Download Interactive Stories and Intermedial Narratives - Slides | FILM 20 and more Exams Communication in PDF only on Docsity! interactive stories intermedial narratives 16.04.08 midterm takes place in class, Wed. 30 April – mainly multiple choice, some short answer – quotation matching study guide will be posted to website next week – format of exam – points from Paul book this week discuss development of your section’s narrative use the Janet Murray ideas • agency • immersion • transformation • “violence hub” -- though it doesn’t have to be “violent” -- just a hub to plan the relationship b/t characters and the overall story this week each week (starting this week) each character must make two posts (comment to other character, blog entry, etc.) that furthers the narrative in some way you will need to keep track of your posts for a final self-evaluation (in addition to the paper) posts need to be justified in terms of course material: this week, in terms of hypertext narrative form multimedia hypertext As American as Apple Pie Michelle Citron, 1999 [disk 1676, MERC] CD-ROM – combines database of image, sound, and text to provide portions of a narrative that we have to piece together – uses anachronism: old fashioned recipe card – plays off of expectations produced through the title and the imagery – expectations in part based on gender, sexuality, and race multimedia hypertext As American as Apple Pie Michelle Citron, 1999 [disk 1676, MERC] spatio-temporal organization: functions: how does the story move from one event to another? fabula / sjuzet: can we discern the chronology of the fabula? multimedia hypertext Public Secrets Sharon Daniel, 2006 this week discuss development of your section’s narrative use the Dovey graph from lecture (and corresponding discussion pg 138) to discuss overall plan of story • functions (temporal movement) • indices (character traits, mood, etc.) • and how they can work together John Dovey, Hypertextual Theory of Narrative Roland Barthes (1915-1980); French cultural theorist 2 orders (types) of narrative event: 1. functions: doing; temporal, cause/effect; how do things motivate and sustain action or development; consequential linearity 2. indices: “a functionality of being”: metaphorical; e.g., psychology, atmosphere, mood narratives combine these, and sometimes emphasize one over the other John Dovey, Hypertextual Theory of Narrative y spatial (indices) good innocence light virtue evil knowledge dark sexuality temporal (functions) x this causes this causes this causes this… dual axes: Double Indemnity hypertext narratives “cyberdrama” Janet Murray’s term – not just for hypertext narratives – for connections b/t stories and games key concepts: – agency: character and user (beyond just the interface) – immersion (being present in another place) – transformation (of characters or events)
