grazie Gavin McGarry! 5 Questions With…Transmedia Producer Nina Bargiel
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"1. What’s the one big issue/law/attitude/restriction that you think is holding back the industry?
Please note that I’m coming at this from the transmedia perspective, and not a web-series perspective…but I’d have to say it’s measurability and defining that in terms of value (which means money). While we can track sign-ups and time spend on sites or numbers of users in a community, I feel like we’re still at the beginning of tracking how transmedia experiences translate into specific metrics. I think that’ll get us over the next hurdle, which is making people understand what we do. When I introduce myself as a transmedia producer, people have a ::BLINK:: ::BLINK:: moment, laugh politely and walk away. This is probably why I don’t get asked back to parties.
2. What industry buzzword do you never want to hear again?
I get only one? Webisode. Engagement. (Okay, that one kind of means something.) Social media guru. The last one makes me stabby (which is probably reason #2 I don’t get asked back to parties). Usually if you define yourself as a “guru” of something, you aren’t. Although I have noticed that some of these “gurus” do pretty well financially. But I’m still not going to define myself as transmedia guru. (Because I’m not.)"
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