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Narrative - Dynamic Situation and Character |
View one movie of your choice in light of the readings.
Bruner, Jerome. Actual Minds: Possible Worlds. Chapter 1.
Kearney, Richard. On Stories. Chapter 11.
Leacock, Richard. Technology and Reality at the Movies. pp. 2-7.
———. Ethnographic Observation and the Super-8 Millimeter Camera.
Vogler, Christopher. The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Storytellers and Screenwriters. pp. 13-31. |
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Information into Narrative |
Screeing of Brakhage, Leacock, and Figgis.
Lipman, Doug. Improving Your Storytelling. Chapters 1 and 5.
Pearson, Carol. The Hero Within - Six Archetypes We Live By. Chapter 1. |
Information into Narrative due |
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A Question of Voice
(Guest Speaker: Kevin Brooks) |
McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. Chapter 6. |
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World Scenario Presentations
(Guest Speaker: Kevin Brooks) |
Meyer, Leonard. Emotion and Meaning in Music. (Excerpts)
Thiel, Philip. People, Paths and Purposes. |
World Scenario and Representation due |
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Narrative and Technology
(Guest Speaker: Tamiko Thiel) |
Davenport, Glorianna. Cinema in Transition.
Minsky, Marvin. The Emotion Machine. Chapter 6.
Mueller, Erik. Story Understanding.
Singh, Push, and Barbara Barry. Collecting Commonsense Experiences. |
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Commonsense Story
(Guest Speakers: Push Singh and Barbara Barry) |
Screening of Marker, Godard, and Hitchcock, Wallace. |
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Things that Think Symposium |
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Design for Immersion
(Guest Speakers: Pattie Maes with Orit Zuckerman and David Gatenby) |
Genet, Marie-Laurie. Courchense. |
Video Story Engine due |
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Final Project Ideas |
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Final Project Ideas (cont.) |
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Final Project Updates |
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Final Project Presentations |
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Final project due |