tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post8120541543882604005..comments2023-11-05T07:27:43.837-05:00Comments on Narrative and Technology: Final Project...Maybe: Meta-Fiction?Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-88606026524457577082007-11-30T19:37:00.000-05:002007-11-30T19:37:00.000-05:00I can see what everyone is trying to say.I'm well ...I can see what everyone is trying to say.<BR/><BR/>I'm well aware that simply writing a normal fan-fiction is not actually going to relate this story with what we talked about in class.<BR/>This is why I am considering that idea I had which is similar to <I>House of Leaves</I><BR/><BR/>One thing that I've been thinking about is what Joy brought up in class as her final project (using images). HOL used text to form images on some pages (the whole "is that a mosquito or a plane?" argument in class).<BR/>It's just an idea, but what if I used <B>ONLY</B> images for some of the pages? I have PhotoShop!<BR/>At the same time I don't really want to do that, because I feel it would ruin the fun of trying to picture the setting in your head (sometimes mental pictures are better than the image provided).<BR/><BR/>Hmm...I'll have to think about it. <BR/><BR/>I already have the "cover art" done and on the web:<BR/><A HREF="http://leadfoot17.deviantart.com/art/Alien-Serpent-s-Shadow-cover-71048709" REL="nofollow">Click Me!</A><BR/><BR/>What Alex said about radio transmissions between ships is a good idea (I'm thinking about using it, actually).<BR/><BR/>By the way, does anyone know what "Sulaco" means? The story is supposed to take place aboard the Sulaco's sister ship, and I want a name that goes along with Sulaco (like Titanic and Olympic, the names are based on two of the three races in Greek mythology: Titans and Olympians).<BR/>I already have three possibly names, but they don't go well with "Sulaco."<BR/>U.S.S. Maverick<BR/>U.S.S. Apollo<BR/>U.S.S. Helios<BR/><BR/>Getting back on topic.....<BR/><BR/>I'm probably going to use the same trick as Danielewski, using different fonts for different "voices" (or characters, whatever).<BR/><BR/>Now, how I am going to put this story online is a challenge. If I post it on dA (where I posted my midterm), I can have images and text at the same time. The problem comes with formatting. dA allows me to format text using some HTML, key word there is <I><B>some</B></I>.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473319605246300155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-48917513367626520612007-11-30T14:07:00.000-05:002007-11-30T14:07:00.000-05:00Dan,This comment alludes to your original entry, a...Dan,<BR/><BR/>This comment alludes to your original entry, as well as Alex and Lance's comments upon it.<BR/><BR/>First off, your midterm wasn't a disaster - it was interesting that you were trying to do a CYOA more about institutions than individuals, but that also causes you some difficulties, and I'm guessing that that's the source of your dissatisfaction.<BR/><BR/>Lance is right that simply doing fiction isn't a desirable goal: you want to relate it to the contents of this class in some way, directly or indirectly. You want to be concerned with (to rehash myself, a professorial privilege), technologies of representation or with representing technologies.<BR/><BR/>Doing footnotes (as Lance indicates would be a possibility, and Alex has good suggestions, too. What you want to be sure of, though, is that if you're doing a creative project you're doing it using a technological/techniqueal (yes, I made that up) system which is correct/ideal for it.Adam Johnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11588769281227456640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-19368381831749474052007-11-29T00:37:00.000-05:002007-11-29T00:37:00.000-05:00Fuck, I didn't even notice you posted this one. O...Fuck, I didn't even notice you posted this one. Okay, Dan, go back and check for my comments on your other entry in terms of what I think about the Alien fiction.<BR/><BR/>Sorry.<BR/><BR/>-AA. Beneventhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09836671178367763093noreply@blogger.com