Category Archives: NEW MEDIA

NEW MEDIA: An Amateur takes on A Pro

Posted on February 25, 2007 by Susan

Usually I can teach myself any software by just playing around in it.  I feel it’s the best way to learn (for me anyway) because often a course teaches you in a structured manner, and you’re bombarded with information that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Story Form

Posted on February 25, 2007 by Susan

While I’m slowly learning how to move around a bit in Adobe Premiere, I’m thinking ahead to the four-story project and how it would need to be arranged to suit this format. While I can see stills, movies and some … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Adobe Premiere Pro

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Susan

Laid out a four-story group in Word just to show the story flow and connections between each.  Well, it’s not impressive, but it is a map of sorts.  I was only able to use the words that I’ve considered as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA, REALITY, LITERATURE, WRITING: Contemplation

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Susan

Pondering: Purpose, beyond being fruitful and multiplying.  Man’s place in living. Wherein lie my talents, skills?  Does anyone recognize them?  Do they exist beyond my mind?  Layered space, separated only by time. God.  Difficult to overcome learned faith, yet faith … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & WRITING: Faithful vs. Flawed

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Susan

It’s a lot easier to spot the flubs in a movie than it is to find them in a book.  Often when you question something in a text you’ve gone so far beyond it that you couldn’t necessarily find it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & WRITING: Exactly that in Gameplay

Posted on February 17, 2007 by Susan

Just as in the beginning and as evermore shall be, those who foresee problems will see them a damned long time before anything is done about it.  I’ve been slowly getting my feet wet with new media software, both in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & NEW MEDIA: At Swim-Two-Birds – Grounding Ideas

Posted on February 16, 2007 by susan

O’Brien separates the stories in this novel by prefacing them with the narrator/author’s notes: Further extract from my Manuscript on the subject of Mr. Trellis’s Manuscript on the subject of John Furrisky, his first steps in life and his first … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Everything I’ve Learned About Life I’ve Learned in My Garage

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Susan

The concept of shadow, of course, is easily understood.  But then again, how often do we see (or notice) a double shadow in natural light?  Natural, that is, meaning not a staged effect. A bit hard to see, but two … Continue reading →

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WRITING & NEW MEDIA: At Odds

Posted on February 7, 2007 by Susan

Sitting here on the couch in a lump under a blanket held down by a laptop is not where I wanna be right now, yet it would be if there was some creative activity clicking its way across the monitor … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & NEW MEDIA: At Swim-Two-Birds – Paths and Concepts

Posted on February 5, 2007 by susan

I don’t know that "concept" is precisely what I mean here, but with the multilayered structure of this novel (narrator present (?) plus three more separate story lines), it is a learning experience in itself, but the author teaches even … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & WRITING: Tools

Posted on February 5, 2007 by Susan

Some neat stuff I found while floating around the cosmos this morning: From Jerz’s Literacy Log, a cool video that illustrates the possibilities progress of hypertext and digital media methods.  It’s a neat explanation as well as an interesting use … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Interactive Visuals

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Susan

Thanks to J-Walk for this one:  Caveman’s Crib.  It’s an interactive piece based on the insurance caveman of television commercial fame. You may remember my obsession with Facade last year.  In that particular project, the reader/player visits the apartment of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: How Real is Virtual?

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Susan

Interesting post at Jerz’s Literary Log on a classroom discussion of virtual versus real property, as well as values.  Check out: That was not just a bunch of stuff that got destroyed—that was ME! Extremely intriguing was the justification for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: The Haunting of Hill House – Form

Posted on January 27, 2007 by susan

The title was familiar, the back cover blurb somewhat confirmed it:  I’d seen the 1963 movie based on this novel many times.  The minute I came up upon the character of Eleanor in the book, I thought of Julie Harris’ … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Play Time

Posted on January 25, 2007 by Susan

Might take a little break from text story to dig out one of the video games I’ve got sitting on the coffee table for the past year.  Let’s see, there’s Scratches, Still Life, Watchmaker, Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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