I came across ‘Loves of a Cyclops’ recently through No Film School.
The film is a quirky 25-minute narrative about vision by Nathan Punwar.
Just as interesting are the transmedia components Nathan and his collaborators have brought together at lovesofacyclops.com . United by subject, tone and execution the extra material can both tease or round out the main film, depending on whether you’ve seen it yet. There are photos, audio profiles, ‘science’ backgrounders, early movies, props, the soundtrack, a shop on VHX and outreach. There’s also a link to tumblr where you’re invited to contribute more material.
About transmedia, Nathan says at No Film School:
“It probably wouldn’t work to do this for every film, but for the right story it can draw strangers in, especially when your audience is online and not in a theater. It also gave us an opportunity to play with these odd characters in a first-person way that the film doesn’t allow because it keeps pushing the story into new territory. That said, I think it’s most interesting when the extra content raises more questions than it provides answers. It only provokes more curiosity about the film. Because of the nature of making this film the way we did, it took nearly a year, so we had a lot of inbetween time to kick these fun ideas around. The site isn’t just an expansion of the story. It’s a document of our lives for that year. Not everything contributes directly to the story, but it does come from our time spent telling it.”
My take: definitely worth exploring — a singular vision.