Syntagmatic Elements

As my text is a children's story, it  makes sense to make it more interactive. I have added three parts, that allow the audience to participate more in the story, as opposed to just view it. Two of these are buttons, that allow the story to progress when clicked. This is done by the use of 'triggers' and hyper-links, in PowerPoint. I chose to do the buttons red, and have them flash, so that it is clear the purpose of them. I also used capital letters, and have added an alarm noise, to create drama. For example these too buttons are labelled 'run after' and 'search', the noise and flash together, create the idea that it must be clicked on quickly. This is one example of a syntagmatic reference, as it involves a clear relationship between sound, colours, font and the buttons.

Another way in which I have made syntagmatic references, within my multi-modal text, is by the use of the background or slide as a 'stage.' As opposed to animating the slides, I have chosen to have objects, and effects, that come in and out of the slide, which in addition, draws focus on the characters and actions. This was done by the use of motion paths, of which can be seen in the image on the right.