Comments on: Transmedia and the independent filmmaker

By: Pierre Samuel Rioux

Pierre Samuel Rioux — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:15:16 +0000

Robert
This is interesting, i looking for something like this but for documentaries i do.
The issue his what you do with the platform after the film it’s done ?
Maybe if you think about the best way will be to developing product how are free and some how will be integrate in the documentary. But you need a lot a planning to do that and it’s easy to get a page a little strange or lost the control of it.

But how do you deal with the communication in different platform or media, i am not interested to much with twitter and facebook it’s too much time consuming.But they have probably a way to do it.

Now i will look your link.

Zenfilms have someting to do with the film Zen noire by Marc Rosenbush ?

By: 6.5 Questions With: Robert Pratten (Part 1) - NoFilmSchool

6.5 Questions With: Robert Pratten (Part 1) - NoFilmSchool — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:44:30 +0000

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By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:16:40 +0000

> hey Taylor, just discovered your comment – I know I’m 4 months late in responding but I hope it’s better late than never :)
I’ve shown 5 components to the development process but this doesn’t mean that each necessarily takes the same effort or time to complete. If you want to spend a year developing your story and a week on the other components then “story” would be more important but they’d still be five components and the diagram still accurate.
Also, equal means equal and not less. Therefore story is not any less important than business model if I say I value you them the same. Now, for those that argue story should be the most important thing above all else… then I’d ask how many amazing unpublished stories are? How many amazing scripts that haven’t been optioned? My point is, that when the story needs to be converted into something that costs money to produce, distribute or sell (a movie or a transmedia project) then there needs to be a business model to support the funding. If a business model can’t found then you need to change the story or else it will never be made. Finding a charitable patron, although not a market-based solution, is still a business model.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 10 May 2010 08:04:48 +0000

I agree — it’s about finding a balance between practicality and idealism, I suppose. Good brain candy even if you disagree, I hope.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Sun, 09 May 2010 14:43:07 +0000

The problem with the “develop” side of the grahic here is that “story” is only 1/5 of the development process. How can he say it’s not about lessening the importance of story when he’s giving equal weight to “business model:” and “execution”?

By: Transmedia and the studios « NoFilmSchool

Transmedia and the studios « NoFilmSchool — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:02:34 +0000

[...] studios 04.28.10 @ 12:00PM Tags : arg, darkknight, seen, transmedia Yesterday’s post about transmedia and the interactive filmmaker highlighted the challenges of developing a transmedia story for independent creators. It’s [...]