I’m beginning to think that the title of my THESIS, Transmedia Storytelling: Business, Aesthetics and Production at the Jim Henson Company, might be something of a misnomer. True, the entire middle third of the paper is dedicated to Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal and all their respective transmedia extensions, but the paper’s index will also include references to:
- Batman
- Superman
- Sandman
- Hellboy
- Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt
- Stephen King
- Final Fantasy VII
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Dr. Who
- Star Wars
- Star Trek
- Harry Potter
- The Matrix
- Lord of the Rings
- The Bible
- Stargate
- Apollo
- Humphrey Bogart
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- The Wizard of Oz
- Peter Pan
- Alice in Wonderland
- Mobile devices
- Joseph Campbell
- Manga
- Keats
- The Grateful Dead
- Greek mythology
- Web 2.0
In other words, when it’s finished it’s going to be a pretty solid map of my head. Kind of. Good grief, it’s going to be a mess…
Current processed word-count: 13,605, and about half of that is brand new stuff, not just spliced-in stuff. Man, I need a break.