(subject to revision)
I. Transmedia Worlds
Week 1
5/12: Introduction
read: “Introduction,” vii-xii JW:C
screen: The Avengers (2012)
5/14: Buffy, Film to Television
read: Jenkins, “Transmedia Storytelling 101”
Early, “Staking Her Claim,” 1-6
screen: Buffy, “Graduation Day” (parts 1&2)
Blog 1: due 5PM Sunday, May 17
Week 2
5/19: From Buffy to Angel
read: Robinson, “The Onion AV Club Interview 2001,” 23-33 JW:C
Robinson, “The Onion AV Club Interview 2007,” 143-161 JW:C
screen: Angel, “City of”; Buffy, “Hush”
5/21: Canon Comics
read: Whedon, The Long Way Home
screen: Buffy, “Once More With Feeling” & “Chosen”
presentation by Matthew
Midterm Paper: due 5PM Sunday, May 24
II. Fandom
Week 3
5/26: No Class – Avengers: Age of Ultron field trip
5/28: Firefly & the Fan Campaign
read: Scott, “The Trouble with Transmediation,” 30-34
screen: Firefly, “Serenity”
presentations by Ian and Jacob
Blog 2: due 5PM Sunday, May 31
Week 4
6/2: Fan Productions
read: Barton, “Can’t Stop the Sequel,” 9-21 CW
Reed, “The Trailer for Joss Whedon’s Remake of ‘The Sound of Music’”
screen: fan films
presentation by Lindsey
6/4: Dr. Horrible and Word of Mouth
read: Leaver, “Joss Whedon, Dr. Horrible, and the Future of Web Media”, 1-26
screen: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (2008)
presentations by Jeremy and Jennifer
Group Project: author’s statement due 5PM Sunday June 7, project due in class Tuesday June 9
III. Degrees of Authorship
Week 5
6/9: Adaptation
read: Gevinson, “Yay, Geometry: An Interview with Joss Whedon”
screen: Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
6/11: Screenwriting
read: O’Hehir, “Interview: Joss Whedon on his two big movies”
screen: The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
presentation by Austin
Blog 3: due 5PM Sunday, June 14
Week 6
6/16: “Special Thanks To”
read: Hadas, “Authorship and Authenticity in the Transmedia Brand: The Case of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,” 7-17
screen: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., “Pilot”
presentations by David and Raine
6/18: TBA
presentations by Carsten and Tom
Final Paper/Project: due 5PM Sunday, June 21