Spring 2024 Film AF8316 section 001

World-Building and Unbuilding

World-Building and Unbuil

Call Number 15240
Day & Time
Location
R 2:00pm-5:00pm
504 Dodge Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Char Simpson
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

What happens when we reject the classic hero’s journey in favor of new myths? From folktales to franchises, this course from the Digital Storytelling Lab will explore transportive worlds and the methods used to create them. Collectively, we will deconstruct the idea that World-Building is a private practice and instead, uplift the notion that it is a creative tool to strengthen stories and expand ideas. As Author and activist Clarice Lispector writes: “Creating isn't imagination, it's taking the great risk of grasping reality,” but what happens when we use World-Building to shift the systems that govern our reality?

Leveraging storytelling techniques of Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) and Role Playing Games (RPGs), we will collectively build a world that transcends the classroom and moves into the outside world, ultimately bringing participants together to tackle complex issues and redefine solo authorship as a collaborative space. This course culminates in the collective experience of each other’s worlds and the Alternate Reality experiences therein. There are no prerequisites for this course.

Web Site Vergil
Department Film
Enrollment 12 students (12 max) as of 9:05PM Friday, December 13, 2024
Status Full
Subject Film
Number AF8316
Section 001
Division School of the Arts
Open To Schools of the Arts
Section key 20241FILM8316R001