Multimedia and new media with high tech for the Visual Storytelling in the present and future

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This course explores digital narratives as they are designed, produced, and consumed in various electronic and “virtual” formats. Given this is a broad and expansive discipline that will continue to spawn new immersive experiences, stories, and technologies, the course will lay the foundation for understanding new transmedia environments and explore best practices for creating non-fiction narratives on emerging platforms. We will explore narratives in 360, VR, AR, and mobile.

What are the elements of a persuasive digital story? How do digital spaces function similarly/differently from non-digital spaces when looking at narrative? What are the tools and techniques one can use to produce and visualize narrative in new and emerging digital formats? And finally, what does it mean to “tell stories” when digital forms and technologies are constantly changing? As technologies continue to evolve, how will we create, share, and experience the most fundamental unit of human culture—the story?

What We Know: Desktop, Mobile, Tablet -We take a critical and in-depth look at the most present and enduring platforms. We will ask: How have narratives evolved and advanced during their short lifespan. Have any definitive, practical or successful practices emerged? What have we learned? What are the success stories? Who are the innovators in this space? Have we seen a storytelling revolution? Or a mere minor evolution?

Wearables & Drones- Sure Google Glass was a bust and the jury is still out on the Apple Watch but is there a real future beyond our handheld mobile device. Will stories finally make it to our wrists and eyeballs? If they do, will we be ready? We will examine storytelling in its most compact form to date. Drones — How, When and Where to fly them.

Virtual Reality & 360 Immersive video – Heralded as the “empathy machine” is virtual reality finally here to stay? We will discuss the promises—and pitfalls—of the emerging technology and discuss its application to non-fiction storytelling, including how to produce content for the platform

TV & Future of the Documentary- The 80-year-old TV industry at the precipice of a distribution and content revolution. The widely-anticipated convergence of personal computers, the internet and television is finally happening. What’s the opportunity for journalism? Also, new interactive technologies are making it easier than ever to not only distribute documentaries, but build communities around them. How has the documentary changed?

The Bleeding Edge: Artificial Intelligence & The undefined- Computer-generated copy is already used in sports and business reporting – will machines soon master great storytelling? As technology marches relentlessly on, everything goes into development sooner or later. Just by looking at where we are today, we can already see how powerful technology has been in shaping our world. Through the years, cutting-edge technologies intended to make life a lot more convenient for humans. We examine the potential of new technologies for storytelling.

The Internet of Things- The Internet of Things revolves around increased machine-to-machine communication; it’s built on cloud computing and networks of data-gathering sensors; it’s mobile, virtual, and instantaneous connection; and they say it’s going to make everything in our lives from streetlights to seaports “smart.” With sensors talking to each other and access to info at our fingertips, how do the dynamics of reporting change? What does this mean for breaking news?

Graphic Design across platforms -Designing without understanding what makes people act the way they do is like exploring a new city without a map: results will be haphazard, confusing, and inefficient. We will talk real science and research with practical examples to deliver actionable items for every design thinker who wants to create intuitive and engaging work across all platforms.

Story Design across platforms- We will study the principles of story, structure, and design as adapted from cinema, advertising, fiction and journalism, in order to uncover the common and enduring elements of story that will remain intact no matter what technology throws our way.

The Storyteller’s Toolbox – For those of us non-coders, we will discover the intuitive and easy to use, but not watered-down tools —to help us code with seeing a line of code, create interactive and immersive videos and websites.

Agile Storytelling- We learn to Build real-time/agile storytelling into your project. New media companies like Buzzfeed and Vice get it. They are tracking everything and change content accordingly. We explore how to incorporate this into our narrative and user experience.

The Visionaries- There is never a medium without its Michelangelo or Frida Kahlo, we study the visionaries of the digital story form.