Storytelling
On The Web
The Art of Multi-screen Narrative
Senongo Akpem
senongo.net
@senongo
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Kwagh-hir
http://www.nairaland.com/naptu2
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These were our bedtime stories. Tales that
haunted our parents and made them laugh
at the same time. We never understood
them until we were fully grown and they
became our sole inheritance.
-Edwidge Danticat
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pixel-fable.com
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http://pixel-fable.com/cricketandmudbrick.html
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That’s why the cricket
walks around saying-
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EEk EEk EEk
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Falling in love with
interactive storytelling
was easy.
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Essentials for
Digital
Narratives
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context
is more important than
capability
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Sensors
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Mobiles/Tablets
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Desktops/TVs
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Public and Immersive Displays
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Split your
content into
separate
blocks
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Kolobok
bit.ly/RkeUwa
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bit.ly/RkeUwa
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Narrative content blocks
can exist
independently
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http://mobstr.org/home2.html
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Digital stories need
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Offer multiple
points of view
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Bear 71
bear71.nfb.ca/#/bear71
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They can start a revolution on a
smartphone, but can’t remember to close
the lid of a bear-proof garbage bin.
-Bear 71
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Offer people
multiple
perspectives
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Redefine a
tradition
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Pixel Fable
http://pixel-fable.com/crab.html
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Design
culturally relevant
versions of our myths
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The Story of Monkey
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The Story of Monkey
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http://www.michelbergermonkey.com
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Myths have the potential to redefine
our entire society.
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Design real,
contextual
interactions
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http://chinaheart.org.au
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China Heart
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Design stories with
memories
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Silent History/other
http://thesilenthistory.com
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make your interface a
seamless part
of the narrative
75% vs. 25%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(video_game)
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embrace
narrative
ambiguity
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Transmedia storytelling is the ideal
aesthetic form for an era of collective
intelligence.
-Henry Jenkins
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To recap-
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1. Divide your story into separate
content blocks
2. Offer people multiple perspectives
3. Redefine a tradition
4. Design contextual interactions
5. Immerse people in the narrative