pop-up

In the study of narrative, pop-up books (and other such media) present an interesting mix of solutions. By combining text, image, and special-effect interactive elements, pop-ups invite the reader/viewer to explore the exciting images in multiple ways.

First, the images themselves are often appealing. They inform, exaggerate, illustrate, and entertain. Their content supports the text in one fashion or another, adding important elements that would not have been expressed as well in words or, at that, in traditional flat images. Readers are fascinated by the levels of exploration available, be it in a multi-part pop-up or a flip-open door that reveals a monster. This extra information enhances the narrative by allowing the monster to be absent initially, then appear when the reader initiates the narrative sequence by opening the door. Without the reader's interaction, the narrative would be different--if he refuses to open the door because he's afraid of the image, the page will not convey the same story.  read more »