Writers on the Web: Interview with Sam Miller, Executive Producer of “On The...
Want to be in a writers' room? How 'bout you create your own? No other web series captures the independent DIY spirit better than the one I'd like to introduce to you today: On The Rocks. The post...
View ArticleFragments #1 – Transmedia and Writing Exposition
We have almost every storytelling medium known to humanity at our digital (and non-digital) disposal. This democratization of content creation means two things: one, you can make anything you want,...
View ArticleFragments #2: Continuity and Audience, Part One – On Chains
In a talk I gave this past November at the Festival of Cartoon Art Academic Conference at Ohio State University, I called continuity “a series of links created in collaboration between creator and...
View ArticleScreenwriting Product Review: Create Your Own TV Series for the Internet
Ross Brown’s book Create Your Own TV Series For the Internet (2nd edition) opened my eyes to one of the almost hidden possibilities that exists for us creative people. Making a television series or web...
View ArticleFragments #3: Continuity and the Universal Monsters, Part One
For this multi-part series within a series, we’re going to look at three examples of film continuity through the lens of generational examples: The Universal Monsters of the 1930s and 40s, the James...
View ArticleFragments #4 – Continuity & The Universal Monsters, Part Two
Last month, we focused on the “legacy” sequels to Universal’s smash 1931 films, Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi and Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff. Before we dig into the next era of the Universal...
View ArticleFragments #5: Shaken and Stirred – Continuity and 007
When Henry Jenkins, author of Convergence Culture, interviewed me last year, we discussed the notion of serialization and how it was the unsung hero of comics; I called the “elasticity” of character,...
View ArticleFragments Interlude: Bridging the Experience Gap in Transmedia
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming… An installment on the Marvel Cinematic Universe was supposed to be in front of your eyes this month, but a few things prevented that. First, the...
View ArticleFragments #6 – “We Fit”: The Intertextual Tightrope of the Marvel Cinematic...
While the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU from here on out) is arguably the most financially successful, audience-pleasing shared universe in film history, its shortcomings present significant...
View ArticleSELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY PODCAST: Writer and NYFA Professor Nunzio DeFilippis...
Ashley Scott Meyers talks with writer and NYFA professor Nunzio DeFilippis about Transmedia. The post SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY PODCAST: Writer and NYFA Professor Nunzio DeFilippis Talks About Transmedia...
View ArticleALTERNATE ROUTES: Screenwriting 2.0 – Incorporating Digital Technology into...
Since writing now happens in the digital world, we can actually create new screenwriting practices that don't focus on print. Marty Lang explores how incorporating digital technology in screenplays...
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