Wk 3, Q3: Writing about what we chose

I have not personally viewed the chosen narrative (The Others) but the idea is that the viewers are presented with 2 perspectives of the same story (one from the ghosts and the other from the characters living in the house) but they do not know that this is the case and imagine it to be 2 separate situations. It is only at the end of the show during a particular scene (a ‘Super Kernel’) that the 2 different perspectives start to make sense. This provides potential for 2 tracks along which the interactive medium can progress and has great potential for a non-linear approach towards the revelation of the story.

The idea for the interactive narrative will be a mixture of still pictures, video clips worked in with sounds and music from the original movie weaved into a narrative framework that attempts to depict the 2 varying perspectives but with intermittent kernels that will provide a sense that there is the possibility of the existence of an alternative perspective. This will be done in hope that the viewer will be able to find coherence in the journey that they will take. Visually, it will take the metaphor of a frame leading to another frame whereby to move on to another sequence, the viewer will have to click on a frame i.e. they eyes of a character, a frame in a picture, door frame etc. This metaphor will hopefully re-create the sense of complexity of plot in the original movie and make it a more interesting journey for the viewer.