Life is Strange: Expanding Day 1 – From Max’s Selfie to the First Signs of Something Strange

The beginning of a television adaptation is the foundation upon which everything else rests. For Life is Strange, the game opens in media res, with Max glimpsing a terrifying tornado flash-forward during her photography class. While this works interactively, television requires a more deliberate approach. Audiences are passive viewers, so they need context, character, and world-building before being confronted with apocalyptic visions. In my vision for the opening of the Life is Strange TV […]

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Life is Strange: Rethinking the Opening – Building Max’s World and Foreshadowing the Storm

The beginning of any adaptation is crucial. It sets the tone, establishes the characters, and signals the kind of story audiences can expect. In the case of Life is Strange, the opening moments of the game are iconic, with Max Caulfield in her photography class, daydreaming, and glimpsing a terrifying flash-forward of the tornado that will eventually devastate Arcadia Bay. While this sequence is effective in the interactive game, television demands a different approach. A show cannot rely […]

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North Face of the Heart by Dolores Redondo
CW: This book is not for anyone who has storm anxiety, PTSD (especially around natural disasters), issues surrounding childhood trauma, or someone with experience in and around Hurricane Katrina

Warnings for on page mention of animal and human death.

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North Face of the Heart by Dolores Redondo

CW: This book is not for anyone who has storm anxiety, PTSD (especially around natural disasters), issues surrounding childhood trauma, or someone with experien