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Scott Walkerhttp://metascott.com
managing worlds of intellectual property
WORLDS
this presentation introduces a new approach to entertainment at a conceptual level.
its purpose is to generate discussion and encourage feedback as a way to further explore new methods for entertainment creation, distribution, consumption, and
collaboration.
comments are welcome and appreciated: [email protected]
Traditionally, commercial entertainment companies have taken a single-medium approach to content, prohibit audience participation in official content creation, and grapple with industry-specific limitations.
Traditional Entertainment Model
Audience participation/contribution to official property not allowed
content sourced using a single-industry / single-medium approach
Film Script FilmMovie Studio
Strategy focuses on single medium/work
Value-add normally limited to one industry
TV Script TV ShowTelevision Studio
Inquiry BookPublisher
Traditional Entertainment Model
Game
Movie Studio
Video Game Dev. / Dist.
Film
Secondary extensions are normally discrete,
disconnected rolloutsCanonical conflicts
are common
Audience participation/contribution to official property not allowed
additional platform rollouts (if any) are discrete, disconnected afterthoughts
TV Script TV Show
Strategy focuses on single medium/work
Value-add normally limited to one industry
Television Studio
Inquiry BookPublisher
Film Script FilmMovie Studio
Worse, when grappling with challenges, legacy industry responses are often myopic.
“What does digital content mean to publishers?”“What does fan generated content mean to studios?”“What does transmedia mean to networks?”
Important questions, to be sure, but there’s a more insightful one to ask.
What does it all mean to entertainment?Q:
Going forward, entertainment should be an exercise in managing intellectual property, not just medium-specific content production.
A:
What does it all mean to entertainment?Q:
The digital landscape should be embraced.A:
What does it all mean to entertainment?Q:
Audiences should be invited to co-create value.A:
What does it all mean to entertainment?Q:
In short, approach entertainment from a more comprehensive, intellectual property perspective.
New Entertainment Model
SOURCE IP sourced from a medium-agnostic perspective but evaluated on multi-platform potential.
Use a transmedia approach by viewing sourced content as the foundation for a world, not just an isolated work.
Ensure marketing efforts align with and support all multi-platform narrative extensions.
Each world component cross-markets and supports existing world components.
MAP
IMPLEMENT
MANAGE
SUSTAIN Audience participation becomes an additional input for managing and expanding the world IP.
every operational aspect of company is aimed at managing intellectual property
evaluatefilter
select
TV
Movie
Game
Novel
RPG
ARG
TV Script
Movie Script
Game Design Spec
Casual Game
Comic
Short Film
Conceptual content
Existing content
Agnostic Sourcing Holistic Valuation
Comic
SOURCE
strong stories with world-building potential
IP
New Entertainment Model
identify platformspackageproduce
TV
Movie
Game
Novel
RPG
ARG
Comic
MAP
IP
Release Date Season/Show Dates
comprehensive content planning
Medium Rollout
New Entertainment Model
unified worldintegrated marketing
IMPLEMENT
TV
Comic
ARG
IP
Movie
Novel
Game
cohesive storytelling + coherent world building
New Entertainment Model
content matched to appropriate medium/channel
participation
SUSTAIN
the best consumer-generated content becomes (monetizable) canon
1 2
1 2
1
Games
Novels
Movie
unofficial consumer-generated content
official consumer-generated content
IP 3
New Entertainment Model
communityworldrightsbrand
MANAGE
IP
community
rightsbrand
world
components are managed as interrelated elements
New Entertainment Model
- medium-agnostic sourcing of content- focus on developing IP worlds, not isolated works- multi-platform valuation- emphasis on digital distribution- value co-creation through audience participation
While some aspects of entertainment would remain the same, the key differences make all the difference:
this presentation inspired by:
Guy Gonzalez(http://loudpoet.com/2010/10/05/the-ideal-21st-century-publisher-a-remix/)
&
Simon Pulman(http://transmythology.com/2010/09/14/the-future-of-publishing/)
Title slide image: “Bubble World” by Eric Tastad [creative commons BY-NC-SA 2.0]
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