| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS / VIEWINGS | KEY DATES |
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| 1 | 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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| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | A Question of Voice (Guest Speaker: Kevin Brooks) |
McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. Chapter 6. | |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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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| 6 | Commonsense Story (Guest Speakers: Push Singh and Barbara Barry) |
Screening of Marker, Godard, and Hitchcock, Wallace. | |
| 7 | Things that Think Symposium | ||
| 8 | Design for Immersion (Guest Speakers: Pattie Maes with Orit Zuckerman and David Gatenby) |
Genet, Marie-Laurie. Courchense. | Video Story Engine due |
| 9 | Final Project Ideas | ||
| 10 | Final Project Ideas (cont.) | ||
| 11 | Final Project Updates | ||
| 12 | Final Project Presentations | Final project due |