Little Miss Muffet by Crispin Glover
Crispin Glover at his usual, eccentric best.
For those that don't know who Crispin Glover is, he played Michael J. Fox's dad in the Back to the Future movies, as well as countless other more significant roles in a bunch of movies that didn't quite get the fame they deserved.
I love how dramatic he makes this short reading. It's only a couple lines but he can make them so memorable just by the nervous pitch in his voice and how strangely he treats the whole thing. Notice how much he hangs on each word he pronounces, as if every word had several meanings.
In terms of how it relates to interactive storytelling... this "Little Miss Muffet" story is hardly significant on its own, and yet the delivery seems to alter it tremendously. This is the same reason why Morgan Freeman is chosen to narrate almost every documentary; he just simply makes the story more compelling. Storytelling can definitely be more impacting when each word and sentence in a literary story is given the most meaning and importance possible.
For those that don't know who Crispin Glover is, he played Michael J. Fox's dad in the Back to the Future movies, as well as countless other more significant roles in a bunch of movies that didn't quite get the fame they deserved.
I love how dramatic he makes this short reading. It's only a couple lines but he can make them so memorable just by the nervous pitch in his voice and how strangely he treats the whole thing. Notice how much he hangs on each word he pronounces, as if every word had several meanings.
In terms of how it relates to interactive storytelling... this "Little Miss Muffet" story is hardly significant on its own, and yet the delivery seems to alter it tremendously. This is the same reason why Morgan Freeman is chosen to narrate almost every documentary; he just simply makes the story more compelling. Storytelling can definitely be more impacting when each word and sentence in a literary story is given the most meaning and importance possible.
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