ISBN:
9781137306036
,
9781349455003
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 238 Seiten
,
23 cm
Edition:
First published 2015 by Palgrave Macmillan
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Narration (Rhetoric)
;
Storytelling in mass media
;
Motion pictures and video games
;
Film adaptations History and criticism
;
Convergence (Telecommunication)
;
Narration (Rhetoric)
;
Storytelling in mass media
;
Motion pictures and video games
;
Film adaptations History and criticism
;
Convergence (Telecommunication)
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
;
Das Fantastische
;
Erzählen
;
Intermedialität
Abstract:
"In Fantastic Transmedia, writer and academic Colin B Harvey explores the manifold ways in which science fiction and fantasy franchises use transmedial techniques to create complex and involving imaginary worlds. From high profile franchises like Star Wars, Halo and the Marvel Cinematic Universe to far smaller, micro-budgeted indie projects, Harvey explores the ways in which fantastic storyworlds use novels, television shows, films, comic books, videogames, toys and User-Generated Content to extend and deepen audiences' experiences. Through numerous case studies Harvey identifies story, play and memory as the key mechanisms through which such creators develop, spread, and emotionally engage"--
Abstract:
"In Fantastic Transmedia, writer and academic Colin B Harvey explores the manifold ways in which science fiction and fantasy franchises use transmedial techniques to create complex and involving imaginary worlds. From high profile franchises like Star Wars, Halo and the Marvel Cinematic Universe to far smaller, micro-budgeted indie projects, Harvey explores the ways in which fantastic storyworlds use novels, television shows, films, comic books, videogames, toys and User-Generated Content to extend and deepen audiences' experiences. Through numerous case studies Harvey identifies story, play and memory as the key mechanisms through which such creators develop, spread, and emotionally engage"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note:1. Fantastic Transmedia2. Stories and Worlds3. Of Hobbits and Hulks: Adaptation Versus Narrative Expansion4. Canon-Fodder: Halo and Horizontal Remembering5. Configuring Memory in the Buffyverse6. Material Myths and Nostalgia-Play in Star Wars7. Fantastically Independent8. Transmedia MemoryBibliographyIndex.
Note:
Formerly CIP. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-231) and index
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