Name: Michael Fry
Session Title: Track A Panel Innovations in Teaching and Learning
The Omission
Abstract:
“The Omission” is a branded entertainment webisode targeted at sexually active 18-25 year olds who are potentially at risk for STD’s/HIV and AIDS. The creative goal was to engage the demographic by creating a story and characters that simulated their way of life. The marketing strategy was to involve the audience in the story and characters and to allow the natural use of a product to rise from story organically. Set in Chicago, The pilot centers around the rise of a hot young pop-punk band, their fans and the complexities of their technologically linked sexual relationships. "Everybody wants it, everybody needs it, some will lie to get it. A few seconds of bliss. I guess we’re all on the mission.”
Credits: Mike Fry, Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Internet and Mobile Media concentration at Columbia College Chicago, mfry@colum.edu
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