I picked the inanimate Alice, Episode 1: China. It is about a Chinese girl is driving with her mom to look for her dad since he is lost. It presented in a flash form. It also requires viewers’ action throughout the story. Viewers can be drawn in with text, images, sound effects, background music and the interaction.
That Chinese girl has an electronic device, which she called it as ba-xi, with her in the car while they are on the way to find her dad. The player can register all new locations which might help them to find her dad. It can also be used to take photos, mailing, drawing. She drew a guy and she named him Brad, who is her imaginary friends. At the end of the story, she found her father because she heard Brad’s voice in her head and told her “Go that way.”
I found this story interesting because it captures my attention by its music, images and mainly the interaction that it asks for. Since it is presented in a flash form, I could read as many times as I want for each flash and go back to any part I want. The background music is in Chinese style and the sound effect matches the story. Also, I think that most people have their own ba-xi in their life.