In her exploration of the Manovich reading, I found Seonaid‘s explanation of building narrative in terms of databases really useful. I didn’t get through the whole reading myself, but she talks about how navigating through a database works as a way of creating our own narrative, which was an interesting point. George talks about a part of the reading which i didn’t get to. He talks about the limitations of the screen as being similar if not identical to those of a simple book, why is it any different to read off a screen than off a book? He questions how future media makers can possibly break through the ‘rectangular’ boundaries of the screen.