Multimedia Seminar

Code:

MM0060

Acronym:

SEMUL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Any scientific area

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Multimedia

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MM	54	Syllabus	1	-	6	45	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The main objective of the course is to explore transmedia storytelling. To enhance this goal, content and theoretical methodologies relevant to this topic were selected.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify the main elements of transmedia storytelling
• Comprehend the importance of technology and creativity in transmedia storytelling
• Create a transmedia storytelling project

Working method

Presencial

Program

1) Transmedia storytelling:
  • Story
    o Characters
    o Story world
    o Story structure
  • Audience
  • Platforms

2) Creativity and technology (including):
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Web3
  • Metaverse
  • Extended reality (virtual reality, mixed reality, augmented reality)
  • NFT’s
  • Blockchain

Mandatory literature

Dowd, T.; Fry, M.; Niederman, M.; Steiff, J.; Storytelling Across Worlds, Focal Press, 2013
Carolyn Handler Miller; Digital Storytelling 4e: A creator's guide to interactive entertainment, CRC Press, 2019. ISBN: 978-1138341609
QuHarrison Terry, Scott Keeney; The Metaverse Handbook: Innovating for the Interne t′s Next Tectonic Shift, Wiley, 2022. ISBN: 978-1119892526

Complementary Bibliography

Robert Pratten; Getting Started in Transmedia Storytelling: A Practical Guide for Beginners 2nd Edition, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015. ISBN: 1515339165
Andrea Phillips; A creator's guide to transmedia storytelling: How to captivate and engage audiences across multiple platforms, McGraw Hill Professional, 2012. ISBN: 0071791523
Frank Rose; The Sea We Swim In: How Stories Work in a Data-Driven World, W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. ISBN: 1324003138
Edited by Matthew Freeman, Renira Rampazzo Gambarato; The Routledge Companion to Transmedia Studies, Routledge, 2018. ISBN: 978-1138483439
Kelly McErlean ; Interactive Narratives and Transmedia Storytelling, Routledge, 2018. ISBN: 978-1138638822
Robert McKee; Story. ISBN: 978-0-413-71560-9
Christopher Vogler; The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. 25th Anniversary Edition, Michael Wiese Productions, 2020. ISBN: 978-1615933150
Matthew Ball; The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything, WW Norton & Co, 2022. ISBN: 978-1324092032
Ed Catmull; Creativity, Inc: overcoming the unseen forces that stand in the way of true inspiration, Bantam Press, 2014. ISBN: 0593070097
Kevin Ashton; How To Fly A Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery, William Heinemann, 2015. ISBN: 043402290X
Walter Isaacson; The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, Simon and Schuster, 2014. ISBN: 1471138798

Teaching methods and learning activities

This theoretical-practical curricular unit is an introduction to transmedia storytelling and gives students the opportunity to develop their comprehension and linguistics for this type of project. Each student will individually analyze a case study and will be part of a team that will produce a transmedia bible.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	0,00
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Trabalho de investigação	60,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

In each evaluation topic, the student should obtain a grade equal ou higher than 10.

Calculation formula of final grade

The distributed evaluation includes a practical individual project and a group project:

Final evaluation = Individual Report * 40% + Project in Group * 60%

Classification improvement

Students may only improve their grades in the following academic year.