the simpsons transmedia presentation - taylor & rebecca

Retroactive Transmedia

• Relationship to transmedia• Building the brand• Relevance to audiences

“Additive Comprehension”

“Each new text adds a new piece of information which forces us to revise our understanding of the fiction as a whole.”

“The internet is forcing media to collide, to exist as one instead of in parallel, and these two extremely prominent men have seen it coming.”

- J.J Abrams & Gabe Newell

The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios

What we have learnt...•How large a transmedia experience can become •The interrelation of real life scenarios through an animation• There is no one single source where one can turn to understand the entire story world • It encourages audiences who are comfortable in one particular medium, to explore others•Each medium must make its own contribution to the unfolding of the story

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