| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 |