Towards the interactive filmic narrative—“Transparency”: An experimental approach

Abstract

Nowadays, the cinematographic language claims for a specific type of interpretation and understanding. The emergence of the digital image and the innovative immersive reception devices provide new and diverse possibilities of reading and interacting within the filmic narrative. That is to say, cinema is constantly reinvented and explores potential renewals within the new interactive medias. This article reflects not only on the mutations of the filmic narrative, but also on its adaptation to interactivity. It proposes, also, new models of implementation, from traditional filmic narrative towards an interactive one. The experimental project Transparency illustrates it-it is a cinematographic project, which has the main goal of studying the interactive filmic narrative. An original plot has been created and adapted to an interactive narrative structure. The project is presented under the form of an installation allowing the spectators to choose the narrative sequences of the story.

Persepsi inter-aktivitas khalayak terhadap film interaktif “Bandersnatch”

“…Tetapi, film interaktif berbeda dengan film biasa karena penonton terlibat dalam alur film dan menentukan akhir cerita film. Penonton merasa adanya pilihan adegan dalam film adalah suatu hal yang menarik (de Sena Caires, 2007) karena muncul perasaan keterlibatan dalam menentukan alur cerita.…”

Narractivity and the narrative database

“…Both these conceptions of narrative -as dispersed or as whole -highlight two disparate cultural connotations of narrative: narrative as story and narrative as discourse (see, also , Chatman, 1978). Following digital narrative scholar de Sena Caires (2007), who argues that the creation of an "interactive narrative" will be "essential" for the development of computers, technology and culture, I believe that wikis fundamentally alter the audience's relation with narrative (p. 801). Further, Ryan (2006) has shown that digital technology has fundamentally altered and increased the discussion of narrative and narrative theory (p. xii).…”