PGTE
5511
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Spring 2012
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Faculty:
Ethan Silverman,
Mark Stafford
In this academic elective, we will be studying story systems from Aristotle to multi-player on-line games. Designers and technologists need to fully understand both theory and implementation of classic as well as new story structures. Many current new media don't work as well as classic narrative used in novels, theatre, and the big Hollywood film on an emotional level. Why is that? What makes a story a successful soul-grabbing experience? Is it its delivery system, the way it looks, the way it is timed, or the way it sounds? Or Is it the characters we identify with or perhaps a theme with which we empathize? Students will research script writing (and creation of frameworks) for single channel as well as multi-media platforms that interrogate these new forms in multiple genres. From the personal experience to the large-scale spectacle, this course will make the student aware of multiple narrative possibilities.Open to:
