Mapping Narrative: La Jetée + Twelve Monkeys

Jae Chul Bae, MFA ’10

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Name: Jae Chul Bae

Graduation: 2010

Program: MFA

The goal of this project was to develop an interactive learning tool to compare the story and storytelling of two science fiction classics: the 1962 French movie La Jetée by Chris Marker, and the 1995 American movie Twelve Monkeys by Terry Gilliam, inspired by La Jetée.

This interactive tool helps the user to navigate through past, present and future of the narrative. By manipulating the circle-shaped interface, the user explores meaningful connections within the complex visual content of both movies.