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Redridinghood Analysis

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“Redridinghood” of Donna Leishman is the electronic literature base on children store. It is about a little girl, she wears red sweater and brings some food for her grandmother who live in the forest. Unfortunately, there is a wolf that follows her all the way to her grandma’s house to kill her grandma and her for its meal. For Donna Leishman’s work, it contains audio, touch, visual and communication. Continuing the story, the viewers have to click on the chosen items like doors or windows; also, we can pick two options that were created by the end of the story. They are letting her sleep or waking her up and we pick either one of them; it will lead us to different scenarios. That way, it makes people get more involved to the story by their physically activities with new technology environment. Besides, the soundtrack and the music describe very well the story’s situation which is dangerous and high risky. The video has the viewer’s interaction; it keeps the viewers awake.

“Electronic circuitry profoundly involves men with one another” and “We can no longer build serially, block-by-block, step-by-step, because instant communication insures that all factors of the environment and of experience coexist in a state of active interplay”(Page 63). In my opinion, Donna Leishman’s work is great example by turning original story to electronic literature; plus, Donna brings all the viewers together by video’s step-by-step structure. That way, the views will find more interesting in this video than read straight content as the story in children book.

Redridinghood

@JaredAbrahamWSU

Red Riding Hood is a classic tale about a girl who visits her grandmother in the woods, but when she arrives at the cabin there is a wolf there instead of her grandmother. In the E- Lit piece by Donna Leishman, Redridinghood, it starts out similar but then about halfway through the story the author gives you the ability to interact with the characters, this is something that is unique to E-Lit. while there are some paper books that let you choose the story you want to read, in Redridinghood, once you choose the story you don’t have to flip forward one hundred pages to continue. Instead, the transition is seamless, the way that E-Lit should be.

This reminds me of the reading when Fiore talks about “multiple Models of exploration.”(68) You could click on Wake Her Up or Shall Red Sleep. Each would give a different view of the story or perhaps a new story altogether. One of the many ways that this could be considered E-Lit would be the use of animation. some could argue that there is also animation in paper books as well, like flip books where there is the illusion of animation, but it is impossible to have a moving character on paper. Another difference that would classify this as E-Lit is the use of Music to help set the mood. This is maybe the most obvious difference, but it is also an important one. With the use of music it is possible to set the tone of the story before anyone even starts the process of advancing through the story.