Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Blog Post #4 (min 300 words, posted by Friday 10/23)

You have chosen a text in explore in a new form, a new type of media.

What interests you about this text in particular?

What interests you about this text in particular in relationship to its potential as a new media form, in relationship to its potential as a Flash file?

What are some initial thoughts, or early ideas on how you plan to realize this story in Flash?

Your Second Project

Your second project will be a FLASH based exploration of a pre-existing text in an interactive, non-linear fashion. You will determine the levels of interactivity and non-linearity.

Abstract formal as well as associational relationships created through juxtaposition should contribute to mis-en-scene.

An interactive exploration of mis-en-scene in relation to a story, poem, or other form of found literature...

A self directed journey through a story's setting. Encounters with activities. A book, broken into chapters, strewn across the floor. Permission to step out of the car and wander through a Disney ride...

You will determine the levels of interactivity and non-linearity. This can range from extremely complex to simple choice in the ordering of chapters. You are providing an opportunity to explore "particular aspects of" or "areas of interest around" a pre-existing text, not completely re-telling a story or trying to represent everything in that story.

Minimum requirements will be forthcoming...