[creative writing and new media masters: towards some lecture notes]
To the Creative Writing and New Media Master's Students:
Here is a power point presentation outlining some key aspects (from my point of view) of the web today in relation to (potential) literacy.
Please feel free to add any comments here or by e-mailing me.
I'll look forward to our online chat on Tuesday, 27 of March at 2:00pm British Summer Time.
UPDATE 1: Thanks to Angela's post. Podcasting a narrative a day:
Sam Has 7 Friends is the story of Samantha Breslow as she searches for life, love, happiness, and an acting career in Los Angeles.
Sam's life is on display. She spends time with her boyfriend Patrick, hangs out with her best friend Dani, quarrels with with her agent Roman, avoids her ex-boyfriend Willie - all while being unknowingly watched by her neighbor Scott.
[...]
On December 15, 2006, the darkness will win and Samantha Breslow will die.
UPDATE 2: Here is another example of online storytelling.
A You Tube story spanning 12 episodes (but growing) with a myriad of video responses. Most interesting is this one which asks the audience to add to the video narrative via their comments on the video.
Example Comment:
UPDATE 3: My questions to you (the Master's students):
After having read (or browsed or sensed or glided your way through) a variety of online narrative works share with me:
• a quotation that shows the importance of place (the setting) in the fiction
• a quotation that shows the relationship between two characters (e.g., for Disappearing Rain, the twin sisters Amy and Anna)
• a quotation that helps establish a metaphor explored in the fiction
• a passage or quotation that captures the essence or main meaning (for you) of the work (for example, for me “How does one describe the way she looks? The atmosphere as she moves? As she enters or exits one gets a sense of her body's upper half moving forward while the lower's retreating; the sensation one gets of the tension at her waist — a conscious or unconscious tension that must exist there as she tries to keep that balance perfect” is an excellent synopsis of the play/tension between different modes at work in Claire Dinsmore’s High Crimson)
Labels: digital literacy, lecture, social media, social networks, web 2.0
posted by Jess @ 21:59
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Here are my responses to the task you set us:
Place
from Dreaming Methods' 'A Journal of Dreams' (www.digitalfiction.co.uk):
The fire's playing up, takes ages to light.
The grid covering the fire gleams a tarnished rainbow of colours. I like the glow of the heat.
I must get it looked at.
Relationship between two characters from Adrienne Eisen's '6 Sex Scenes' (www.adrienneeisen.com/six_sex_scenes/index.htm):
We went to our shrink today. He says we're the only couple he sees who hold hands throughout the whole session. He assures us that doesn't mean there's not still stuff to work on.
"Are you both happy with your sex life?" he asks. We both shrug and say Yes.
He says he's asking because sex is a good gauge of intimacy between two people. It would help if we could be more specific.
Metaphor:
from Christy Sheffield Sanford's Red Mona:
swollen hips of a peppery pink satin gown
Embodying the essence or main meaning of Red Mona:
Show me your colors: your drape, your peau, your draped peau, your depravity oozing beneath the skin.
Le drapeau francais est
a skirt raised in the wind.
war and the wings of angels. This is war, you know.
inky dinky parlez-vous
Cheers
Christine
Hi Christine,
Congrats on finishing the task! :)
You've chosen some great quotes and in fact I feel like going back to read some of those works.
A couple of questions:
What did you think of the relationship between the couple in 6 sex scenes. Did you feel that it came across differently online than it might have in print?
Your metaphor quote is very tactile (say it out loud) - it made me want to touch that satin gown. How do those words work with (or against) the images that appear (even background images)in that node?
Great work Jess. I'm going to borrow your powerpoint and use it in the grad. lit. class I teach. Thanks!
Will e-mail you on how it goes.
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