COM3079 ST: Digital Storytelling

From Tik Tok to Twitch, Pixar to PlayStation, stories are all around us in the digital age. What makes us gravitate to these stories? Which themes are popular in modern storytelling and what do they reflect our society? How is society transformed by these stories and the technologies that transmit them? In this hands-on intermediate online course students will explore these questions and others, while examining the evolution of storytelling conventions, techniques, and technologies across history, from prehistoric cave paintings to the recent explosion of generative artificial intelligence. Through several hands-on projects students will also have the opportunity construct their own shorthand narratives using various digital media platforms and technologies. Activities and instruction will emphasize narrative structure and conventions in fiction and non-fiction narrative, well as writing, production, and editing techniques. Projects may include podcasts, infographics, storyboards, short films, interactive and Al-based stories. Credits: 3

WRT1012 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 And COM1011 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or COM1021 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or COM1071 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00