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

Socpus ID

13444252749 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/13444252749

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