The Worlds of Storytelling: Digital, Textual, Cinematic

In this course we will be looking at narrative structures that comprise the mechanics of textual and visual storytelling. Whether it is Aristotle's 'Poetics' or Quentin Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction', a PC adventure game, or a music video, they share the social and cultural activity of storytelling. From analyzing the art of comic strips and e-books designed for tablets, together we will be not only reading and watching the stories made by others, but also creating the stories of our own. You will try your hand at street photography, shoot a short film, conceptualize a publicity campaign together with your classmates, and much more.