Media Res was created to fill a need in the entertainment landscape: narrative and research consulting for medievalist fantasy, speculative properties, fairytales and folklore are powerful and popular genres in film, television, video games, and other media productions. Fantastic, speculative narratives are powerful because they tell stories at multiple levels and because they incorporate storytelling elements from sources and traditions spread across time, space, and cultures. We know gathering that information can be difficult and time consuming, even for seasoned production professionals, which is why we’re here.

Media Res offers film, television, video game, and other digital productions comprehensive research, expert identification, and narrative consulting solution. We offer research and expert consulting services from working PhDs and other interdisciplinary medieval and folklore area experts for exclusive use in popular media. We produce research reports, locate experts through our existing academic network, and offer thematic, historical, and literary narrative consulting and training.