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Link to first draft: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1mbRKbescRHB9pKLq-GRVDRa-RmI0JbMA\/edit<\/a> <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Link to source list: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1-NGIi2jzbNJMenL2PyQO-ORcz8qGOrbYzhYm98QI6OA\/edit#gid=0<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital Feature Critique: Firestorm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The once the reader takes in this first image for a while\nthe text that accompanies it leads into the harder news\/fact-based components\nof the story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardians feature story Firestorm: The story of the bushfire in Dunalley<\/em> is impactful right from the start. The image of the Homes family draws hiding from the bushfire with an expression of terror on their faces is a powerful image that draws you into the story and introduces you to the implicit viewpoint markers of the Guardians narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapter one Distant Smoke<\/em> also does an excellent job\nof combining picture and text components to set up the narrative. Here we see a\npristine landscape with smoke over the horizon. This tells the reader that the\nstory will be chronological and that we are starting at the beginning within\ntranquil rural Tasmania, but it foreshadows the danger and destruction to come.\nThis image and the text that accompanies it as you scroll places you in the\nshoes of the Holmes family and those who also lived in the area and sets the\nscene that morning. Then it segues nicely into some hard fact about the area \u2013\nalready a format is being established: an impactful picture with text, set the\nscene with text and video, hard facts, multimedia elements to add greater\ncontext, and repeat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Establishing this format early on allows the reader greater\nease and enjoyment in interacting with the story. Digital stories that employ\nmultiple different forms for media can seem overwhelming at times – as was\ndocumented by Jacqueline Marino in her eye tracking study. However, by having a\nclear format for how the media elements are employed allows the reader greater\nease in digesting the different modalities of information at once.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One excellent use of multimedia for this story is the moving\npictures. Given how significant the amount of wind was to spread and accelerate\nthe fires out of control, the moving images allow the wind to be shown in a way\nstatic pictures could not capture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story also has some strong text elements in this\nchapter. The history of the Australian people dealing with regular bushfires as\nwell as an account of the ecology in the area that has adapted to the fires\ngives a broad context and deeper understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapter 2 follows the same format as chapter one. The\nstrongest section of this chapter combines three different modalities: text,\nvideo, and audio – and gives the perspective of fireman Adam Meredith as he\nchases the fire in his car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapter 3 Inferno<\/em> changes the format slightly by\nincorporating more video and audio to set the scene, which works well to\ncapture all the action of the fire. It stays with the same format by ending\nwith text to give all the hard facts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapter 4 The Jetty<\/em> makes an impact on the reader by\nreturning to the opening image and following it up with a series of pictures\nwhile combining it with audio from the Holmes parents describing the scene.\nThese two elements, the powerful images and the emotional retelling of the\nstory, compliment each other brilliantly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapter 5 and 6 also used the same format, but the tone is\nvery different. These chapters are hopeful and tell the story about the rebirth\nand rebuilding following the destruction. The reader can’t help but think back\nto the history end ecology section at the end of chapter one. It seems that the\npeople have also become adaptable to living with brushfires. Not only are they\ngood at rebuilding after the construction, but they have the mental fortitude\nto not be dismayed by this process and actually feel grateful for what was\nspared by the fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story ends with a video of children playing on the beach\nand the parents saying how great a place it is to be a child. This statement\nwould have been hard to come to terms with as the reader if not left to the end\nof the story. Only through the immersive telling of this story through uses of\ndifferent multimedia could the reader understand how they could believe such a\nseemingly dangerous place could be a good place to raise kids. However, having\na deeper understanding of what it is like to be in their shoes and live in an\narea where bushfires and rebuilding is a way of life explains how they could\nstill love their homes.          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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