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From the first few lectures, I learned a surprising amount. Surprising since I didn’t realize when I was learning.
This is a different method of learning for me. I am not used to such an open-ended learning experience since most of my courses have well-defined policies and expectations, but for me, this course is vaguer.
Even though I say this, I have learned things I did not expect to. Firstly I learned that creativity can be quantified by the means of a schema. It may not be an exact number, but its a good way to define if something is more creative than another idea. I’m trying to implement this while writing and rewriting my story from different perspectives, trying to see which one is crazier, and still making it to the point.
The second thing I learned was storytelling doesn't need to be done in a specific manner. a good story can be displayed through simple elements, and it’s possible to display a complicated feeling, via a small combination of simple elements, immersively. I’m trying to reduce the clutter in my story while maintaining what it’s supposed to explain.
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I want my story to be told in the form of a minimalistic game, with the help of emotional music and lighting. A simple yet immersive game.
The third thing I learned was people are amazing. The crazy ideas I got in the course to me were purely awesome. I loved how people let their imagination run wild. I’ve gotten at least something or the other to learn from every member of the class. I've pitched my story to most of them because of the in-class activities, and due to the power of perspective have gotten a good idea of my shortcomings. I’ve started working on them.
I plan on having my story about 90% ready, if permitted by what we have learned in class, by the 15th of February. I want my story to be a sneak attack, just like Heart of a Dog. The start must imply the end, but the story should only clear out the mystery at the epilogue.
As for the fourth class, it was a little more interactive, and a little vaguer for me than the rest. Learning about look and feel, and the pirates and parrots of the town, was a great experience. The product of the look and feel exercise is “attached” below. Overall, I’d just like to say that I enjoyed it.
