Historically, TV formats like procedurals and sitcoms have been among the most popular television programming. Shows that promote a kind of escapism, which, each and every episode, culminates in a mind-numbing return to the show’s status quo. As you might already be able to tell, this kind of storytelling has never really appealed to me. Truly serialized television storytelling is …
Consistent Story Worlds
At StoryWorld 2012, Jeff Gomez’s keynote was centered around what he called the 10 Commandments of 21st Century Franchise Production. Gomez went on to rate certain franchises based on how closely they adhered to these rules he’s laid down. I feel as if his list has been adequately covered elsewhere, so I’m not going to rehash it here, but I …
Narrative Necessity
So I’ve been thinking about something Brian Clark said in his keynote at StoryWorld 2012, how oftentimes part of our jobs as narrative designers is to give the audience the illusion of choice, something that’s echoed through a great deal of my own work and other transmedia experiences I’ve seen. And since Clark so thoroughly covered dead French and German …