Amy - In thinking of students experience with Moose Crossing and the Palaver
Tree project, do you agree with my premise that students could greatly
benefit from an interactive space(online or CD) where they can practice digital story
skills (eg. img sequencing, wtg scripts for provided storyboards, etc)?
Michael - I'd like to use my A Place at the Table project from last year to
contrast the past digital storytelling approaches and make a case for a
context-specific/collective narrative building approach. In thinking of
Terminal Time, what are the keys to engaging people in a collective story?
How do you set the stage for a story shaped my multiple authors?
Hi Tom,In the case of Terminal Time, the mass audience mechanic really becomes a
spectacle. Because of the applause meter voting, the whole audience is
immediately aware of how everyone else is voting. Some choices meet with
virtual silence, which causes everyone to giggle and laugh. Sometimes
different groups of audience members will scream and shout, trying to outdo
each other, fighting for control of the machine. Sometimes, particularly in
the third section, the machine asks extremely provocative questions (e.g.
Should recreational drugs be legalized? Is it OK for two men to kiss in
public? etc.) - these are questions that people aren't used to making a
public declaration about. Depending on the audience, there may be laughter
and a huge, loud, triumphant response (typical response to "should
recreational drugs be legalized" when we show Terminal Time at performance
art venues or universities) or an uncomfortable, tepid response. In all
cases, part of the goal of TT is to make audiences self-conscious of their
own choices and of the mass dynamics of voting. For your project, I'm not
sure if this mass audience effect will be appropriate.-Michael
Kevin - Given your oral storytelling bg and your interactive cinema work,
what you think of the established 7 Elements of an Effective Digital Story?
Accurate? Relevant?
Joe - Do you see the scripting process as the area of DS that in need of the
most support for students and teachers?
Yes.
