Talk the Fire Out: An Experiment in Multimodal Storytelling

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dc.contributorMiddleton, Arthur
dc.contributorHolder, Heidi
dc.contributor.advisorFlachs, Charles
dc.contributor.authorCohen, Tamar
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-19T12:53:02Z
dc.date.available2022-05-19T12:53:02Z
dc.date.gradyear2022en_US
dc.date.issued2022-05-19
dc.descriptionThis thesis includes embedded videos hosted on the internet.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study demonstrates the benefits of using multiple artistic modes to tell a story. The bulk of the research I present here was occupied with studying the work of storytellers who use multiple media and deciphering the reasons for the choices they make, particularly in places where the medium shifts. I then used this information to make these same choices in my own creative work. I found that a change in medium can dramatically shift the perspective of the audience, pulling them deeper into the story. It also allows audience members who process information and communicate differently to access the story. Working in multiple media allows the storyteller to meet the audience where they are and engage them in it by moving them through different positions relative to the story and by providing a variety of ways in.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipDanceen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/6341
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.restrictedpublicen_US
dc.subjectMultimodal Storytellingen_US
dc.subjectTransmedia Storytellingen_US
dc.subjectStorytellingen_US
dc.subjectFolkloreen_US
dc.titleTalk the Fire Out: An Experiment in Multimodal Storytellingen_US
dc.typeThesis
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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