Interactive Narrative Technology and Production — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

Instructions

Student presentations must have a faculty sponsor.

Abstracts must include a title and a description of the research, scholarship, or creative work. The description should be 150-225 words in length and constructed in a format or style appropriate for the presenter’s discipline.

The following points should be addressed within the selected format or style for the abstract:

A clear statement of the problem or question you pursued, or the scholarly goal or creative theme achieved in your work.
A brief comment about the significance or uniqueness of the work.
A clear description of the methods used to achieve the purpose or goals for the work.
A statement of the conclusions, results, outcomes, or recommendations, or if the work is still in progress, the results you expect to report at the event.

Presenter photographs should be head and shoulder shots comparable to passport photos.

Additional Information

More information is available at carthage.edu/celebration-scholars/. The following are members of the Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Committee who are eager to listen to ideas and answer questions:

Jun Wang
Kim Instenes
John Kirk
Nora Nickels
Andrew Pustina
James Ripley

Interactive Narrative Technology and Production

Name: Brooke Halvorsen
Major: Communication
Hometown: Kenosha, WI
Faculty Sponsor:
Other Sponsors:
Type of research: SURE
Funding: SURE

Abstract

This project comprises a series of documentary short films and an interactive experience that uses, researches, and develops technology that can be used to aid in “peacemaking” for the Negev in Israel/Palestine and Brownsville, Brooklyn USA. Both communities lack the ability to overcome socio-economic and education gaps, so by helping create artwork that explores new ways of documenting history and leadership, this project aims to create a better, more just society through emerging narrative technology. Working as a sound engineer, I edited interviews from existing scripts and provided creative edits to create a naturalistic aural environment. Additionally, I edited animated components of the script for an experiential comic book. The artistic liberties I was given in editing the flow of the story showed me how professional media productions orchestrate an end product that reflects the initial ideas of the creator and expands upon them through collaboration. This project also gave me the opportunity to create work for an interactive experience that conveys a story that is more immersive and entertaining to an audience than through strictly traditional media. The outcome of this project will be incremental research and production of three documentary films profiling subjects from respective communities. Following the documentaries, audiences will be directed to a multimedia web-documentary that more broadly explains the issues in this community upon release of projects.

Poster file