What is Happening to Narrative?

An advanced media production seminar about the impression of digital technology on the practice of media based storytelling. We begin with questions: are we still interested in telling stories? What kinds of stories do we tell? Are there narratives specific to particular technics? What happens when technology makes things “easier?” We explore forms that work well online, on smart devices, or in theaters and TV. This workshop includes group experiments and a major individual project that may be linear, installation, or interactive in format. Projects should function as a stimulus and a challenge to conventional practices of duration-based narrative.