Resident Evil

Quite a while ago, I watched the movie Resident Evil and found the storyline generally interesting, I then watched the sequel Resident Evil: Apocalypse. I have only researched into the plots of the other sequels but still the first two movies were really good.

I have chosen to add this to my transmedia research even though I have not explored the different mediums it has developed.

There are 7 films released following the story of the T-virus escaping a confined facility named 'The Hive' released by the Umbrella Corporation company. Troops are sent in to solve the problem but instead create more chaos.

There are graphic novels containing more details about certain elements of the story such as how the facility 'The Hive' came about and giving the video games released more backstory and explanation.
One of the novels, The Umbrella Conspiracy, contains information based off the first Resident Evil game, it tells Jill and Chris's adventures including other main characters from the story.
Other novels include Caliban Cove, City of the Dead, Underworld, Nemesis and Code: Veronica. 

Many video-games have released based on the story, I have not played these games myself but this is definitely an example of where transmedia has created a franchise that continually profits from its multiple storytelling platforms.

''Resident Evil games remain the most consistent and popular of the genre.'' (Keane, 2007, 110)

The games are considered to be ''restrictive rather than open gameplay.'' (Keane,2007, 110)

To name a few games from the franchise such Resident Evil: Nemesis, Resident Evil Code: Veronica and Veronica X. The games are in the horror genre so visually and cinematically have had to add these elements in their games to try and create similar experiences the audience would feel if they were watching the films. This can result in a positive outcome or can limit the exploration process most game players crave.

The interesting fact here is that between the Resident Evil video games and the film adaptations, new stories have been created using different elements from the games.