The
first two hits google gave me when I typed in The Lord of the Rings were thelordoftherings.net and a Wikipedia page.
The initial reaction to thelordoftherings.net would be annoyance at the long
load time of the video depicting the swirling ring to advertise for the
extended edition on blue ray. This is followed by another long load time when
entering the actual site as you watch the broken sword put itself together
again. Though the site shows elements from the story (ie. map, ring, sword), its
primary purpose is to sell products, video games, the films on blue ray. The
actual narrative of the films is not discussed on the main page; only when you
click the ‘film’ tab and select an individual movie do you learn what the story
is about. This site is definitely an example of a database. It lists
information with no real direction. Unless a web user was willing to travel
deeper into the site, they would see very little narrative and not know what The Lord of the Rings was all about.
The second link on google was to
Wikipedia. This is a very interactive site with numerous links and a thorough
synopsis of the story. While the previous site was primarily a database for
selling products related to the film, this site is a database narrative; it
lists the information, but in a way that tells a story. This is especially
exemplified in the ‘content’ section where the list of information is available
in a chronological order. This site is definitely more narrative-oriented and a
web user would be able to make more connections with this page and know more of
the story.
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