Story Development for Interactive Media

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SYLLABUS and FINAL PROJECT PACKET

Summer 2007 Syllabus

HANDOUTS and ASSIGNMENTS

  Week One: 
  Handout: 
     The Need to Adapt the Tools of Drama to Interactive Storytelling
     CSI:LV "Jackpot" Scene Breakdowns
  Reading: Garrand, Chapters 1, 18, 25 (optional 20-24)
  Assignment: Narrative Activity Assignment #1 (due week two)
  Lecture Notes: Introduction
  
  Week Two: 
  Handout: Myth Adventures
  Reading: Garrand, Chapters 2-3
  Assignment: Faerie Tale Theatre
  Lecture Notes: Interactive Narrative Structure
  MICE Quotient
  
  Week Three: 
  Handout: 
  Reading: Garrand, Chapters 5-6, 19
  Assignment: Jackpot Possibilities
  Lecture Notes: Alternative Narratives
  Role of the Player
  
  Week Four: 
  Handout: Final Project Packet
  Reading: Garrand, Chapters 21-23 (+CD-ROM)
  Assignment: POV Assignment
  Lecture Notes: Interaction and Control
  Character Development
  
  Week Five: 
  Handout: Crawford - Video Games are Dead
  Reading: Garrand, Chapters 21-23 (+CD-ROM)
  Assignment: Final Project Details
  Lecture Notes: 
  
  Week Six: 
  Handout: 
  Reading: 
  Assignment: 
  Lecture Notes: 
  
  Week Seven: 
  Handout: 
  Reading: 
  Assignment: 
  Lecture Notes: 
  
  Week Eight: 
  Handout: 
  Reading: 
  Assignment: 
  Lecture Notes:

ADDITIONAL HANDOUTS

  Character Development Worksheet