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I’ve posted before on transmedia; this time, however, I get the sense that by posting I’m actually participating, in some small way, in Lance Weiler’s latest project, Pandemic 1.0. Weiler is unveiling the first part of his newest project at/in/around Sundance over the coming days. This should give you a sense of what Weiler is trying to accomplish:

In addition to building an immersive storytelling experience at Sundance, Pandemic 1.0 also provides a unique way to measure social interaction within a public setting. The build of Pandemic 1.0 is, in part, an attempt to understand how things spread socially in a real-world environment

I don’t actually have a lot more to say about the project, as it has not yet been completed, and is only revealed through participation in it. Mostly, I just wanted to make folks aware of it. Since first learning about them, I have been very intrigued by transmedia projects…I’m still at the stage, however, where I’m most concerned with developing compelling characters and stories. I’ll continue to follow transmedia as a spectator and would love, one day, to work on such a project myself. We’ll see.

If you’d like to learn more about Weiler’s project, the best place to start is with the article he wrote at Filmmaker Magazine.

The project’s official site will, presumably, provide more information as the project unfolds.

The project’s Sundance page may also be of interest.

Here’s the short film that’s screening at Sundance:

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