Name: Nonlinear Narrative Storytelling: Exploring the pros, cons, and intrigue of complex plot structures.
Start: 2025-04-05T11:30:00-0700
End: 2025-04-05T12:30:00-0700

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Saturday April 5, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT

W303

This panel will explore and discuss storytelling that potentially defies the usual clear-cut cause and effect use of linear time, space and plot. We attempt to define non-linearity and to examine different frames that can help students and colleagues engage with this more nuanced approach to narrative structure.
This is being proposed as a multi-year / phased discussion of non-linear story telling –
Phase 1 (2025) - this current panel is an introductory consideration of structural framing.
Phase 2 (2026) - considers the appeal, utility and marketability of non-linear narratives.
Phase 3 (2027) - looks more specifically at how to help students film a nonlinear short.

Moderator: Jason E. Brown, Valdosta State University
Rising Action in Reverse: Narratives Out of Order; Gregory Carl Bray, SUNY - New Paltz
Watching in tandem: Parallel Action as a Frame for Non-Linear Storytelling; Raymond Dennis Seymour Anderson, University of Guam
The End is Near: Energizing Narratives by Starting at the Finish Line; Jonathan A Mason, Rowan University
Respondent: Jason E. Brown, Valdosta State University

Moderators

Jason Brown

Assoc Prof / Festival Director, Valdosta State University

TV - Movies - Teaching - Traveling

Speakers

BEA2025

Jason Brown

Gregory Bray

Raymond Anderson

Jonathan Mason

BEA2025

Jason Brown

Gregory Bray

Raymond Anderson

Jonathan Mason

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