Major Assignments
There will be three major assignments in this class.
First Expansion (PDF)
Due: Session 11
A single expansion of previous original work onto another platform.Critical Essay (PDF)
Due: Session 19
A critical, analytical essay on some specific aspect of transmedia or a single transmedia product.- Final Project
Due: Session 24
Presentations: Session 24 & 25
For your final projects you will work in teams to create an original narrative that functions on multiple platforms, each of which enhances and expands the storytelling in a manner unique to that medium.
Example Student Work—Final Project
Project Helheim
A Fictional Alternate History Post-WWII
by a group of MIT students
Memoir
A Memoir of Helheim (PDF)
Audio
Project Helheim: A Fictional Alternate History Post-WWII
> Download from Internet Archive (MP3 - 2MB)
Project Helheim Dialogue for Recording Script (PDF)
Correspondence
Typescript (PDF)
Food
Chuck Travels on His Stomach (PDF)
WWII Documents
Project Helheim–Document 1 (PDF)
Project Helheim–Document 2 (PDF)
Project Helheim–Document 3 (PDF)
Project Helheim–Document 4 (PDF)
Project Helheim–Document 5 (PDF)
Project Helheim–Document 6 (PDF)
Video Blog
Script 1 (PDF)
Script 2 (PDF)
Script 3 (PDF)
Imitation - Excerpts
Techno-dystopia in the 25th Century
by a group of MIT Students
The Central Orbis Newspaper
April 29, 2480 (PDF)
May 27, 2480 (PDF)
June 3, 2480 (PDF)
June 7, 2480 (PDF)
June 15, 2480 (PDF)
June 19, 2480 (PDF)
June 20, 2480 (PDF)