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Goals: 

Based on the 2D neighborhood maps you’ve created, compose a story where the main plot unfolds within the map. Think back to the three discussion points we discussed as a group on Wed such as the tennis club . Consider usage of hyperboles in your narrative.

Storytelling, World creation, character development, augmented narratives, Imagineering interactive moments within a static map. 

Prompt:

Taking inspiration from their 2D folk maps, students will incorporate a “choose-your-own tall tale adventure” type narrative, augmenting fictitious elements to their neighborhood maps. 

Guidelines:

Start out by coming up with your responses to these folk world-building tasks:

1. Select 3 areas on your map to exaggerate. (ie. pumpkin patch, tennis club, cupcake shop, the woods, etc.) 

2. Choose 1 epicenter on the map. This location should serve as the main gathering point, destination, or other. If this location is currently the “post office”- come up with a new name and purpose for visiting this location. However, the new augmented version of the post office should still carry essential elements and traits such as serving as the “delivery portal” or “message carrier” or “Hedwig’s birthplace” 

3. Identify two traits or values that you consider to be a defining aspect of the subculture of the area you mapped out. Now, picture two people--one for each trait or value--whose respective appearances and general ways of embody the particular trait or value they are meant to embody. Then, amplify each character's defining traits and characteristics in an elaborate or exaggerated way.

4. Introduce objects that are scattered throughout different pathways that the traveler seeks to accumulate or deliver or consume for a certain reward or outcome once they arrive at their destination. These “pick up objects” should resonate with the overall theme and ambiance of the landscape. For example, if your map depicts rows of bakeries and restaurants, you may have “crumbs” leading the track- or even better, floating cupcakes that are hiding on top of trees and rooftops. 

Deliverables:

• AUGMENTED NEIGHBORHOOD NARRATIVE

• EPICENTER COLLAGE -- zoom into an epicenter and depicts its environmental ambiance through collage (at least 3 layers)

Precedents:

Tall Tales

Immersive storytelling 

Create your own adventure

AR precedents:

Pokemon Go

Harry Potter World AR

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