Storytelling Across Worlds

Preface

Transmedia storytelling represents a process where integral elements of a fiction get dispersed systematically across multiple delivery channels for the purpose of creating a unified and coordinated entertainment experience. Ideally, each medium makes its own unique contribution to the unfolding of the story. So, for example, in the Matrix franchise, key bits of information are conveyed through three live action films, a series of animated shorts, two collections of comic book stories, and several video games. There is no one single source or ur-text where one can turn to gain all of the information needed to comprehend the Matrix universe.

—Henry Jenkins (“Transmedia Storytelling 101,” accessed April 25, 2012,h­t­t­p­:/­/­w­w­w­.­h­e­n­r­y­j­e­n­k­i­n­s­.­o­r­g­/­2­0­0­7­/­0­3­/­t­r­a­n­s­m­e­d­i­a­_­s­t­o­r­y­t­e­l­l­i­n­g­_­1­0­1­.­h­t­m­l­ ...