Tara Lomax - secrets of blockbuster franchises

Dr Tara Lomax is a cinema and screen media scholar with a PhD in contemporary Hollywood entertainment, particularly blockbuster franchising. Tara has published on multiplatform story development, world-building, seriality, and visual effects industries and has a particular interest in Disney’s development of Marvel & Star Wars. She also works as a story consultant and has a relatively new connection to pro wrestling.  Follow Tara’s work at https://assembledillusions.wordpress.com/ (Assembled Illusions) and https://www.linkedin.com/in/taralom/ (on LinkedIn).  Subscribe:  https://open.spotify.com/show/77bGURenaUZGlOeEJ5GDbv (Spotify) | https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vcHJvamVjdC10ZW1wZXN0Lw (Google Podcasts) | https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/project-tempest/id1526742214 (Apple) | https://project-tempest.captivate.fm/listen (Captivate (direct)) Outline: Here are the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction  (00:42) - Growth of franchise  (02:02) - Blockbuster Franchising: Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Matrix etc. Auxiliary content and canon  (06:48) - Building franchise coherence: Marvel, League of Legends and Arcane.  (15:14) - James Bond: Defined by a franchised genre (20:02) - Mission Impossible: Clash of systems. Stardom vs Narrative. Cultivating stars through the franchise (27:01) - Building a franchise: Advice to young creators (30:51) - The Distant Mountains, Larry Niven. Creating your world (37:53) - Trans-Tasman Examples: Miss Fisher franchise, Cleverman. Yellowstone  (41:41) - Underworld Wrestling, Pantamagic. Advancement in the gaming industry (46:47) - Having a plan, authenticity (49:22) - Finishing up  Support & connect: Find us athttps://www.project-tempest.net/podcast ( )http://www.project-tempest.net/podcast (www.project-tempest.net/podcast), and get the acclaimed Project Tempest novella