Mindstorm #1: Transmedia Writing

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Delivered as part of the Mindstorms masterclass series, part of an innovative project to develop performance work for livestreaming by SHPLive.TV. David Varela is a writer, producer of games and multimedia drama, living and working in the UK. Credits include Xi, one of the largest Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) ever made, writing and producing Lewis Hamilton: Secret Life at nDreams, Zombies, Run!, the theatrical extravaganza The Seed, and 100 Hours of Solitude in Ted Hughes old house. David also teaches, talks and runs workshops around the world.

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TRANSMEDIA WRITING – ON EVERY SCALEDAVID VARELA

PROJECT

DATES STUDIOMARCH-NOV 2010 NDREAMS

LEWIS HAMILTON: SECRET LIFEA GLOBAL ADVENTURE

HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE

LEWIS?

PROBLEM 1

NO-GO AREASALL THE INTERESTING STUFF

PROBLEM 2

FRAGMENTED AUDIENCEIN UNUSUAL PLACES

PROBLEM 3TIME WITH LEWISVERY LIMITED

CREATE A PARALLEL LIFENEW REASONS TO TRAIN

SOLUTION

A CINEMATIC STORYRECOVERING STOLEN ART, IN STYLE

OR...

OCEAN’S THOUSANDSTHE FANS ARE IN LEWIS’S CREW

HOW DID PEOPLE PLAY?

STRUCTURE

REAL TIME, REAL LIFE5 HEISTS, ONLINE & OFFLINE

REAL LIFE STREET EVENTSLIVE TREASURE HUNTS IN 12 CITIES

MEANWHILE

ALL IN NINE LANGUAGESSITES, VIDEO, GAMES, TWITTER, AUDIO, MAIL

ENGLISH

FRENCH

ITALIANGERMA

NSPANIS

H

TURKISHJAPANES

E MANDARIN

KOREAN

ILLUSION HIDING IN SHADOWSNOW YOU SEE HIM...

ILLUSION HIDING IN SHADOWSNOW YOU SEE HIM

SHOW US A FILM THEN

THAT ALL SOUNDS GREATWHERE’S THE DIRT?

GETTING AN AUDIENCE

LAWYERS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMUNITY

SIGN-OFF

PROJECT

DATES STUDIOMAY-JULY 2012 GOAT & MONKEY THEATRE

THE SEEDPART OF THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAD

FOUR PLAYS, FOUR GARDENSLIVE PERFORMANCES

A DIFFERENT TONETHE POWER OF SOUND

MORE TRADITIONALONE-TO-ONE STORYTELLING

AND FINALLYDIFFERENT AGAIN

BURIED TREASUREA REAL REWARD

MEET HELENA MODERN PLANT HUNTER

THE SEED ON FACEBOOKTHIS IS NOT A HOAX

DOING IT FOR LOVEGOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION

GETTING AN AUDIENCE

TECHNOLOGY

LAWYERS

SIGN-OFF

COMMUNITY

A COMPLAINTAND AN OFFER

THE FREEDOM OF FREEDOUBLING THE IMPACT

PROJECT

DATES COMPANYAPRIL-JUNE 2013 NOCTURN DANCE

DARE YOU WATCH?A TRANSMEDIA DANCE PROJECT

THIS IS NOT A DANCEBROADENING THE AUDIENCE

SPREADING THE LOADBUDGET STORYTELLING

SPREADING THE LOADBUDGET STORYTELLING

SPREADING THE LOADBUDGET STORYTELLING

AUDIENCE

CAST

THEME

STORYLINES

STORYLINESWEEKLY OUTLINES

WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DAREYOUWATCH

PROJECT

TWITTER WEB@WRITINGSTUDIO DAVIDVARELA.COM

THANKS