Transmedia Storytelling: A Growing Trend of Commercial Theater

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2016-06-07

Authors

Ma, Xiaoqing

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University of Oregon

Abstract

This research capstone explored ways in which theater production serve as an example to narrate its story through multiple media and how audience plays a role in this transition. Through a study of commercial theater and the definations of transmedia storytelling, the reader will gain a background on concept and histrocial content to the field. I then explored one case study: Les Misérables. Through an explore on programming, branding and marketing, this study served to document trends, and the place of a transmedia theater in a wider culture of media-consumer interaction. This growing trend can give art administrators in the field a look into how to narrate storytelling through variety media, and can thus keep arts experiences relevant and audiences engaged in the future.

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46 pages

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Transmedia storytelling, Transmedia, Commercial theater, Multimedia, Participation, Les Miserables, Theater

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