Tuesday 11 October 2011

'Light is like Water' - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

So the short story I'm working is 'light is like water' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez a columbian novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and journalist.
It is a piece of literature from a genre known as 'Magic Realism'. Normally read at an intensified level, the reader must let go of preexisting ideas of conventional story telling. The plots tend to advance in a nonlinear time structure (portrayed out of chronological order).

This nonlinear format is said to mimic that of the human memory recall process. Narration of images in a comic book is said to be nonlinear because it relies on the readers' choices and interactions.

Websites are also forms of nonlinear narratives. They allow the audience to interact with the story through links, images, videos and audio.

This train of thought has lead me back to the 'Advanced Digital Communication' module and interactive graphics.

Arcade Fire have an interactive music video, Neon Bible, which is quite an interesting concept. Public Secrets is also an interesting website which has interactive sequential elements. Nonlinear and interactive games are becoming more common recently as well, games in which there are multiple paths and endings to choose from.

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