January 31, 2005
Project post
My moveable type admin interface page doesn't offer any indication about how to post a file. Perhaps this is why we're all emailing?
January 28, 2005
"Interactive" DVDs
For those interested in the "interactive" DVDs mentioned a couple weeks ago, the titles are below. Both DVDs, produced by the same team, operate on the same premise: the story is divided into chapters, and following each chapter a series of questions appears on screen (answer with DVD remote control). Different answers to the questions yield modifications to subsequent chapters.
Point of View (also titled PoV)--all digital and the chapter interludes offer additional scenes, including "confessionals", should you desire more information.
Tender Loving Care--John Hurt plays a prominent role as the "host" of the chapter interludes; interludes include the opportunity to navigate a 3D CGI rendering of the house in which all the action takes place; certain objects are "hotspots" offering additional details (diaries, notes, computer files, etc.)
These two works could really serve as negative examples, i.e. if these DVDs got produced, everyone in this class has a bright future in interactive media! A comment made during our discussion of hypertext and the hypertextual novels we read: the format can only serve the goal of the piece, it cannot itself make the piece interesting, engaging or ultimately successful. The writing (whether that be the 'story' for a narrative piece, or the conceptualization for non-narrative) must, in the end, carry the day.
I doubt you'll find either of these at your local videostore. There's a remote chance they'll be at Laser Blaser or Vidiots. They are available at Amazon. (You can also borrow from me.)
January 24, 2005
new year, new leaf
welcome to our class blog, 2005
Photo by Keva Rosenfeld