This week we presented our pitches for our transmedia assignments in class. For our teaser, we showed a part of Thomas Bowman’s audition, where he did a piece to camera like an online vlog. We got feedback from the panel (consisting of Paul, Dan, Dr Troy Innocent and Liam) and the basic consensus was that perhaps we had too many different elements to our story. We are considering taking out the webisodes from our artefacts which will lighten the load of work as well as make our story more interesting (sometimes less is more).

After listening to the rest of the pitches, I realised that all the groups in our class have nearly completely different ideas, which will make for a very diverse range of final assignments. I really liked the ideas behind the project ‘Protest of Passion’. I think the boys will do a great job of getting their physical artefacts seen. When I compare the ability for viewers to follow their story, I realise that perhaps it might be a bit harder for audiences to follow ours. On the posters for Jeff Shroud’s campaign, there are many links for audiences to go and find out more information – and because they are targeting an issue that is relatively close to home for many university students (particularly in this political climate), I don’t think they will struggle to get followers. This makes me think about our physical artefacts (the diary and potentially the newspaper article if we choose not to do it online) and how they can be distributed to the public in a way that isn’t over the top but still accessible. This is definitely something we will have to think about as a group.

Something to focus on for the next couple weeks with our assignment is getting our timeline accurate, and also sorting our fake Facebook profiles as I do believe there is a limit to how many you can make a day. We need to generate enough to make a somewhat believable ‘micro-nation’ within our narrative.