Mixed-Media Storytelling: Adapting Narrative Across Film, Audio & Digital Platforms

This course examines the craft of storytelling across contemporary media platforms, including feature film, broadcast and streaming television series, documentary, audio storytelling (podcast and scripted audio), vertical short-form digital content, and branded narrative. Students begin with a single original story idea and develop it across multiple formats, exploring how core narrative elements like character, motivation, conflict, escalation, and transformation, remain constant while structure, pacing, audience engagement, production scale, and distribution strategy shift depending on medium.

Through structured adaptation exercises and workshop critique, students will analyze how streaming platforms, broadcast models, creator-driven ecosystems, and evolving audience consumption habits influence narrative design. The course emphasizes that while platforms evolve, foundational story principles remain essential. By the end of the semester, students will present a format-specific pitch grounded in strong narrative craft, informed by platform awareness, and positioned strategically within today’s multi-platform entertainment landscape.