storytelling

Market Map
The clickable method is a very good method, but it does have its pros and cons. The pros in the example of the Market Map are the chart is broken up into groups; health care, energy and so on. It was also a good idea to use color. Also the clickable method is good if the facts that are written on the map do not change for a good amount of time. The reason I say this is because the clickable method is a very time consuming to produce, and would be a total headache to have to change the information all the time. There are other cons that come with the layout of the Market Map is set up. First it would help if there was more color; it would have looked better and more appealing if it was color coded. Also what happens if someone is not sure what a company is, maybe someone does not know that Boston Properties is a financial company. They would spend more time looking for the company on this map then they would actually spend reading and finding out the information that they want to know.

Shattered
I enjoyed every little aspect about the slide show for Shattered. I almost had tears in my eyes while having a flashback to 9/11. This was the best storytelling method I feel that was used out of all the examples I have read. I felt that it was just amazing how words were not needed to express this event. Also there was no music, I feel it would not of had as big of an emotional impact if there was music. They say that a slid show tells a story by itself and I think it did. Shattered was definitely done right because it was very effective in telling a story. There were other options that you could look at but 9/11 just grabs your attention because it is on the opening page. Also this was a very good slide show to have because so many people in today’s world had been affected by the tragic event.

Audio Stories
So I listened to Inside the Church of Bethlehem Frontiers of War 102 Minutes. I found it to be plain or bland. I clicked on it and three people were shown. The page was simple and did not draw me in. I feel in order to tell a story I should want to listen to the audio, and in this case I had no desire to want to hear more then one person talk. When the first woman was talking about the plane crash the audio was hard to hear and understand. The second audio of a woman describing the crash was better, but at first I was a little confused oh what she was talking about. The male that was interviewed was very mono-tone. I feel that the audio did tell a story but it was a very drawn out and unexcited way of telling it.