SSP Forum: Jean-Peic Chou (M.S. Candidate) on Building Stories, plus Community Social
The
Symbolic Systems Forum
presents
Building Stories with Tropes
Jean-Peic Chou (M.S. Candidate)
Symbolic Systems Program
plus
A SymSys Community Social
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
4:30-5:20 pm
Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg. 460), Room 126
ABSTRACT:
The first half of this Forum will feature a talk by Jean-Peic Chou (M.S. Candidate):
Stories are the pillars of human cultures. They shape our imagination, forge our understanding of the world, and empower people to share their ideas. Although great stories rarely fit into any particular box, stories can be highly structured at their core. Viewed as a timeline, stories are made up of climaxes and resolutions, while thematically they revolve around recurring motifs and values. In filmmaking, camera and sound techniques can powerfully influence audience perceptions. In this work, we explore the use of tropes as a tool for analyzing and creating stories. Tropes are recurrent storytelling devices that can be found across many different genres and media, from literature and film to television and video games. We present TaleStream, a mood board system that provides suggestions of story ideas in the form of tropes by leveraging crowdsourced data extracted from the wiki tvtropes.com. We demonstrate the usability and effectiveness of TaleStream in facilitating the ideation process of stories and analyze the key role played by tropes in this context.
The second half of the session will feature snack food and beverages, and an opportunity for members of the SymSys community to socialize.
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