Inanimate alice tells the story of a girl growing up dreaming of becoming a game designer one day. Inanimate alice offers a glimpse into a multimedia future of childrens and young adult literature. Alices father, john, works in the oil industry and has regular field trips away from their home at. May, 20 inanimate alice consists of four episodes that reside online, with a further six episodes planned. The inanimate alice facebook page is a vibrant community in which teachers, parents, and students can go to share their success stories, enthusiasm, and reactions to the story. It helps the audience feel more immersed in the story. Shipping where one or both of the partners is an inanimate object becoming, in effect, a companion. Inanimate alice is a multimedia, interactive story told through the eyes of alice, an aspiring game designer and animator. He goes alone to look for oil, while alice and her mother stay at the basecamp. Inanimate alice also supports a number of literacies, including digital literacy, social and emotional literacy, stem literacy, visual literacy, and multimodal literacy obrien, n. Lesson 1 2011 78 december 4 november 32 october 39 september 3 watermark theme.
Each episode of inanimate alice become increasingly interactive and gamelike, reflecting alices own developing skills as a game designer and animator. Inanimate alice, the story of alice and her imaginary digital friend brad, has steadily become a staple for english teachers, in many countries around the world, interested in exploring transmedia. Inanimate alice is one of the first pieces of digital fiction to combine interactivity, games, and an accessible story with a sophisticated multimedia interface. Lecture inanimate alice 1 inanimate alice is different from other books, since the reader interacts in multiple ways. Alice has lost her parents, meaning she cant find them and they should be back at the chalet. Figure 5 represents the building labyrinth adventure game from episode 4. Episode 1 was screened on yorkshire tv propeller tv, 17th april 2006. Amelie my thoughts on inanimate alice episode 1 by dellsounds published on 20140311t10. While it does not include interactive elements, it shows interesting use of media elements drawn from the original text. The story of a girl growing up dreaming of one day becoming a computer games designer, inanimate alice is told over ten increasingly complex episodes which reflect. Inanimate alice is a global story that people from around the world can both easily access and connect with.
She has made a new puzzle on her player, and she wants to show it to her dad. Create marketing content that resonates with prezi video. A demonstration of the weebly site slide show application was followed by instructions for posting. Inanimate alice consists of four episodes that reside online, with a further six episodes planned. Inanimate alice combines text, sound, imagery and game elements to tell the story of.
Hometown 2 alice is 16 years old and has been living in england for almost three years a lifetime record. Alice is a digital novel that most students find accessible, interesting, fun and mysterious. Now that you have explore the adventures of inanimate alice, it it time for you to create a lost episode between episode 3. The first episode of garfield and friends aired on september 17, 1988. Inanimate alice tells the story of a young girl growing up in the early years of the 21st century, beginning with her childhood in a remote region of northern china and progressing toward her life as a twentysomething video game designer. Nov 25, 2009 i gave a background to inanimate alice.
We meet alice at the age of eight and follow her episodic story into her midteens when she bec. Inanimate alice episode 4 electronic literature organization. Using your goanimate for schools account, you will create a digital lost episode for inanimate alice. Inanimate alice episode 1 by dellsounds free listening on. China alice is eight years old and living in far northern china. Their familiarity with the interactive world of the internet allowed students to be at ease with the digital features presented within the story and empowered students to be in control. Then we were put into partners and were told to make our own 5th episode. Narrative text interacts with the images onscreen in such a way that encourages reader engagement as text is displayed at different times, in different locations, and in different ways. They are a bit surprised to find alice in a snow hole, but they say that they went to get a pizza, which is now cold. Inanimate alice abstract inanimate alice is a work of interactive transmedia fiction that combines text, animation, sound effects and gaming elements. In my teaching experience inanimate alice has proven to be an excellent new media fiction which allows students to develop multiple literacies literary, cinematic, artistic, etc in combination with the.
Alice uses text, sound, music, images, videos and games in her adventures, which start at age 8 when she learns that her dad is missing in a very remote part of northern china. Visual novels 27247 tags 2557 releases 68053 producers 9872 staff 20156 characters 89019 traits 2743. The best bit i thought was in episode two and it was the part where alice was going to go to ski school, but she fell in the snow. We agreed to spend the remainder of the lesson reading episodes 1 and 2. Inanimate alice episode 1 by dellsounds free listening. Together with the other 56s classes, we watched the 4 episodes the bradfield company had made, and in between, we made predictions, did a questionnaire and did some activities. Though primarily oriented toward children and young adults, the multimodal narrative can be read and appreciated by all for the complexity of. Allow students to work in pairs and navigate the story on. I couldnt take my eyes away from the screen, it was that good.
As they progress through each episode, readers are encouraged to make choices on behalf of alice, providing the opportunity for them to experience the elements of cause and effect, a key component in the new australian curriculum hsie descriptors. This is the soundtrack to inanimate alice, episode 5. She and her parents have ended up in a multicultural city in the middle of england. The show stars linda lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life. The snow has been falling fast, and there is still no sign of her parents.
