The teacher gives a short introduction to the topics of the fictional world and transmedia storytelling where the story is spread over a variety of different media. The concept of a transmedia universe is introduced, where all transmedia elements come together: narrative (films, TV series, novels etc.) and non-narrative (games, toys, action figures, etc.), fictional and non-fictional (behind the scenes – documentaries, director and actor interviews etc.), franchise productions (official and licensed productions) and user generated content (fan fiction, fan art, fan driven wikis etc.). (15’).

Small groups are established, and each group discusses for 5 mins to decide which transmedia universe they want to concentrate on. Each group quickly tells the others about their choice. (10’).

Each group starts looking for information on their chosen transmedia universe. They should list all the official productions related to the universe (films, TV series, novels, games, comics, webisodes, pod casts etc.), make an overview of user-generated content (as popular transmedia universes may have tens of thousands of fan fictions and such, there is no way making this part comprehensive), and also seeing if there are toys and other merchandise available.

Then they should use a mind map tool of their choice, and create an overview of the chosen transmedia universe: What/which elements form the core? Which parts are official, which unofficial? Which parts are narrative, which non-narrative? etc. Specifically, they should concentrate on what is the main user experience related to different elements. (45’).

Groups present their mind maps to each other and discuss which media forms are most often the cores of transmedia universes, and what is their overall scope. (20’).