Storytelling

Scientists have argued whether or not dreams have a true purpose when it comes to humans. In chapter four of, “The Storytelling Animal,” Jonathan Gottschall argues that indeed dreams do have a true function. However, he also claims that “a function for dreams or pretend play or fiction doesn’t mean that we’ve identified the function.” (Page 86). I agree with Gottshchall pertaining to his outlook on dreams having a purpose. Through his varied research, Gottschall concludes that dreams are simply…

According to Joe Lambert, Digital Storytelling is more simply a framework for the discussion of the aesthetic quality of this particular form. (Lambert, 2012). The Digital story has a setting in classrooms because it can improve the students educational level and somethings that many people would not say or admit. Many classrooms do not get involved with each other and you finish the semester without knowing the person’s name that sits next to you. In this class, it helped the students…

Why Transmedia Storytelling should be applied to such a media marketing strategy? It is important, at this stage, to explain what transmedia storytelling means, and how it can be involved within a similar campaign. Stories are meaningful social resources that creates identities for their audiences (Page, 2012), and they represent the purest form of entertainment experience, being applied to different creative field, included marketing. Yet, for achieving a psychologically immersive experience…

Chapter 4 of The Storytelling Animal is rather simple to digest. It follows the formula set forth by previous chapter, so the argument follows the same structure. It begins with a narrative to hook the reader, argues both sides of various topics around the subject, and concludes that the subject is a form a storytelling that helps us practice or prepare for real life problems. In chapter 4, the subject in hand is dreams. Interestingly, in this chapter, the primary argument is split into two…

the book Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, it is clear to see that she had involved a lot of elements throughout this literature. Storytelling and witchery, which are two of the most important elements in the book, have helped people bond, made them suffer from their own believes, and illustrated how modern scientific knowledge eventually takes over traditions. Storytelling is a part of the Indians’ tradition. Different stories that explained why and how things are the ways they are were passed…

I aim to do discuss the difference between McCurry’s visual storytelling versus photojournalism. In order to understand how to read a photograph, this essay will unpack the meaning of visual literacy. Visual literacy is defined in three-folds: first the process of sending and receiving messages using images; the ability…

Collaborative storytelling Providing digital storytelling tools for the early childhood and elementary school years has been one of my constantly re-defined aims. The most recent tool I have developed is the Team Story editor, (Turcsányi-Szabó and Pasaréti, 2010) and also teamese.inf. Elte.hu. Children are able to create story actors and backgrounds digitally, as scanned figures or other art crafts (e.g., paper origami). They can easily assemble the story pages using the editor (Fig. 3.9.1 and 3…

Living life just for the next meal is meager existence. When breaks between jobs are frequent the people create outlets for the misery trying vainy to temporarily numb the pain. Music and alcohol became many people solutions. Without entertainment storytelling and dance became these people only outlet. Preaching grew as people looked for a reason for their starvation and suffering. Chapter 24 (pgs 452 -472) The chapter focused back on the Joads and the night of the camp dance. Tensions are…

The chapter excerpt from Improving Your Storytelling centralizes on the idea of a useful technique to develop a story character by physically embodying and mimicking the character. When becoming your story’s character, there is much more that can be enacted than their physical attributes. Their actions and demeanor are two important contributors to their character, however, there is also the unconsciously acted upon internal sensations. These include the way in which the individual is posed, the…

allowed me to create my own Christian philosophy of storytelling. The three major points that have developed me into who I am are the background that has got me to where I am today, the most important things in my life that can help the world in ways, and the way people need to stay connected and be able to forgive others no matter what the situation might be. I hope that other people can start to develop a philosophy about faith and storytelling that is similar. When I was a little kid, I only…