Adapting Linear Storytelling in an Interactive Age
A week of lectures and workshops where teams will consider and develop story concepts for emerging media, including visual effects and computer games.
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MIT Building 2, Room 105 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United States
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Comics: Theory and Practice
MIT Building 1, Room 145 33 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United StatesA visual lecture and intensive hands-on workshop with Scott McCloud in the art of making comics. Strong emphasis will be given to developing clarity, storytelling skills and personal expression.
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“This One’s Gonna Be a Slobberknocker”: A Q&A with WWE’s “Good Ol’ J.R.” Jim Ross
MIT Building 4, Room 370 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge, MA, United StatesJim Ross, the longtime voice of World Wrestling Entertainment, joins CMS graduate student Sam Ford to discuss the unique blend of reality and fiction in the world of American professional wrestling.
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Booklife: The Private and the Public in Transmedia Storytelling and Self-Promotion
MIT Building 4, Room 231 Cambridge, MA, United StatesWhat are the benefits and dangers of a confusion between the private creativity and the public career elements of a writer's life?
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Performing Videogame Narratives in Space: Indexical Storytelling
Comparative Media Studies: MIT Building E15, Room 335 20 Ames St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesClara Fernández-Vara compares and contrasts videogames with theatre to understand how they can incorporate narratives as part of the performance.
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Building Story Worlds: Space, Time, Rules, and Narrative in Game Design
MIT Building 56, Room 180 Access via 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesA workshop exploring the role of space in storytelling and how artists can use the tools of game design to construct complex narratives.
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Jason Mittell: “Strategies of Storytelling in Transmedia Television”
MIT Media Lab, Room 633 75 Amherst St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesMiddlebury's Jason Mittell on how television narratives have expanded and been complicated through transmedia extensions, including video games, novelizations, websites, online video, and alternate reality games.
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Documentaries, Journalism, and the Future of Reality-Based Storytelling
MIT Building 66, Room 110 25 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesRaney Aronson of FRONTLINE, documentary director Katerina Cizek, Jason Spingarn-Koff of the New York Times' Op-Docs, and the Guardian's multimedia editor Francesca Panetta.
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Build Non-Linear Narrative Writing Tools
Comparative Media Studies: MIT Building E15, Room 335 20 Ames St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesJoin David Dufresne, award-winning interactive documentary storyteller and OpenDocLab fellow, in brainstorming and prototyping non-linear story writing tools.
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Virtual Reality Meets Documentary: A Deeper Look
MIT Building 32 (Stata Center), Room 123 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesA panel with some of the leading creators in virtual reality -- Raney Aronson-Rath, Jessica Brillhart, Nonny de la Peña, and Caspar Sonnen -- to better understand VR’s potentials and implications for documentary and journalism.
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Podcast Lunch
MIT Building 56, Room 167 Access via 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesBring a lunch and enjoy listening to/discussing some incredible examples of audio storytelling.
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The City Talks: Storytelling at the New York Times’s Metro Desk
MIT Building 56, Room 114 Access via 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesEmily Rueb, a reporter for The New York Times, will share insights gained in bursting boundaries of traditional storytelling for The New York Times's Metro desk -- weaving video, audio, illustrations and text across multiple platforms.
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Civic Arts Series: Erik Loyer
MIT Building E15, Room 001 ("The Cube") 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesErik Loyer's award-winning work explores new blends of game dynamics, poetic expression and interactive visual storytelling.