mindstorm #1: transmedia writing
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Delivered as part of the Mindstorms masterclass series, part of an innovative project to develop performance work for livestreaming by SHPLive.TV. David Varela is a writer, producer of games and multimedia drama, living and working in the UK. Credits include Xi, one of the largest Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) ever made, writing and producing Lewis Hamilton: Secret Life at nDreams, Zombies, Run!, the theatrical extravaganza The Seed, and 100 Hours of Solitude in Ted Hughes old house. David also teaches, talks and runs workshops around the world.TRANSCRIPT
TRANSMEDIA WRITING – ON EVERY SCALEDAVID VARELA
PROJECT
DATES STUDIOMARCH-NOV 2010 NDREAMS
LEWIS HAMILTON: SECRET LIFEA GLOBAL ADVENTURE
HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE
LEWIS?
PROBLEM 1
NO-GO AREASALL THE INTERESTING STUFF
PROBLEM 2
FRAGMENTED AUDIENCEIN UNUSUAL PLACES
PROBLEM 3TIME WITH LEWISVERY LIMITED
CREATE A PARALLEL LIFENEW REASONS TO TRAIN
SOLUTION
A CINEMATIC STORYRECOVERING STOLEN ART, IN STYLE
OR...
OCEAN’S THOUSANDSTHE FANS ARE IN LEWIS’S CREW
HOW DID PEOPLE PLAY?
STRUCTURE
REAL TIME, REAL LIFE5 HEISTS, ONLINE & OFFLINE
REAL LIFE STREET EVENTSLIVE TREASURE HUNTS IN 12 CITIES
MEANWHILE
ALL IN NINE LANGUAGESSITES, VIDEO, GAMES, TWITTER, AUDIO, MAIL
ENGLISH
FRENCH
ITALIANGERMA
NSPANIS
H
TURKISHJAPANES
E MANDARIN
KOREAN
ILLUSION HIDING IN SHADOWSNOW YOU SEE HIM...
ILLUSION HIDING IN SHADOWSNOW YOU SEE HIM
SHOW US A FILM THEN
THAT ALL SOUNDS GREATWHERE’S THE DIRT?
GETTING AN AUDIENCE
LAWYERS
TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNITY
SIGN-OFF
PROJECT
DATES STUDIOMAY-JULY 2012 GOAT & MONKEY THEATRE
THE SEEDPART OF THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD
FOUR PLAYS, FOUR GARDENSLIVE PERFORMANCES
A DIFFERENT TONETHE POWER OF SOUND
MORE TRADITIONALONE-TO-ONE STORYTELLING
AND FINALLYDIFFERENT AGAIN
BURIED TREASUREA REAL REWARD
MEET HELENA MODERN PLANT HUNTER
THE SEED ON FACEBOOKTHIS IS NOT A HOAX
DOING IT FOR LOVEGOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
GETTING AN AUDIENCE
TECHNOLOGY
LAWYERS
SIGN-OFF
COMMUNITY
A COMPLAINTAND AN OFFER
THE FREEDOM OF FREEDOUBLING THE IMPACT
PROJECT
DATES COMPANYAPRIL-JUNE 2013 NOCTURN DANCE
DARE YOU WATCH?A TRANSMEDIA DANCE PROJECT
THIS IS NOT A DANCEBROADENING THE AUDIENCE
SPREADING THE LOADBUDGET STORYTELLING
SPREADING THE LOADBUDGET STORYTELLING
SPREADING THE LOADBUDGET STORYTELLING
AUDIENCE
CAST
THEME
STORYLINES
STORYLINESWEEKLY OUTLINES
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DAREYOUWATCH
PROJECT
TWITTER WEB@WRITINGSTUDIO DAVIDVARELA.COM
THANKS