Historical narratives:
Prehistoric storytelling
- Cave Paintings
- Stick figures
- Prehistoric animals
- Each drawing tells a story.
Hieroglyphics
Translation
- Carved in illustrations
- Animals, humans and objects used as symbols
Ancient Greek Storytelling
- Illustrated pots would show a montage.
- Early form of animation.
- Some people would actually tell a story to a group of people.
- This would carry on with the Romans.
Medieval Storytelling
- Tapestries would be made to tell a story.
- Some storytellers would tell a story in a song.
- Beginning of short narratives.
- Books. e.g. The Bible.
- Plays. e.g. Shakespeare.
Renaissance Storytelling
- Oil paintings were used to illustrate a story.
- Illustrations were used to depict events.
1700s-Present Storytelling
- Books by authors. e.g. Charles Dickens.
- Illustrated images
- Newspapers
- Photographs
- Magazines.
20th Century onward
- Television & Films
- Video Games
- Music Videos
- Blogs, tweets, status updates, journals.
- Virtual Reality
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