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Hmm ideas....... I have several that I really believe would be phenomenal to do for "the final project", but the main factors that will effect my decision are:

1. Time

2. Supplies

3. Execution

4. Fun

5. Memorable

Unfortunately, the cherry blossoms are in bloom a bit early this year :( . I really wanted to tie them into my final project( something about traveling the world/ Kean and what cherry blossoms mean to people of different countries).

As of right now my options are.

1.  Still EXTEND inanimate Alice( i could totally make it longer ;D)

2. I also wanted to have a parallel of a emotions.... As I have told everyone, i have been struggling with my feeling about Asia for a while, so i wanted to make 2 parallel games. On of the beauty the other of the nightmare. ( maybe through in a third for the aftermath)Words would be replaced by movement of others( like typing:

Stand

I

for I understand

and through in a few phases here and there. like " the frog doesn't leap far from the lily pad

3. Something fun/romantic about my mates( friends) Taking their quotes out of context and adding a little flair. I would post volunteers around campus and need the player to not only roam the campus( or library) relay(read and play??) other E.lit. in the gallery before finding a conclusion!!!

4. or sit back and meditate until something appears...

wishing everyone the best of luck on for the final!!! We are going to be on display!!!! (exciting,no?)

This project was insanely fun, I believe I worked on this almost everyday ( not like all day of course). Mostly, experimenting with different timings of the images/sequences and trying to create a few new views when it come to the background images compared to the text. Also, so it could post, I had to cut the bonus track as well as lower the grade of the pixel level :(. There are a few things I hope to change:
1. Up load it's mirrored video opposite this one.
2. Have a series of videos of different stages in the creation process(maybe)
3. Do something' more with the literary text...(Powerpoint/Flash)
if you have any suggestions for improvement. please let me know.(thanks a mil.)

Middle Kingdom is an electronic literature piece that explores the concept of memories and the emotions that are shared by them. There are several perspectives to this piece . Whether it is serious, satirical, or fun, I want the audience to 'leave with something'.I ask you to think about who/what is speaking and whom/what they are addressing? Middle kingdom can be categorized as Ambient, Kinetic, Audio, Conceptual, Parody/Satire, and a dash of poetry. To 'get it all' I would suggest to watch it more then once. Enjoy!!!

(Blog)13 is an unlucky number....so they say......

Middle Kinngdom is an electronic literature piece that explores the concept of memories and the emotions that are shared by them. There are several perspectives to this piece . Wheather it is serious, saterical, or fun, I want the audience to "leave with something'.I ask you to think about who/what is speaking and whom/what they are addressing? Middle kingdom can be catagorized as Ambient, Kinetic, Audio, Conceptual, Parody/Satire, and a dash of poetry.To 'get it all' I would suggest to watch it more then once. Enjoy!!!

Aid for the presentation :)

Author Discription: Dr. Donna Leishman, has recently completed her PhD in interactive storytelling at the Glasgow School of Art and is principal of 6amhoover. com. Her Masters in Design produced the darkly romantic Little Red Ridinghood in the year 2000.
Also, LRRH is seen as a work of Art, being showcases in several exhibitions over the years

Aside(Diviant)

Identification: Animation/Kinetic; Audio; Flash; JavaScript; Parody/Satire; Visual Poetry or Narrative; Women Authors

Analysis:

Characters: Red:Blonde Hair Brow eyebrows.... Wolf: Popye Forarms.

Stuctually challenging sequences i.e. Multiple browser windows at once, each browser window comtains it's own timeline, yet has a segnificate relationship to the parent window.( For in all)

Content:with out exploring the web, the "reader" will only get a modern re-telling of Little Red Ridinghood, but while exploring, i.e. the diary. AA pre-history of wanting radical change is discovered.



http://collection.eliterature.org/1/works/leishman__redridinghood.html

http://www.6amhoover.com/index_flash.html

Referances:
www.decordova.org/decordova/exhibit/2002/webracket/webracket.html

http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/events/future/documents/02285578.htm

http://www.crankbunny.com/

http://www.magicbutter.com/

(Blog)11 Pipers Piping, 10 lords a leaping, 9 ladies Dancing......

I have changed everything!!
the title is "unknown" at the moment; i don't want to give away too much information. It is the story of a person longing to return (bleep). Here is the rough before the final draft:

Abstract: This is a short montage dedicated to love.Memories that are gained and moments lost forever. When looking back, some are hazy while others more vivid. It is a dream like sequence that was created to entice the audience to remember....... The piece takes about five minutes to play through. I ask you,what/who/ when do you believe the speaker referring to? There are three distinct ways to view this piece: face value, deeper and parody (it may need a little toughing up.:)

for this project I have Incorporated Windows movie maker and a bit of PowerPoint and a dash of hypertext. I have yet to decide which of the three elements shall be cut( it seems that all do not work in the same medium simultaneously. :(.
Keywords: Ambient,Kinetic, audio,Music, memoir, parody, hypertext. (Some may change)

As of today, the Electronic Lit. plays through( there is no need to click the screen as of yet.)
Map:
Screen 1: Unknown (for now)
Screen 2: Quote "He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch. And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct. "
Screen 3: Music swells(Brothers/Full Metal Alchemist (latin version))
Screen 4: Empty highway video (words)
Screen 5: Video of (bleep)
Screen 6: Series of photos(like memories)
Screen 7:Video of (bleep)
Screen 8: Video referring to memories
Screen 9: Roller coater like video
Screen 10:Video of open road
Screen 11:Screen to black
Screen 12: Credits
Screen 13: Video of billy singing the theme song

(Blog) 9 looking so fine ;)!

As of right now, my ideas are all over the place, I had an idea to have a short parody about living abroad.
For example....
(Annoucer style voice)
Being a Foreigner Chapter one.
You are in a local bar and you want a drink, do you:
A. Continue to wait paitiantly.
B.
C.
(Each word would present it's self in a specific way. for example, "wow" would flying in at top speed then explode.)
the player is allowed to "use their gaijin card" to skip a question if they find it too hard.
i want the reader to leave this bit of lit. laughing (if i can make it funny enough).
while the audience "plays" with the lituature, each click produces a sound effect, and based on what is clicked, points are added.
in the end, if the "player" 90% of the points, s/he may get the bonus ending.


Idea 2.
the Sondheim effect
Stephan Sondheim is the father of the American musical, he has inspired many prominate stars/ stories of today such as Desparate housewives, Rent, Sweeny Todd,Westside story to name a few. So, to prove my point( sondheim is everywhere) I wanted to create a( typical) story of boy meets girl with a base of sondheim music.
the screen opens at a theatre the title flashes on the screen. click screen. you have a choice tytical or unusual ending.
you deside to click unsusual ending. the opening credits run, the music swells
For this assignment i need to learn to upload music.
and either learn stop motion or film everything in live action.

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- a readable/playable digital text linked to or embedded in your blog
- a folder visual & sound files, and lexia associated with the text
- a schematic, “map” or timeline to describe the design of your text

Criteria for grade: The hypertext itself will have:
- a navigation or interactive system that is integral to the text’s meaning
- elements where sight, sound, movement, configuration, and other active features of the text play a role in the texts’ reading
- a thematic, symbolic or conceptul focus that allows for a “literary” reading;
- elements that are creative, well composed, and appropriate to the text’s theme/focus