THE INKTANK
A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF STORYTELLING
The September Headline:
The Smooshening Is Upon Us.
New entertainment languages are emerging before we have even figured out what to call them. The number of stories being made has exploded, along with the number of ways we can encounter them: on personal devices, in theaters, through social media, at live events, inside games, and in physical spaces designed to be experienced and recorded at the same time.
It feels like everything is changing because everything is changing.
THE SMOOSHENING IS UPON US
I can't stop thinking about how much storytelling is evolving.
New entertainment languages are emerging before we have even figured out what to call them. The number of stories being made has exploded, along with the number of ways we can encounter them: on personal devices, in theaters, through social media, at live events, inside games, and in physical spaces designed to be experienced and recorded at the same time.
It feels like everything is changing because everything is changing.
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