Exclusive Interview With StoryWorld Conference Chair Alison Norrington (Part 2) Dan Koelsch, September 14, 2011 On Saturday we brought you the highlights of the first part of my conversation with StoryWorld Conference Chair Alison Norrington. After the break, read the highlights from the rest of our talk, including a lot more about the conference itself. Norrington on how only people who are actively involved with transmedia will be speaking:There are no theorists speaking at StoryWorld. These are people who have earned their stripes in the transmedia space. That might be that they just rolled one thing out, and it might be that that one thing flopped, but there’s lessons to be learned from what flopped.On what to expect to get out of the conference:There’s no template. You can’t walk in and walk out with a blueprint of how to do this, because audiences are different across genres, and even across cultures..but what we can do is sit down, talk, and listen to each other to get ideas, inspiration, and guidelines. The things that are static are the legal points of view. There are a couple of legal sessions there that look at management of rights…There’s creative discussions about narrative design, there’s behavior discussions like how to sustain discoverability.On who this conference is for:I want people to come from the entertainment industries across the board, to see how thing are being done, but I would also love to think that there just might be some new relationships that are nurtured at StoryWorld, that maybe we might see the fruits in two to three years time. If the big guns don’t talk to each other to make this work, the small guns will…I want the big guns to see the talent and listen to the way the small guys work. I just want to make it a shout out to anyone in the entertainment industry or anybody who wants to be.Norrington also stressed the significance of StoryWorld Conference + Expo Day 3, which includes speed mentoring. This is your chance for 10 minutes of focused face time with some of the conference speakers. This is a rare opportunity to collaborate and receive guidance from the experts that are leading the transmedia movement.Norrington tried to get HBO to talk about Game of Thrones and True Blood, but couldn’t due to scheduling conflicts. However, she is very happy with the current line-up, and the conference council is also made up of great talents from the industry. To find out more about conference and sign up, click here. Save $200 if you register by Friday! Conventions Events Interviews StoryWorld
The Hunger Games: The Exhibition, New Mobile Game Coming Soon To A District Near You May 30, 2014May 30, 2014Not content being confined to theater screens and book pages, Lionsgate has announced two major initiatives designed to expand the reach of its marquee franchise, The Hunger Games. One is a traveling, museum-style exhibit called The Hunger Games: The Exhibition, The other is a brand new mobile-based role-playing game. It sure… Read More
Comic-Con News: WonderCon Moving, Plus Another Convention In The Works? September 1, 2012WonderCon is a comic book convention run by Comic-Con International. It’s basically a smaller version of San Diego Comic-Con that is usually held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco during Spring. This year, the convention was moved to Anaheim due to construction at Moscone, with the promise that next… Read More
Sam Claflin Talks “The Quiet Ones”, Working With Jared Harris, Directing, And More April 25, 2014April 25, 2014Sam Claflin (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) stars in The Quiet Ones, the latest horror flick from Hammer films. In the film he plays Brian, a quiet and shy Oxford student who is chosen by a professor (Jared Harris) to document the study… Read More