Ideation: Selecting Narrative Elements & Testing

I decided to try to model different themes that i liked within 'The Magicians Nephew', and to think about different ways of representing them. I looked at themes such as 'Adventure' and 'Good triumphing over evil'. I did this as i realised as i wasn't sure what to model, and that i had no practise in doing it.



I quickly modelled the maze, but i did a circular version instead of a square one. I used tape and printer paper.

This really helped me think about what i wanted to do in terms of which themes to focus on, and emphasised the importance of planning and good material selection as it didn't turn out very well.

I wanted to further my deconstructive and analytical techniques, so i decided to test them on my second choice book: Alice in Wonderland.



This helped me to understand how i read books, and therefore how to subvert it. I discovered different ways of representing themes visually and also how to change this so that information is gained in a different order or in a different level of detail.

I did a wireframe/flowchart sketch of the characters, and even used tape as a medium to represent character interaction.

I found this very useful in that it forced me to think about books in different ways. I wanted to look at different examples of deconstructed books next.