Transmedia involves the telling of a single story across multiple media platforms in order to create a unified and systematically coordinated entertainment experience. While there are many different examples of transmedia including that of: Harry Potter, The Simpsons and Avatar, one of the biggest transmedia evolutions would have to be that of the Marvel Universe.
Now, I’m telling you this statement at the risk of getting things thrown at me for years to come but.. until about 3 weeks ago, I had never seen a Marvel film… In fact, the first ever Marvel film i saw was Avengers: Infinity War, which, wasn’t exactly the best movie to see as an introduction to the series. My boyfriend was pretty agitated at the fact that i had to tap his shoulder every 5 seconds for him to explain to me what the hell was going on.
So i started the series chronologically from the beginning with Captain America: the first avenger, and so on. With each movie i knocked down i understood more and more… until i found out that to get a greater understanding i needed to watch not only the movies, but the tv series of:Â Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, Inhumans, The Punisher, Runaways, Cloak and Dagger. THEN you’ve got the comic books from which the entire universe was based off!
Safe to say, i’ve got a lot of catching up to do..
hannah forde 