Michael Weber, Namira Abdulgani, Nikolaj Petersen, Joanna Wrzaszczyk, Brett Stiller, Maya Tal, Tommy Payne, Sisa B. Holguín, Supreet Mahanti, Shaun Axani, David Gochfeld, Boram Kim, Jaclyn Wickham, Natalia Cabrera, Hub Uy, Lisa Song, Luke Kao

As a display of the convergence of storytelling and gaming, "Storytelling with Non-Linear Video" showcases four short-films that fully utilize the interactive nature of the web to tell narratives that a user can guide themselves, to create a custom, compelling entertainment experience.

http://https://interlude.fm/v/zR7dvA

Description

“Storytelling with Non-Linear Video” is a showcase of a semester's worth of work for four groups in Alon Benari's course Spring 2015 course. Alon is a co-founder of Interlude.fm, a platform for creating video narratives with which a user can interact.

This course taught the fundamentals of telling stories that do no follow the conventional narrative form of “beginning, middle, and end,” but instead utilize the power of the interactive web to turn that model on its head to create compelling narratives. Creators can make videos that experiment with time, space, character, and plot, and allow their audience to actively engage in the narrative and manipulate those elements themselves.

We plan to showcase four films, each very different from one another, but following the same non-linear format. They each are not only a compelling showcase of technical complexity, but tell an engaging, entertaining story as well.

“Memories” is a collection of three love stories told simultaneously, and allows the user to toggle between them and learn more (or less) about each narrative.

“Monty” is an educational video targeted at children, who can guide an adorable puppet through a recipe as he bakes a cake.

“Accident” is an interactive true-crime thriller, where users explore various interviews with friends and family of a man suspected of murder, in order to decide if he's guilty. It utilizes 3D modeling programs to achieve a beautiful and unique tone and aesthetic.

“New York: 2050” is a grim look at the possible future of New York City based on our current attitudes towards climate change. At once funny, poignant, and frightening, it depicts the day of a typical New York family in best-case and worse-case scenarios of global temperature increases. (check it our here: https://interlude.fm/v/zR7dvA)

With the help of Interlude.fm, we will set up four touch-screens with headphones, so viewers can interact with all four projects.

Classes

Storytelling with Non-Linear Video