Remix Fiction has posted a third installment of my interview series; this time Martin Aggett and I discuss Brain Candy, LLC’s collaborative commercial entertainment model.
Also, be sure to check out “The Making of Martin Aggett” project over at Wreck a Movie: http://www.wreckamovie.com/themakingofmartinaggett.
The second issue of Ontologica, which contains an article I wrote, has just been published.
The article’s focus is an introduction to the considerations involved in creating or extending an entertainment property into the collaborative commercial space. I am pleased to see more properties being launched that are natively collaborative as well as commercial (in dollars, high-profile names, or both). The article takes a more detailed look at the collaborative commercial entertainment model used by Brain Candy, LLC.
I believe the upswing of transmedia storytelling is helping usher in a new mindset regarding how much and how effectively audiences can be invited to participate in commercial entertainment (canonically, monetarily, or both). This article lays out some of the fundamental questions that need to be addressed when you invite fans to the table of canonicity.
Here’s the .pdf download of issue 2.1.
For those interested in transmedia, there are some excellent panels being proposed by experienced creatives. I highly recommend the following:
Maureen McHugh’s ‘ARGS Don’t Work: The Future of Transmedia Stories‘
Jay Bushman’s ‘Transmedia Artists Guild: New Media Needs New Representation‘
Brooke Thompson’s ‘Documenting your Transmedia Project (how to & why)‘
Andrea Phillips’ ‘Hoax or Transmedia? The Ethics of Pervasive Fiction‘
Steve Peters’ ‘Audience Engagement in the Transmedia Age‘
Jenka Garfinkel’s ‘Your Life Is A Transmedia Experience‘
Behnam Karbassi’s ‘Transmedia Production: Making The New Frontier‘
I’ll update with more as appropriate.
Update: Evonne Heyning’s ‘Causebuilding Games: Fundraising & Social Gaming Streams‘
Update: Gareth Skarka’s ‘+5 Sword of ePublishing: Lessons from Tabletop RPGs‘
Additionally, I have had the pleasure of being asked to be a speaker on a proposed SXSW Film panel being organized by Ross Pruden. The panel is called, “Profiting From Piracy: Selling Your Digital-Age Content.” While tangential to the topics of transmedia and collaborative commercial entertainment, this panel strikes at the core of my personal beliefs about the challenges and opportunities for those creatives operating in a digital world. Issues covered include business models designed to address digital piracy, monetization of digital goods, addressing the economics of artificial scarcity and the infinite goods found in a digital world, copyright considerations, etc. Very excited to be a part of this panel!
Had the pleasure of being invited to sit down across the virtual desk that is Skype from Martin Aggett of Remix Fiction.
Very grateful to Martin for giving me the opportunity to discuss Brain Candy, LLC on his show.
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