research

here I will research interactive

Class analysis of “DEAD ON ARRIVAL”

How is narrative told?

Pictures illustrate the story

Page turning device to further the story

speech bubbles tell the majority of the story

text captions written in the 1^st person

music choice eg. Opening music was suspenseful, music pace picked up as story unfolded,  on the hangover scene the music “jangly”

“easter egg” clickable items gave information to move the narrative forward for example coffee cup, the phone,  the office files.

Zooms on important items, e.g. the insurance documents to draw the viewer’s attention

“Spiked” drink

The variety of devices to tell the story and the amount of interactivity held the viewer’s attention well and made the storyline very clear. There wasn't much animation as such, but the “shaking” animation on the hangover scene helped to contribute to the atmosphere.

User enjoyment through interactivity:

Searching for and finding clickable items

These items popped up which drew attention

A character/text captioning gave hints to what was clickable

The interactive pans were not very exciting.

The potential of digital media:

All the above points illustrating the use of interactivity, the use of sound and the fact that the user could guess who the murderer was show what potential digital media has to enhance user enjoyment. These features could not be included in a traditional comic book.

we did this as a class to understand how to research and analyse different forms of interactive stories and  comics

Hotel 

How is the narrative told 

Hotel is told by animations with Easter eggs and buttons to be able to find out what happens next

it had also used text captions to indicate what is happening

it uses music to distinguish the sort of atmosphere 

the sounds used to match what Easter egg need to be found for example a phone rings you have to locate the phone to continue 

the choice in music was effective because it was all some thing that you would here in a actual hotel
besides sounds to locate items it has a small ring around what you need to find
it was mainly animation i couldn't really tell what other devices there was to tell the story

User enjoyment through interactivity:
searching for click able  items
text captions to show what is happening or going on
there was transactions between scenes.

the potential of digital media
from this i have found out that interactive comics sometimes can be more effective by the way that the actions you do may change the overall ending that a printed comic cant 

Megamind the interactive comic
How is the narrative told 
it tell the story similar to more classic comic however it gets the reader more interested by including techniques such as zooming in to make the action in the panel more exiting to read. it wont change page until you click the arrow to change page it doesn't include any Easter eggs but it got the reader more involved with pans and zooms around the page (you could zoom and scroll where the action is taking place on panel).

user enjoyment through interactivity 
change page when clicked
text captions to show what is being said and sounds e.g BOOOMMM to show and explosion
the was zooms that made i more exciting because when it zoomed it dashed to what happened next
the potential of digital media
from reading Megamind i found that zooms can make a comic more interesting by the way how
it makes you see just that section of what is going on where most people will naturally skim over it so they don't get as involved as the can be which  cant be done in traditional comics unless they use a full page for 1 panel
Dracula 
how is the narrative told 
it tells the story by a scroll system so when you move your mouse the page will move in that direction at the end of each chapter it will give a option the the reader e.g to fight Dracula or run however the results don't really change by this i mean the option you choose will not
 effect the outcome of the story massively for example t the beginning you choose weather you go into the house or not and either way you end up in the prison it also tell the story by using text captions and an Easter egg with a pan
user enjoyment through interactivity
to be able to hover to the next panel
to be able to search for Easter eggs
text captions to show what is happening
small animations
the potential of digital media
from reading Dracula I have found that that giving the reader a option will keep interest of the reader it shows each action in small sections as well as animations.to help the reader understand the actions taking place