Story Lab is all about finding the meaning of transmedia, the uses and its connection with audience. Week two was about reviewing the different platforms of a story that has been around for many years – Sherlock Holmes. The question that prompted the class was an interesting one.
Why do they use Sherlock Holmes as the detective character instead of creating another?
Funnily, I never gave much thought about why Sherlock Holmes was always a reference to any detective stories. We watched a screening of the TV series of Sherlock played by Benedict Cumberbatch and then we tried our hands on the game “Sherlock: The Network“.