and continue to engage them in multiple facets of the larger storyworld over time? In this module you w... - Week 5 - Using Creative Technologies
Working in a transmedia context means taking a flexible and inclusive approach to technologies - old and new. Within this module, you will be exposed to evaluation and design strategies for different technologies in a transmedia storytelling context. It showc... - Week 6 - Stories from Industry - Professionals’ Career Journeys and Advice
Meet the instructors who will be guiding you through the course, and benefit from the stories of personal career journeys of some of the biggest names in transmedia storytelling from the USA (Hollywood), Canada, and Australia. Hear their advice about getting s...
Prerequisite
Instructors
Dr Geoge Khut
Lecturer
UNSW | Art & Design
Dr Jeffrey Koh
Associate Lecturer
UNSW | Art and Design (formerly)
Emma Robertson
Associate Professor
UNSW | Art & Design
Associate Professor Simon McIntyre
Associate Dean Education
UNSW Sydney | Art & Design
Dr Ollie Bown
Senior Lecturer
UNSW Australia | Art & Design
Editor
Platform
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