Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age
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a look at the creative and technical worlds of immersive storytelling
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The Ad Industry Has Made Peace With Crowdsourcing

The Ad Industry Has Made Peace With Crowdsourcing | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
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T.L. Stanley:  "Since the mid-2000s, Doritos has been making a high-profile event out of doing just that during the biggest football game of the year, but industry veterans say the business of fan-generated marketing is thriving even in the off season."

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Have an Idea for a Doc? Producers of Oscar-Winning 'Undefeated' are Looking to Crowdsource Doc Production

Have an Idea for a Doc? Producers of Oscar-Winning 'Undefeated' are Looking to Crowdsource Doc Production | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
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Bryce J. Renninger:  "Can crowdsourcing become a viable means for producing quality documentary films?  Crowdsourcing site Tongal, which usually works for brands but is now working for Oscar-winning production company Spitfire Pictures, is giving it a go."

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Iron Sky Team Crowdsources Alien Designs for Jeremiah Harm

Iron Sky Team Crowdsources Alien Designs for Jeremiah Harm | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Hugh Hart: "The inventive Finnish filmmakers want you to design ass-kicking extraterrestrials for their next sci-fi flick."

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Lego Crowdsources Its Way to New Toys

Lego Crowdsources Its Way to New Toys | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Via Dr. Pamela Rutledge
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Katarina Gustafsson "Brent Waller spent his childhood crafting plastic brick versions of characters from television shows and movies such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Batman. Now 35, the Australian Lego fan has gotten so good at playing with the toys that the company soon will start selling one of his designs."

Dr. Pamela Rutledge's curator insight, April 5, 2014 6:48 PM

I talk about the shifting psychology in individuals and groups  due to social technologies all the time, but here is evidence of one company who gets it that made me smile - Lego crowdsourcing designs.  Who doesn't love Legos? From Mads Nipper, chief marketing office at Lego: “Both children and adults these days are used to being, and expect to be, more involved.”  

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Airbnb Releases First Short Film Made Entirely of Vines

Airbnb Releases First Short Film Made Entirely of Vines | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
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Rae Ann Fera:  "After releasing a shot-list over Twitter that anyone could film for submission Airbnb debuts the first film made entirely of crowdsourced Vines."

blackespresso's curator insight, September 19, 2013 12:59 PM

It's an interesting concept for sure

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The Cloud Filmmaking Manifesto

The Cloud Filmmaking Manifesto | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Tiffany Shlain: "As a filmmaker who hardly shoots anything and is primarily into remixing and recontextualizing images, this explosion of online video was not only a much bigger candy store than I had ever dreamed of, it also completely changed the way I make films."

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