Transmedial collaborative productions in Secret Path and Airplane Mode

• Published in: Ilha do Desterro Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 189 - 204
• Main Author: Figueiredo, Camila Augusta Pires de
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Florianópolis Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC Centro de Comunicação e Expressão 01-05-2018; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
• Subjects: Adaptations; Ambiguity; Audiences; Authorship; Blogs; Collaboration; Consumption; Culture; Downie, Gordon; E-books; Entertainment industry; Exegesis & hermeneutics; Graphic novels; LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; Lemire, Jeff; Literary characters; Literary devices; Literary translation; Literature; LITERATURE, AMERICAN; LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES; Logic; Motion picture directors & producers; Motion pictures; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Multimedia; Narrative techniques; Narratives; Plot (Narrative); Publishing; Publishing industry; Santtana, Lucas; Semiotics; Social networks; Storytelling; Time; Websites; Writers; New York; United States > US; Airplane Mode; Secret Path; Transmedia; Transmedia Franchise; Transmedia Project
• ISSN: 0101-4846; 2175-8026; 2175-8026
• DOI: 10.5007/2175-8026.2018v71n2p189

The term “transmedia” has gained popularity in the entertainment industry and has been widely used to designate the use of several media platforms that converge to tell a story. As a result, transmedia changes the modes of consumption and production of contemporary cultural products. On one hand, transmedial projects attract consumers that are no longer just readers or players (or users, spectators, etc.), but are a combination of them. On the other hand, these projects often require “superproducers” or “superartists”, with knowledge and skills in various media, or a well-planned collaboration between producers or artists. In this text, we will examine the collaborative productions in the Canadian Secret Path (2016) and in the Brazilian Airplane Mode (2017) transmedial projects.