My project proposal is to play with the idea of a new media kind of thing that's heavily image based and nonlinear. Basically I want to try making a hyperfilm. The idea of translating film into the new media world is a really interesting one to me and I've been kind of thinking about how one might go about doing this for a little while now. While I'm not entirely confident as to the best way to make a truly "hyper" image medium, I'm willing to take a little preliminary stab at it.

In our reading, I've seen film described in one place as the last surviving form of linear narrative, and I think this is fair. Film is steeped in past storytelling methods and, just like regular print, it is highly linear. The viewer's experience is heavily dependent on the organization of the material, and the principles of linear organization apply here in a very real way. The sequence of the elements of the story play a key role in determining their meaning and filmmakers, whether on a conscious level or not, and the structure of the piece emerges as the linear sequencing of the encounter between the viewer and the elements of the film.