About

Transmedia NZ supports the ongoing development of New Zealand’s Transmedia production community, creating opportunities for collaboration and innovation, and the sharing of knowledge and ideas.

You can find out about upcoming Transmedia NZ events by signing up to our mailing list, following us on Facebook or Twitter or by keeping an eye on this website.

Our Activities

Transmedia PM
A monthly event that showcases and advances the possibilities of transmedia production. Events may focus on general transmedia concepts or highlight specific platforms, technologies or practices. Through partnerships with a range of organisations and media practitioners, Transmedia PM provides opportunities for individuals and groups to extend their networks, knowledge and experience.

Transmedia NZ Online

• An online community hub that provides regular news on Transmedia related projects, events and opportunities in New Zealand and beyond.
• A forum for discussion, debate and sharing via Facebook and Twitter.
• A resource centre with links to local and international transmedia organisations, events, and materials.

Transmedia NZ workshops and seminars
A programme of workshops and seminars which focus on professional development and best practice encompassing:

• Art & design
• Gaming
• Film & TV
• Libraries, museums, public works & education
• Mobile and locative media
• Music, dance & performance
• Social media, marketing, advertising

 Team

Anna Jackson is currently undertaking a joint PhD at The University of Melbourne and the University of Auckland, researching innovation and change in New Zealand’s documentary production ecology (www.nzdocumentary.net). She has a strong interest in new and emerging documentary forms and practices. Anna is also the co-director of Transmedia NZ (www.transmedianz.org), an organisation that seeks to promote the development of transmedia production in New Zealand, and is a partner in Virtuo (www.virtuo.co.nz), a multi-disciplinary collective specialising in creative and strategic projects using new and emerging technologies.

Fiona Milburn is a partner in WireFrame Ltd which specializes in visual effects, transmedia, and technology based content for traditional and emerging platforms.  She is a founding member of Unguarded Intersection, a collaborative group of moving image artists, which explores new and innovative ways of presenting the moving image.  Fiona is also co-director of Transmedia NZ (www.transmedianz.org); curator of Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age (www.scoop.it/t/transmedia-storytelling-for-the-digital-age); an AUT CoLab Advisory Board member; and Life Member of Women in Film & Television.