MAS.845 Special Topics in Cinematic
Storytelling
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Exemplary Materials
Aspen
Movie Map.
(Andy Lippman et al., MIT Media Lab, 1978)
Dramatica
(Screenplay
Systems, 1993-2001)
Last
Year at Marienbad
(Alain Resnais, 1961)
Myst (Broderbund,
1993)
New
Orleans in Transition,
1983-1987
(Glorianna Davenport et al., MIT Media Lab, 1987)
Tamara
(John Krizanc, Theatre Event, First performed in 1981)
The
Colonel's Bequest
(Sierra, 1989)
The
Sims
(Electronic Arts Inc., 2001)