Writing For Multimedia - 28/8/2007 wk7

In today's class, we were introduced to telling stories in a linear narrative format. We used and discussed examples such as Greek Drama, The Myth Cycle, Hero's Journey and other examples of mythology by Joseph Campbell. We then watched a 1980s series called Monkey and later analysed the linear narrative format of the show. Examples were the setup, the turning point, the crises and the climax.

Writing For Multimedia - 21/8/2007 wk6

Today we designed our own T-shirts for our characters using Photoshop. I designed an Essendon T-shirt for my character. We then had to create our own objects in Second Life and then discussed which worlds we are working on. We all decided to work on a Space Station.



My T-shirt design



My Verander

Writing For Multimedia - 14/8/2007 wk5

For today's class, our first exercise was to take a photo of ourselves in class and take a snapshot of our characters in Second Life. We then had to compare them at the end. Our second exercise was to create a massive box in Second Life and apply our photo onto the box. Our last exercise was to start building our own houses.

After comparing both images, the only differences was the image in Second Life had a bald head and a more muscular build.



Myself



Myself in Second Life

Writing For Multimedia - 7/8/2007 wk4

Today we got the chance to experience the worlds of Second Life. We created our own characters and explored various worlds.


Here are some of the worlds I explored:

Inochi Island

After exploring Inochi Island, I found it to be a peaceful and relaxing island with plenty of places to visit.There are towels and seats to relax on and stalls to purchase items.




AM Sports Arena

After exploring AM Sports Arena, I found it to be an exciting and appealing stadium. There were plenty of billboard advertisements,TV screens and benches for both teams. A criticism would be lack of stands in the stadium with only one available.



San Julienne Straits

I found San Julliene Straits to be an exciting and appealing club with a massive dancefloor to dance on, speakers and smoke to add effect. There were also plenty of pictures and other places to visit.



After reviewing our three worlds, we then strated to brainstorm different worlds and times to include in Second Life.

Writing For Multimedia - 31/7/2007 wk3

In today's class we were asked to attempt an exercise where we had to access a web page full of images Stefan came up with.
We had to choose three images and come up with a story using the selected images. Next we dicussed about character creation for our Second Life projects. We then had to come up with a character including its name, physical appearance and personality.

Character brainstorms I came up with:

-Name: Eddy Fernandez
-Height of around 150-180 cm
-Hair colour: Dark
-Ethnic background: Spanish/Argentinian descent
-Eyes: Brown
-Loves attending Soccer matches and hanging around Latin Clubs
-Gifted in Soccer (currently trying out for the Barcelona Football team)
-Age: 22
-Fun and outgoing
-Humerous pesonality