Blogging is a phenomenon that had been in effect for quite a reasonable number of years in the known world – especially in developed countries with clear access to high-speed internet broadband. It had enabled the individual to have their say in an array of topics and even to show that one has expertise in the area that they are specifically blogging about. In the post-2010 era that we are in now, I believe blogging had become from something that…
There is good storytelling when one can create a cohesive story where it pertains to the simple formula of an introduction, a problem and then a solution. However, in this transmedia digital age, a great story is when a storyteller can truly weave a great story that pertains to the above formula and includes rich characters that mean something to the readers. There needs to be a sense of empathy and belonging that is created ones a reader truly becomes…
The world we live in is brimming with information each and every day. The World Wide Web had erupted and evolved from the fledgeling web 1.0 to 2.0 and now to the new 3.0. So all of us are spoilt for choice to get information out of the web. Web surfing takes a new meaning where the figurative waves are getting higher and higher as we speak. The analogy of getting information from the internet is that of trying to…
Adapting content into different media has been and always will be a practice that is actually helping the Transmedia cause across the globe. If you look into the popular culture there is a litany of examples about adapted media. To list a few there is the Harry Potter series from Novels to the Movie, The Detective Conan Series from Japan from Manga to Anime to TV live-action to Movies and Adaptation of old stories like the eastern legend of the…
Storytelling is an art form that had survived throughout the ages and aeons and is still practice today. It could be deduced that storytelling is as old as time. The popular song from Disney’s feature movie: the Beauty and the Beast goes; “a tale as old as time” cements this statement. From the stone-age to the digital age that we are in now storytelling was, is and always will be an important part of human society. All human beings have…
