The Hidden Art of Transmedia Storytelling Across Cinema and Video Game

Yip, David Kei-man

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-80094-9_68

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“…When technology facilitated the cinematic art of storytelling by extending its screen time, it also extended the medium's potential for more implicit and explicit meanings and expressions. This has brought richness, depth and perspectives to the cinematic art of storytelling, which in turn has also inspired visual expressions of other screen and time-based media such as documentary, animation and even video game (Yip, 2021).…”

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Disruptive Innovations in cinematic storytelling from 2D to 3D

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2022

AHFE International

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Long before the digital revolution, communication theorist Marshall McLuhan has taught us about how the different forms of media can shape content with his famous book Medium is the Message [1]. Over the past several decades, the theory has certainly stood the test of time. New media technologies have advanced so rapidly that many news form of content creation and expression have been made possible. New tools have offered new and diverse forms of storytelling. Nevertheless, new ways can never completely replace old ways; they just evolve and build upon the conventional practices. Do some of the new digital tools simply offer new way of doing the old thing with better technology or are they completely change the old way entirely? This paper aims to examines these issues from a historical perspective on a few past innovation disruptions that seemed to send destructive shockwave to how things were in the beginning but brought new heights in the long run. This paper discusses historical and ongoing examples of innovation disruptions in cinematic storytelling in hopes of shedding light on the dynamic relation between art and technology. How have innovation disruptions changed the form and content of cinematic storytelling from 2D to 3D?

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Disruptive Innovations in cinematic storytelling from 2D to 3D

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2022

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“…Nevertheless, as more content is being delivered on mobile or personal computer in addition to the big screen, more interactive content will be made available in the foreseeable future. Many popular 4As video games have already mixed conventional storytelling elements with some interactive gaming functions in recent years (Yip, 2021). This paper focuses on the concepts of choice and decision-making in storytelling and how interactive functions could be blended in with the narrative.…”

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Between passive viewing and active choosing in storytelling

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2022

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Since the dawn of the Internet, abundance of content and information is constantly being created and shared at the speed of light across different media. Media technologies have given us almost unlimited access to choose and interact with vast amount of content and information. We seem to be in active control in choosing what information we want to see and interact with on the internet. Ironically, with all this interactive freedom, most of us still prefer to watch their favorite TV programs or films passively on interactive media platforms. New technologies such as streaming TV have provided many new platforms to present passive content but to what extent how these new technologies have affected the form and shape of content remains a question. Simply by looking at the ratio of programs for traditional passive viewing vs. programs with interactive content, the audience has spoken by choosing to watch conventional content passively. Interacting with content is more than just choosing what pre-made content to watch, for that we always have our remote control. Interacting with content is about having our own say or control about the outcome or direction of a story [1, 2]. Unlike what many media theories have predicted many years ago, interactive narrative has not become mainstream and would never replace conventional form of storytelling. Nevertheless, as more content is being delivered on mobile or personal computer in addition to the big screen, more interactive content will be made available in the foreseeable future. Many popular 4As video games have already mixed conventional storytelling elements with some interactive gaming functions in recent years [3]. This paper focuses on the concepts of choice and decision-making in storytelling and how interactive functions could be blended in with the narrative. Decision-making has always been an important part of storytelling, in which it’s the storyteller who make decisions for the characters and for the audience. A good story may still be best uninterrupted and told by the storytellers who know about the crafts of storytelling [4, 5]. Typical audience still enjoy watching adventure chosen for them rather than to choose their own adventure. This paper discusses the role of interactivity and the concept of choice-making in interactive storytelling.

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