Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Seminar
Tutorial
Module Offerings
7503IABACT-SEP-PAR
Aims
1. Develop an advanced critical understanding of theories relating to traditional, transmedia, and interactive story telling and how they are applicable to and can be realised within theatre and performance.
2. Develop and portray performances utilising story telling devices and approaches.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Show an advanced critical understanding of traditional, transmedia, and interactive story telling theories.
2.
Apply an advanced variety of performative codes and conventions to the construction of a transmedia or interactive project.
3.
Verify the realized theatrical practice by the integration of appropriate constructs, critical frameworks as the scaffold for the creative practice.
4.
Demonstrate sophisticated use of interpersonal and group working skills during the creative teams’ development of a transmedia or interactive story telling project.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The module will focus on contemporary uses of and the interactions between performance, alternative performance practices, interactive techniques, the digital space, and transmedia story telling. Importance will be given to the interactions and relation between European and non-European traditions from the perspective of global and decolonised performance.
The module will theoretically and practically investigate the concept of “fictional worlds” and expanded universes/story-worlds, emerging technologies and the relationship with the audience. The four main trajectories will be: story telling development, the shared experience, audience interactions and uses of technology.
The module will explore the use, functions, implications and found meanings of prefixes such as “trans-”, “inter-”, “cross-”, and “multimedia”, and examine the use of multiple platforms in literature, mixed media and the development of franchises.
Through workshops and student-led projects, explorations will be made into site-responsive, immersive, promenade, one-to-one, game-based, audio driven, audience led, VR and AR storytelling aspects.
Additional Information:Most of the bibliographical material will be given as handouts during the classes. Online materials will be signposted for example www.monoskop.org) and specific databases (LJMU Library, Jstor, DOAJ).
Additional access to specific technological platforms and channels for transmedia performances will be shown to the students.
Assessment is via performance with a specific project plan.