The design of Dmitri Mendeleevs Periodic Table of Elements has been used to catalog many things besides atomic structures, from cocktail recipes to heavy metal bands. Now its being used to characterize all of the elements of storytelling in a tongue-in-cheek infographic put together by Design Through Storytellings James R. Harris. The Periodic Table of Tropes might be a better name for this interactive visualization: Although each box on Harriss Periodic Table contains one storytelling element coupled with an atomic number, you probably wont recognize many of these storytelling elements from creative writing class. Rather, the Periodic Table of Storytelling is filled with elements such as Idiot Hero, Getting Crap Past The Radar, and Xanatos Gambit, spread across groups that range from archetypes to metatropes. These elements can be put together to create story molecules. (link via Santanu)
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 02:07:01 +0000
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