fourth wall
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A comic about art and awakeningTRANSCRIPT
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by botgirl questi
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hey can i share a mind-blowing realization i had
today?
sure. What's
up?
you're familiar with
the concept of breaking the fourth wall,
right?
uh huh. it's when you interrupt
an audience's suspension of disbelief
by disrupting their immersion in a narrative work, such as a play, a
movie or even a comic.
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hey can i share a mind-blowing realization i had
today?
sure. What's
up?
you're familiar with
the concept of breaking the fourth wall,
right?
uh huh. it's when you interrupt
an audience's suspension of disbelief
by disrupting their immersion in a narrative work, such as a play, a
movie or even a comic.
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until the fourth wall comes
down and we wake up from our temporary amnesia.
That's right! in a way, getting
lost in a story is like being immersed in a virtual world. you start off quite
aware that you're sitting in a chair and viewing a screen or a
page. but in a matter of moments you can almost
completely lose awareness of your body
in the physical environment.
I've always thought
of the fourth wall as being a barrier
between two worlds:
an imagined world of fiction;
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until the fourth wall comes
down and we wake up from our temporary amnesia.
That's right! in a way, getting
lost in a story is like being immersed in a virtual world. you start off quite
aware that you're sitting in a chair and viewing a screen or a
page. but in a matter of moments you can almost
completely lose awareness of your body
in the physical environment.
I've always thought
of the fourth wall as being a barrier
between two worlds:
an imagined world of fiction;
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and a physical reality.
hey, look at all those
people out there! I totally forgot
that i was a fictional
character.
that's right. i just broke the fourth wall by calling your
attention to the audience.
now here's where my
crazy new insight comes in.
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and a physical reality.
hey, look at all those
people out there! I totally forgot
that i was a fictional
character.
that's right. i just broke the fourth wall by calling your
attention to the audience.
now here's where my
crazy new insight comes in.
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is everyone ready?
there's more than one fourth
wall!
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is everyone ready?
there's more than one fourth
wall!
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in fact, i believe there are an infinite
number of fourth walls we can
discover.
pretty cool, huh?
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in fact, i believe there are an infinite
number of fourth walls we can
discover.
pretty cool, huh?
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