RE: Short stories

1998-06-15 Thread Bullard, Claude L (Len)
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] "Hearing a familiar tale told with a different twist encourages children to consider how they would modify the story, which is one step closer to being able to create an original story themselves." --jed

Re: Short stories

1998-06-15 Thread Jed Hartman
Unfortunately "story arc" means two almost opposite things depending on context. In comic books and, I think, on somewhat older TV series like _Hill Street Blues_, "story arc" used to mean a short story running over the space of three or four episodes, threading through the ongoing continuity of

RE: Short stories

1998-06-15 Thread Bullard, Claude L (Len)
Thanks for the answers on arc. VRML series: we kicked this around a lot in the past. Given the technology coming out of VRMLDream, it may be doable. Getting the stock characters set up then having guests sounds a lot like stuff done on The Simpsons and The Flinstones. Putting together

Re: Short stories

1998-06-15 Thread Sandy Ressler
I would think that not only VRML series of all sorts but another opportunity for $$ might be the use of these real time VRML stories as rehearsals or live story boards. A bunch of movies (can't remember now) have in the past used Virtus Walkthrough, for scene/camera placement and theatrical