Assignments for Tuesday, 2/9 and Thursday, 2/11
by Reverend ~ February 7th, 2010. Filed under: assignments.For Tuesday, 2/9 (Note: In the event classes are canceled Tuesday due to weather, I still expect you’ll have your assignment posted to the course blog by 4 pm on Tuesday.)
- Read these selections from Chapter 3 of Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics. McCloud’s work on Understanding Comics is an amazing primer not only for the art and craft of comics, but also for visual iconography and the grammar and syntax of visual narrative which is germane to digital storytelling. Read the ten pages from his book, and experiment with the list of six transitions in comics he discusses on pages 70-72.
- In order to focus your experimentation with the list of six visual transitions from McCloud’s example, use six images to create “A Film in 6 Frames.” Basically, tell the story of your favorite film in six frames using images you scavenge online or images you draw. Once again, no text. You don;t have to use all of McCloud’s transitions, but try to incorporate at least two. I have been playing with this exercise as well, and you can see my “The Shining in 6 Frames” post to get an idea of what this might look like. Have fun.
For Thursday, 2/11
- Read and write a reflection post on Bryan Alexander and Alan Levine’s “Web 2.0 Storytelling: Emergence of a New Genre,” which is also available here for download as a PDF file.
- Also, take a look at Alan Levine’s 50 Ways to Tell a Digital Story, and pick any three of the Web 2.0 tool from the 60+ to tell the same digital story 3 different times with 3 different tools. Use this exercise as a starting point for a larger story you want to tell. The beginnings of your own story.
February 7th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Do you know that these aren’t password protected?
February 7th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
I do, I’ll change that shortly and send around the PW
March 15th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
They do fit nicely together, don’t they? Check out my email from a few weeks ago to my students in my Participatory Cultures course:
>>For Friday (26 Feb) on Digital Storytelling:
>>
>> Read Alexander and Levine’s “Web 2.0 Storytelling: Emergence of a New >>Genre”
>>Question: Does it make sense to use the term “genre” to describe the >>forms of story the article presents?
>> Peruse and look at at least 10 links/tools from Levine’s “The 50 Tools” >>page
>>Try to imagine doing your digital story using each of these tools and be >>prepared to discuss what would be better or worse about each of the ten >>you look at.
Great minds or something.