At its heart the commitment to each of the Transmedia elements are what made it stand out, made it credible and at the time made it a must see.After the original Blair Witch tape surfaced, investigators scoured the woods looking for Heather but never located the dilapidated cabin featured in the video so, in order to narrow his search, James turns to the Burkittsville couple, Lane (Wes Robinson) and Talia (Valorie Curry), who found the recent Blair Witch video, requesting the pair lead him to where exactly they discovered the footage. To ensure the friends don't suffer the same fate as Heather and her film crew, and to get the best video possible for the thesis project, James and Lisa equip their group with high-tech gear: ear-top cameras, GPS radios, night vision gear, and an aerial drone.
The Blair Witch Project was the first of it’s kind in many ways, and while I’m still not sure if, in the simplest sense I can easily classify it as a ‘good’ film or a ‘bad’ film, I definitely acknowledge its daring approach to creating, shooting and marketing a film. When done well, the revealing of a narrative, characters and setting through multiple media texts can provide audiences with both rich and detailed worlds alongside space for speculation, link building and thus participation in the creation of the narrative as a whole. Likewise, the Marvel franchise uses overlapping storylines and character relationships to strengthen fans interaction and following of the film series. Shows like The Walking Dead make use of spin off shows and game play to expand on the story world and provide additional insights or backstory to characters in the main show. While found footage is in some people's minds a sub-genre that is now perhaps reached its creative limit, the Transmedia approach is more often a chosen, if not expected, aspect of visual storytelling (Hassler-Forest, 2016). All of these elements acted as puzzle pieces of the story which, if viewed together, created a more compelling story. Sanchez and Myrick did this well by keeping the narrative simple and contained but adding depth and detail with the additional elements they created. argue, with Transmedia Storytelling it is not enough ‘to just have lots of stuff going on’ (2016:10), there needs to be cohesion and a reason to be adding further texts to the narrative. The actors were listed on Imdb as ‘deceased’ for a period of time - a bit of a macabre move, although definitely adding another legitimising clue to be found by fans.Īs Sanchez et al. This was aired on the sci fi channel prior to the film's release. The directors also pieced together an additional short mock documentary (meta!) covering the disappearance of the would-be filmmakers with interviews with their 'family members' and investigators of the disappearance.
Missing persons posters were circulated by college students depicting the actors involved in the film.
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Jenkins explains this using the character Niobe in the series as an example: " In The Matrix: Reloaded, Niobe appears unexpectedly in the freeway chase just in time to rescue Morpheus and Trinity, but for people who play the game, getting Niobe to the rendezvous point is a key mission." (Jenkins, 2008: 103) The side stories explored in the animated series and the game sometimes overlap with the main narrative, but provide much more insight into characters who, at best, play a minor supporting role in the films. The success of the first film led to cinematic sequels but also a video game (Enter the Matrix) and an animated series (Animatrix). Jenkins asserts that each medium should be ‘accessible on its own terms’ while simultaneously making ‘a unique contribution to the narrative system as a whole’ (Jenkins, 2007).Īn example of a comprehensive Transmedia Storytelling experience is the Matrix series. Transmedia Storytelling is not simply the same story told in different mediums, (e.g adaptation of a book into a film) but rather that each new media text offers some additional information which enhances the overall story. It refers to a method of unfolding a narrative with the production of separate but complementary media texts. The term Transmedia Storytelling is often attributed to Henry Jenkins, author of several influential books on digital media including Convergence Culture.
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