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"Steep yourself for a few days in the new world whose master you are to become. Lock yourself up with your characters and look them in the eye. Do not be afraid of the vague approximations that come to your mind . . . The outlines always swim about just before the work finds its feet and begins to walk." --Victor Hugo
Web site design v. multimedia storytelling
Digital storytelling is about designing a cohesive, coherent package for online use or experiencing.
A narrative.What is a narrative? Here are some attempts at defining the term:
... any technique that produces the visceral desire in a reader to want to know what happened next
… at a minimum, writing with set scenes and characters
…action that unfolds over time
…the interpretable voice of a teller, a narrator with a somewhat discernable personality
…content arrayed to lead the audience toward a point of realization.
… chronology with meaning
... memory, pacing, control >> an experience
... seduction (my favorite)Again, navigation is not a feature of our site, it IS our site.
Typical sequence for multimedia packages:
A > B > C/D > D/E > F
photo | audio.visual | text | graphics | animation | motion graphics
Goal: Inform. Educate. Entertain. Memory.
Layers or levels of thinking and creating:
- Visual thinking
- Visual communication
- Graphic design
- Information design & visual explanation
Our journey:
- Discovery (inspriation, steeping ourselves in a new world, identifying content)
- Site structure (how it will all fit together)
- Visual design (the skin, the touch, the feel)
- Production
- Testing
- Launch
- Debugging
Some resources:
UNC School of Journalism: Chile
Theban Mapping Project: Egypt, a production of Terra Incognita