A Brief Storyboard

This blog post will help me to plan briefly each slide so that I can develop a story and to make sure everything I have learnt in the module, such as semiotics, genre and intertextuality will be used in my multi-modal text.

IDEA: In the computer game, the Sims 2, there can be different outcomes. For example, when a Sim has a job, a text box can pop up and ask you a career question using a particular scenario. You have to choose one of two options and both have different outcomes; either positive or negative. To give the audience control I would like to have two different scenarios to my multi-modal text.

'Adventure in the park'

Slide 1: Intro
Slide 2: Walking in the park
Slide 3: Two directions, different pathways, unsure of what could happen.
Slide 4: One route is flooded
Slide 5: Other is not
Slide 6: Cousin falls into river if they go flooded route
Slide 7: I jump in to save her- splash!
Slide 8: Play on the swings if didn't go flooded route
Slide 9: What could have happened if we went the opposite route
Slide 10: Home time!

Comparing Powerpoint to Prezi- Pros and Cons

Comparing Powerpoint to Prezi- Pro's and Con's.

Hopefully this will help me to decide which one to use!

Powerpoint

Pro’s	Con’s
Multiple functions to manipulate sound, image and text.	Generic
Easy to use	Static
Standard- easy to access file

Prezi

Pro’s	Con’s
Different	Less functions
Not static	Less user friendly
Add sound, images, etc easily	Can make people dizzy!

I have decided to use Powerpoint as it offers more of the key functions that I will make use of. So my multimodal text won't look as static, I am planning on making a short video clip featuring as part of the story to make it more mixed with reference to the type of media used.

Interactive Graphic Novel

Interactive Graphic Novel

 http://www.amctv.com/the-prisoner-graphic-novel/

 *The witty narration and comic-book style.

 *Pictures and text overlapping the background- comic book genre.

* individual pieces of paper and glass flying across in a 3D style when everything else in the frame is still.