What is Media Arts?

Media arts is basically using resources such as “film, audio recording, or digital imaging” in order to be able to tell a story (Roberts-Breslin 2012). In my opinion, media art also encompasses photography as well, even though it might not seem like photographs tell a story – they certainly do!

In this course, I plan to follow the linear story pattern. This is when “a single character is tracked from beginning to end” (Truby 2007). This type of story appeals the most to me, because I prefer stories that have a set beginning, middle, and end. However, like with many things, there are pros and cons to this pattern. The main pro would be that the story would be easy to follow along with. Another would be that the story would be able to be filmed and edited in chronological order. A con would be that it would be hard to stray from the story (adding on different points to the story) even in the slightest amount, because then the lines between beginning, middle, and end could become skewed.

This pattern could also be used in the blog environment, because when you think about it – each post has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Each of us are technically already using this when we write our posts by using the beginning, middle, end thoughts on our blog assignments. I am also implementing this when it comes to my course project. Below is an image of my initial planning process for my course project. This is just the basic setup, and how I plan to use the linear pattern with beginning, middle, and end.

Works Cited:

Roberts-Breslin, J. (2012). Making Media Foundations of Sound and Image Production (3rd ed.). Waltham, MA: Elsevier, INC.

Truby, J. (2007). The Anatomy of Story. New York , NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.