Characteristics of Transmedia Storytelling
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What is the primary function of a character's desire in a story?

  • To motivate the character's actions and decisions (correct)
  • To establish the story's theme
  • To create conflict with other characters
  • To reveal the character's true nature

    • What is the purpose of a montage in a story?

  • To summarize a series of actions (correct)
  • To introduce a new character
  • To create suspense and tension
  • To resolve a conflict

    • What is the term for a false foreshadowing that misleads the audience?

  • Deus ex machina
  • Red herring (correct)
  • Dead end
  • Plot twist

    • What is the primary function of supporting characters in a story?

    <p>To help reveal the protagonist's character</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a change in a character's inner nature over the course of the story?

    <p>Character arc</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a situation where a solution comes out of nowhere with no foreshadowing?

    <p>Deus ex machina</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of dialogue in a story?

    <p>To characterize and reveal information about a character</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the underlying meaning or message beneath the text of a dialogue?

    <p>Subtext</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a dramatic approach that conditions the construction of the story?

    <p>Genre</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a gap in time or action in a story that is not shown or mentioned?

    <p>Ellipsis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Transmedia Characteristics

    • Liquid content that can be adapted to different media platforms
    • Multiple levels of story depth to engage users differently
    • Unified message across all media platforms
    • A new way of storytelling that expands on traditional narratives

    The Three Act Structure

    • Act 1: Establish main characters, relationships, and world; inciting incident sets the story in motion
    • First Turning Point: End of Act 1, where the protagonist commits to a goal
    • Act 2: Rising action, obstacles, and conflicts
    • Midpoint: Important event that doesn't change the story's direction
    • Second Turning Point: Introduction to Act 3, the most intense part of the story
    • Act 3: Resolution, climax, and final confrontation
    • Denouement: Consequences of the story, how the characters' lives or world have changed

    Dramatic Tools

    • Action Knots: Narrative units with setup, development, and resolution
    • Anagnorisis: Dramatic recognition of a character's identity
    • Peripeteia: Obstacles and reversals, the strongest story event
    • Model: A protagonist with a special talent but a weakness, combating an antagonist to achieve a goal

    Writing Tips

    • Daniel Cassany's advice: Look for ideas, organize, develop, put on paper, revise, adapt, and consider the audience
    • Methods: Diary, maps, diagrams, brainstorming, exploring the subject, and the "star" method

    Dramatic Premises

    • Universal patterns: Present throughout history, helping to construct plots and characters
    • Ronald Tobias' 20 Master Plots: Examples of universal patterns
    • Estrategias del guion cinematográfico: Life is a dream, dramatized life, descent into hell
    • La semilla inmortal: The Odissey, benefactor intruder, destroyer intruder, old and new, and double personality

    Crossmedia, Multimedia, and Transmedia

    • Crossmedia: One story, many channels, reaching different audiences
    • Multimedia: One story, many forms, one channel
    • Transmedia: One storyworld, many stories, many forms, many channels

    Story Elements

    • Foreshadowing and Payoff: Hinting at future events in the story
    • Complication: Obstacles created by the protagonist for themselves
    • Montage: A series of summarized actions, often with music

    Character Development

    • Character Arcs: Change in a character's inner nature, for better or worse
    • DESIRE: What drives a character's choices, what they want
    • MOTIVATION: Why a character wants what they want
    • DIMENSION: Contradiction and conflict within a character
    • SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: Helping to reveal the protagonist, part of the storyworld
    • COMEDIC CHARACTERS: Blind obsession, objective, and desire

    Dialogue

    • Definition: Dramatic text to be expressed by one or several players
    • THE FIVE FUNCTIONS OF DIALOGUE: Characterize, reveal inner information, establish conflict, exposition, and humor
    • SUBTEXT: What is meant beneath what is being said

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    Understand the key features of transmedia storytelling, including liquid content, varying levels of depth, unified messaging, and a new approach to narrative. Learn about Robert McKee's definition of an act in storytelling.

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