RMIT PP1 Project

1. India – A Coming of Age
Multi Media Documentary exploring the RISK in travelling
India

2. Original Idea/Synopsis
Inspiration for theme - RISK
• ANDRE GIDE - ‘it is only in adventure that some people succeed in
knowing themselves’
• ANDRE GIDE -‘One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose
sight of the shore for a very long time’.
• TRAVELLING INDIA  LOTS OF RISKS  SELF EXPLORATION/GROWTH

3. Risk
• Exploration of personal growth – achieved
through sharing reflective stories/media
surrounding travelling India.
• Positive community space to connect/network
‘to share information and learn more about
the world from a multitude of other
perspectives’. (Jenkins)
• Transmedia Documentary aims - Educational,
Inspirational, Entertaining.

4. Transmedia Platforms
• Facebook – main hub
• Tumblr – secondary hub
• Youtube/Soundcloud – to host media

5. Facebook Main hub for audience to
participate by sharing
inspiring stories, posting
relevant media,
reading other audience posts
Producers post media to inspire
participation.
Including teasers to lead audience to
tumblr page – deeper reflection

6. Tumblr
• Deeper Reflection by
re-interpreting what
audience can learn
from stories/media
shared on main hub.
• Audience become co-
producers by helping
to create new media
• Audience producing +
witnessing

7. Youtube Channel/Soundcloud
Hub to host media created
by Producers. Convergence
theory deployed as
connecting to
facebook/tumblr.

8. Convergence Theory
• Henry Jenkins - ‘ to share information and learn more about the world
from a multitude of other perspectives’.
• Interacting on different platforms which each connect to one another.
• Each platform offering something different –
Facebook – Main hub to share media
Tumblr – Re-interpreting Media
• Audience becomes co-creator = participatory culture. Not just a spectator
– reinterpreting facebook stories to tumblr.
• “Entertainment content isn’t the only thing that flows across multiple
media platforms. Our lives, relationships, memories, fantasies, desires also
flow across media channels.” – documentary.

9. Learning & Difficulties…
• Negatives:
• participation & interaction = hard to create
• Sharing media should be ongoing process
• Positives:
• Understand Jenkins Convergence Theory
• Audience involved!

10. Credits
• Cynthia Fayman for photos
• ‘convergence refers to a
process, not an endpoint’