Giovagnoli
vs Jenkins: Starting from the audience vs starting from a strong, existing
franchise.
Question: What
is the direction of the story you are designing? Audience vs franchise,
distributed authoring vs centralised authoring?
Who wants
to be a superhero? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Superhero%3F
Youtube,
low quality version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anY8wI2swe8&list=PLWRk46-nbgr-zBtHPddgbG3qgWUU70UmC
Which of
these characters are designed in a way that can make them superheroes, and why?
Or why not?
Plot-driven
vs character driven stories: Can you give examples from games, books, series or
movies for each of these positions of story generation?
Tosca and
Klastrup:
Cosplay – what
does it tell us about the characters? See Game of Thrones cosplay and discuss what
it reveals about the show and how people receive it.
Worldness:
What is
worldness, how is it created, can characters be part of creating worldness?
Game worlds
vs transmedial worlds, what is the difference?
Creating worldness
We will
watch TinTin, episode 1, season 1, and talk about developing worlds.
Knowledge:
What
determines who would like to play a game of a book about to become a series?
Why would some be interested in exploring, while others are not? What makes
people feel invested enough for puzzle solving? Why would sharing be spamming?
What are
collapsed contexts?
Tosca: Retelling
little red riding hood
Well known
stories: Give us examples of the smallest hints you need in order to recognize
little red riding hood.