India – A Coming of Age

A reflective multi media Documentary exploring the RISK in travelling India

Original Idea/Synopsis

Inspiration for theme - RISK

• ANDRE GIDE - ‘it is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves’

• ANDRE GIDE -‘One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time’.

• TRAVELLING INDIA LOTS OF RISKS SELF EXPLORATION/GROWTH

Risk

• Exploration of personal growth – achieved through sharing reflective stories/media surrounding travelling India.

• Positive community space to connect/network ‘to share information and learn more about the world from a multitude of other perspectives’. (Jenkins)

• Transmedia Documentary aims - Educational, Inspirational, Entertaining.

Transmedia Platforms

• Facebook – main hub

• Tumblr – secondary hub

• Youtube/Soundcloud – to host media

FacebookMain hub for audience to participate by sharing inspiring stories, posting relevant media,reading other audience posts

Producers post media to inspire participation.Including teasers to lead audience to tumblr page – deeper reflection

Tumblr

• Deeper Reflection by re-interpreting what audience can learn from stories/media shared on main hub.

• Audience become co-producers by helping to create new media

• Audience producing + witnessing

Youtube Channel/Soundcloud

Hub to host media created by Producers. Convergence theory deployed as connecting to facebook/tumblr.

Changes Made:

From India Info Risk Stories Reflective Documentary of personal Growth through travelling India and being exposed to many risky situations.

Convergence Theory

• Henry Jenkins - ‘ to share information and learn more about the world from a multitude of other perspectives’.

• Interacting on different platforms which each connect to one another.• Each platform offering something different – Facebook – Main hub to share media Tumblr – Re-interpreting Media

• Audience becomes co-creator = participatory culture. Not just a spectator – reinterpreting facebook stories to tumblr.

• “Entertainment content isn’t the only thing that flows across multiple media platforms. Our lives, relationships, memories, fantasies, desires also flow across media channels.” – Jenkins links to project being reflective documentary of audience members real life stories.

Learning & Difficulties…

• Negatives:• participation & interaction = hard to create• Sharing media should be ongoing process

• Positives:• Understand Jenkins Convergence Theory• Audience involved!

Credits

• Cynthia Fayman for photos

• ‘convergence refers to a process, not an endpoint’