With each episode set in a different country, and reflecting the corresponding culture, inanimate. Inanimate alice combines text, sound, imagery and game elements to tell the story of a girl growing up dreaming of one day becoming a game. Inanimate alice is an ongoing digital novel, an interactive multimodal fiction, relating the experiences of aspiring game designer alice field and her imaginary digital friend, brad, in episodes, journals, social media, and virtual reality in development. Inanimate alice is an ongoing digital novel, an interactive multimodal fiction, relating the experiences of alice and her imaginary digital friend, brad, in. Episodes 14 of the series were written by novelist kate pullinger and developed by digital artist chris joseph as a prequel to an. Checkpoint 1 alice in the car with her parents, an airport with iron fence and security box, alices player, a dark silhouette of russian soldier 2 music is intense, sounds of alices player, sounds of airport. Inanimate alice just trying to be better than yesterday. We talked about setting and character development, noting that inanimate alice can be read as a bildungsroman.
This is a threehour made for tv special about lewis carrolls alice in wonderland and. Inanimate alice combines text, sound, imagery and game elements to tell the story of a girl growing up dreaming of. Jun 10, 2015 inanimate alice is a multimodal digital novel that follows the life of the protagonist, alice. The ski lifts have shut down for the day and there is heavy snow falling. China, inanimate alice this will take approximately five minutes. Inanimate alice is a very innovative way of telling as story. Alice is 16, an aspiring game designer who grew up constantly on the move.
Within australia, scootle is the sole repository for inanimate alice curriculum support documents boyd, 2014. The stories are told through text, music, games, images, sound effects, and video and are available for free. Italy alice is 10 years old and on a skiing vacation in the italian alps. By harnessing the power of that role play, teachers can use inanimate alice as an inspiration for guided discovery lessons on the. Her parents havent arrived back yet and its getting late, so she heads out in the thick, blinding snow. For the first time ever, alice has friends her own age, and they do all the things that 14 year olds everywhere do. Her father looks for oil with the help of alot of sophisticated equipment. Inanimate alice is a digital, interactive, graphic novel set in the 21st century. Uniquely, it is a tale of progressive complexity, each episode reflecting alice s age and digital competency as she grows up. Originally designed for entertainment purposes, inanimate alice offers an instructional opportunity to promote 21st century skills in an environment that is unique and inspiring to students. The first time an episode is screened the tension in the classroom builds. Rather than simply reading text, the experience is enhanced with sounds, videos, images, and games.
Inanimate alice episode 4 electronic literature collection. Set in the early years of the 21st century and told through text, sound, images, music and games, inanimate alice is the story of alice and her imaginary digital friend brad. Each episode of inanimate alice become increasingly interactive and gamelike, reflecting alice s own developing skills as a game designer and animator. As alice grows in age and skills, the 10 episodes become increasingly interactive and gamelike. Hometown 2 by inanimate alice, released 01 january 2015 1. As one of my students said after reading episode 1 for the first time. Inanimate alice is a digital novel with text, images, music, movie elements, and games suitable for students in grades 512. While her father is off working, and her mother is outdoors painting landscapes, she is inside their temporary. The show stars linda lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working. The ultimate goal is to complete 10 episodes spanning alices life from age 8 to her midtwenties. The series is based on the 1974 film alice doesnt live here anymore. Created by myself and web artist chris joseph, inanimate alice was commissioned and financed by bradfield ltd producer ian harper. Remember to keep the 10 tools for digital storytelling in mind when creating your story. Jun 17, 2011 inanimate alice is a global story that people from around the world can both easily access and connect with.
She spends time hanging out with friends, roaming the city and going to night clubs. Alice wants to go out to a restaurant, to celebrate them finding her father, but any restaurant is over 500 miles in the opposite direction, because they are in a very remote area of china. This narrative, produced in flash, follows a young girl whose life is mediated by technology during a day of family unrest when her father is lost and found. Tldl program written by leslie holwerda, teacherlibrarian. Inanimate alice combines text, sound, imagery and game elements to tell the story of a girl growing up dreaming of one day. One day some unsavoury types are waiting outside school and so she skates across the city to avoid. Inanimate alice in afghanistan is an example of a student made new episode, based on the original text, made by students luke, sahashra and burak in cathie suttons year 6 classroom melbourne, australia. First meet alice age 8, drawing a stickman and taking photos to send to her dad.
She is being homeschooled by her mother, ming, whilst in this remote location. Alice in wonderland 1999 lions gate studio made for tv story. This blog was begun as an inquiry project for edes 540 university of alberta m. In inanimate alice, each episode takes place in a different country, and reflects a different culture. China part 1 of an episodic interactive multimedia story. Ask students to add their own choice or more to a class list on the class blog. Six episodes have been completed and a virtual reality experience. Episode 4 of inanimate alice finds alice going to school at last. If you love to read, try this awardwinning, interactive narrative. Allow students to work in pairs and navigate the story on their own. She is living with her parents in a remote area of northern china. I like how youve put some of alices narrative right. Alice is an american sitcom television series that ran from august 31, 1976 to march 19, 1985 on cbs, during which a total of 202 episodes were produced spanning nine seasons.
Alice is 16 years old and has been living in england for almost three years a lifetime record. The episodes are available in five different languages. China by kate pullinger and babel is a part of the electronic literature collection and is uniquely different from other pieces. Alice is 10 years old and on a skiing vacation in the italian alps. Inanimate alice is an innovative text because it combines all the features of digital technology that is of interest to our 21 st century students walsh, 20. It tells the story of alice, a young girl growing up in a nearfuture world. In my english class we used netbooks for the second episode of inanimate alice. Students play the part of alice, and take an increasingly greater role in the story with each subsequent episode.
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