Title
The Dawn At My Back
Keywords
And storytelling; Author; Autobiography; Interactive Art; Memoir; Narrative; Reader (User Experience)
Abstract
Interactive multimedia narrative in CD/DVD-ROMs and game design offers choice and non-linearity as communication signifiers. The viewer chooses where to go in an interactive design, viewing content in a non-traditional, non-linear fashion. However the content is totally controlled by the author, not the reader. The content is pre-determined while the viewer controls the viewing path in real time. The Dawn At My Back: Memoir of a Black Texas Upbringing outlines three parallel stories of a mother, a daughter, and a society by detailing racism's impact on each element. The concept is to design a combination Book/DVD-ROM/Website that allows the reader direct interaction with the narrative. This project expands on the idea that interactivity is a dialogue between viewer and story by encouraging the book's reader to become a DVD-ROM user and website co-author.
Publication Date
1-1-2004
Publication Title
ACM Multimedia 2004 - proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on Multimedia
Number of Pages
993-994
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1145/1027527.1027766
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
13444252749 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/13444252749
STARS Citation
Blue, Carroll Parrott, "The Dawn At My Back" (2004). Scopus Export 2000s. 5746.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/5746