Analysing Inanimate Alice
Today, in preparation for our assessment which is to create our own digital novel, we watched an episode of the digital novel Inanimate Alice. Inanimate Alice follows the story of a girl in different countries. In the episode we watched today Alice and her mum had to try and find her day who had been missing for 3 days. To help us create an effective digital novel, we analysed this episode to see how the elements of this episode; such as sounds, pictures and staff, create meaning. For example, throughout the episode music was playing which changed pace to fit the storyline, whenever there was tension or panic in the story then the music played was of a fast pace. Music also helped set the scene, oriental music reminded us that the story was set in China. Another element that created meaning was pictures and videos, the most prominent video was one showing a moving road which emphasised the fact that Alice and her mother are on a long journey. By looking at the elements in Inanimate Alice it is now clear how important they are in creating an effective story as they can say a lot about the story without having any text.
