- Aimed at super fans of pop stars like One Direction and Justin Bieber (primarily girls aged 10-16)
- Different fictional pop stars unlock-able via in-app purchases
- Narrative involves a super fan's quest to track down their idol and ultimately get to meet them in person
- Narrative could be done in a diary format, possibly using information from real fans' social networking profiles
Useful info:
Interactive ghost story
- In the style of 'Goosebumps' series /'Are you afraid of the dark?' Programme
- Recounts a short story around the paranormal theme
- Stories within old dusty book - user selects which story they want to experience
- More stories available through in-app purchases
- Aimed at 12-17 year olds
- Purpose--> to entertain and scare the audience
- Use sound effects and music to enhance atmosphere
- Interactive elements throughout, e.g. Ouijja board
Examples:
Tie-in with a popular tv series (companion)
- Transmedia adaptation of a TV show in an interactive story format
- Could include fan-fiction or new stories that go alongside the main narrative of the series
- Include character profiles and in-depth information on the show's production
- Additional stories/content could be released after particular episodes have aired on TV
- Would need detailed research on successful examples of transmedia narratives - use readings covered in week 3 seminar of cultural & critical studies
Greek Mythology
- Stories from the perspective of each Greek 'hero' - Odysseus, Theseus, Perceus, Jason (and the Argonauts)
- Linear story style with interactive elements
- Could explore styles reminiscent of Greek paintings
- Ties in with school curriculum - could be used as teaching resource in primary schools
- Stories are popular with children - Disney adaptation of 'Hercules' and new BBC 'Atlantis' series explores Greek legends in a new narrative
'The Year I Was Born'
- A self-contained collection of news stories/ photographs/ information from different years
- Opportunity to find out the story from the year you were born
- Include sounds and videos
- Different filters to change what content is available -type of content (news, music, film, technology, fashion), country, etc.
- Users can add favourites and personalise their year - integrate with other social networking profiles and available for other users to view
- Good opportunity to digitalise old photographs, videos - preserve memories
- The story of my birth - users add their own content and create a timeline to give a picture of the year they were born from their perspective
- Chronicle of my birth
- Could be aimed at broad target audience - primarily social networking users
Of these initial concepts I am particularly drawn to the 'Year I Was Born' app - this is mainly because it is a more unusual idea and could potentially tap into an area of the app market that has not yet been explored. It also has the potential to appeal to a mass target audience, primarily users of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
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