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— Oscar Wilde.
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Digital Media Production
Semester 1 2019 – Poppy Clark – 20170050
Assessment 1: Blog – Website Analysis
The Boat and Bear 71 are examples of interactive narrative websites which have developed personal engagement for the users to move their way through the stories. Both The Boat and Bear 71 are categorized as the third level of interactivity, action. This level is when the readers have control to move through the narrative and decide what they want to view.
Bear 71 is a 20-minute web documentary which follows the life of a grizzly bear which has been watched since the age of three. Moving images was a dominant element in Bear 71. This is how the author portrayed the visuals of the bear and the effects of human settlement on the wildlife. The use of images and archival footage added the illusion of continuous movement as well as setting the scene so that the viewer had a sense of being in in the national park which aims to spark the viewers emotions. This is what I feel the authors intentions were in creating this content. As the viewers are able to scroll over the camera and look at other uses by their webcam it follows the idea of the bear being watched for its whole life. The main purpose of this website was to emphasize the effects that the human world has had on many animals and the wildlife.
The Boat is a comic which follows the story of a 16-year-old girl escaping the ravages of war after the fall of Saigon in 1975 and how she flees to an Australian refugee camp. It is a six-chapter comic which allows the viewer to scroll through the story at their own pace. One of the main elements of the Boat is the archival footage. This brings life to the story and gives the reader a feeling of being there with the young girl. The outstanding visuals in The Boat are mainly drawn by the author as comic panels. This supported by the interactive elements allow it to appeal to a wide audience. The creator’s intention for The Boat was to educate the wider audience on the contemporary struggles that are faced by refugees.
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Digital Media Production Week 1
Today I learnt that there are many aspects of Digital Media.
The rise of social media and technology has a large impact on digital media production.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
