Holmes 1962: A HOF 9 Transmedia Story
- Lamar Dyer
- Feb 24, 2018
- 2 min read
Daniel Cory, 1998 Full Sail Alumni, emparted his wisdom to the panel of students
about the concept of transmedia storytelling. Transmedia storytelling is a method of telling a single story across multiple platforms. During the panel, he shared pictures of his comic book named Blood Work; the comic is about a female police officer who solves crimes by accessing into people’s memories. He also gave out a signed a copy of his comic book Moriarty, a major character from the classic Sherlock Holmes’.
The second part of the panel was a workshop where students created their own transmedia storytelling concept. The students created Holmes 1962, based on the events leading up to Sherlock Holmes solving the case of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The genre is drama with the subgenre being mystery. Students also gave a backstory to the characters whereby Holmes journeys to the United States after he just buried his best friend Dr. Watson who was brutally murdered. Thus, Sherlock is dealing with his personal loss while dealing with this highly classified case.
The transmedia campaign did not just end there, the collective participants also made up fictional newspaper articles to disperse to the masses, which would bring the audience into the world of Holmes 1962. They also planned an audio story that would engage the audience through a radio broadcast during the time period of 1962.
"It also gave a taste of work in transmedia storytelling."
This highly interactive workshop was not only presented by the students with the opportunity to hear and learn from Cory, it also gave a taste of work in transmedia storytelling. Students from various degree programs collaborated to get their creative juices flowing to develop this transmedia storytelling concept. The students learned from the best and also made some valuable connections in this hour long workshop.
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