The GUIOPERA’s creator, John Reyer Afamasaga, believes that the mobile phone market will revolutionize the way stories are produced. A story may be told through many media, but there is none more portable and easily adaptable than the mobile one. “The limitations of the small screen and data costs narrow your options,” he says, “and force you to tell a story that arouses or amuses the audience quickly and simply.” This may be why simple games and adult material are so popular on the handheld devices.
What the author of etfiction.com’
The array of story-telling techniques Afamasaga covers with his intertextual method ranges from press releases featuring his band of cool creatives at LMLA-ink, to interviews and reviews with himself and the books, through to eBook novels, and now a web serial drama for your Mobile phone. Just search on LMLA-ink, etfiction, and his name.
The former IBM team leader’s latest is also the first time he has charged for his product. Bango have been entrusted with the processing of transactions, which start at US$1 for a single scene (Minimum Bango purchase is US$2.50), of which three will be written each week, beginning in July 2008, when the inaugural GUIOPERA will begin. At the moment you may pre-book for the mobile opera at US$20 for 47 scenes, which is a more than 50% saving for the season, which lasts more than 12 weeks. However, if you prefer you may purchase one scene at a time. The free pilot scene is already available. The GUIOPERA is made For Your Mobile Only – the slogan for the first of many, so you may only purchase tickets from your mobile, and certain previews are only available in cellular format.
The GUIOPERA is available at http://guiopera.mobi on your mobile, and if you access this address on your PC or Apple Mac you will automatically be redirected to the website http://guiopera.com
