Abstract
![CDATA[This chapter addresses screen drama texts and how the structure and context of screen drama affects and shapes meaning for both the composer and viewer. It examines the dependency of viewing screen drama in the English classroom upon the aesthetics of composing small screen digital narratives. Television is small screen technology as are the computer (which Kolker 1999: 187 refers to as the 'third screen'), the iPod and the smart phone. The large-screen cinema complements these. Examples will illustrate how screen narratives are affected and shaped through the acts of both viewing and making screen drama. Small-screen drama is very much a part of the popular culture and the computer-animated game narrative is a significant form of participatory entertainment by young people. DVD/Biu-ray, computer games, the World Wide Web, WebCam, camcorders and screen-based advertising billboards all create a role for us as audience of the small screen. The advent of digital wide-screen home movie systems, data projectors and digital image manipulation blurs small-screen narrative drama with cinematic images. This landscape of small screen is integral to viewing, critiquing and composing digital narratives in the English classroom.]]
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Charged with Meaning : Re-Viewing English |
| Editors | Susanne Gannon, Mark Howie, Wayne Sawyer |
| Place of Publication | Putney, N.S.W. |
| Publisher | Phoenix Education |
| Pages | 265-275 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781921586187 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- narration (rhetoric)
- motion picture authorship