Friday, December 16, 2011

Theatrical Concepts in Human/Computer Acitivty

For this blog, I analyzed "Travels in Argentina and Bolivia." This is an audio slideshow about a few people who traveled through South America, specifically Argentina and Bolivia.

Action: The slideshow showed action with pictures, describing how they danced the tango and climbed a volcano.

Character: The slideshow showed several characters in photos, but there was only one voice narrating. The narrator described the native people and how they viewed life.

Thought: There was hardly any emotion or depth to the story, only a narration of the trip.

Language: The narrator spoke in a clear, easy-to-understand English tone. The narrator didn't use any other variations in telling his story.

Pattern: There was light background music throughout, and on occasion there was some use of natural sound. Mainly, however, I just heard the narrator and the background and natural sound was just to keep it from being silent. This was a nice touch on the author, as it wouldn't have been right to play this slideshow without any background noise. That method would be best for a solemn moment or story.

Enactment: The photography by Beatriz and Eric Stollnitz was truly phenomenal. They captured the view of both Argentina and Bolivia, using a wide variety of landscape and portraits. As it should be, the photography was the highlight of the slideshow.

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