'Book of Jer3miah': BYU Web series bridged media, social gaps | Deseret News

By Jessica Henrie, Deseret News. Published: Thursday, July 26 2012

"PROVO — The 2009 Web series "Book of Jer3miah" was a groundbreaking enterprise.

It appeared relatively early in the Web series landscape, made Brigham Young University a pioneer in using transmedia storytelling in a film project and demonstrated that viewers don't have to be Mormon to enjoy a Mormon thriller.

"What makes 'Jer3miah' worth watching even for those of us who have to stop frequently and Google stuff like 'Iron Rod' is not just that it’s a well-crafted mystery, but that it’s a religious thriller that doesn’t take itself seriously all the time," read a review in the New York Times.

By 2008, the concepts of Web series and transmedia storytelling, or the technique of telling a story across multiple platform..."

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