โ Scribed by Carolyn Handler Miller
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The first professional book to explore and analyze digital storytelling across interactive media and genres-this book examines how digital storytelling draws on classic narrative techniques and utilizes interactive digital technologies to create today's entertainment. Digital Storytelling explains key strategies for conveying narrative through digital technologies, based on personal experience and numerous case studies, providing project managers, interactive content designers, and writers with the tools necessary for planning a successful interactive project, including ideas for product development and conceptualization. Detailed planning processes for all types of interactive projects are discussed, including videogames, massively multiplayer online games, the Internet, interactive TV, cross-media productions, smart toys, virtual reality, immersive environments, wireless devices, kiosks, and DVDs. The book also covers topics such as: structure, characters and emotions; tackling projects for children; finding work and staying employed; and more. Miller has written Digital Storytelling for the professional and the student, and details what interactive content developers and project managers need to know in a clear, enthusiastic manner. Covers case studies, providing numerous ideas for creating and managing engrossing, interactive entertainment products from development to production Explains the uses of digital storytelling for both entertainment and entertainment blends -- projects that teach, inform, and promote *Takes an international approach to digital entertainment, exploring ground-breaking projects in Asia, Africa and Europe as well as in North America
Team DDU......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
FOREWORD......Page 10
PREFACE......Page 14
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 18
PART ONE New Technologies, New Creative Opportunities......Page 20
1 Interactive Storytelling: A Brief History......Page 22
2 Backwater to Mainstream: The Growth of Digital Entertainment......Page 34
3 Moving Toward Convergence......Page 58
PART TWO Creating Entertainment-Rich Projects......Page 72
4 Interactivity and Its Effects......Page 74
5 Old Tools/New Tools......Page 90
6 Characters, Dialogue, and Emotions......Page 108
7 Structure in Interactive Media......Page 138
8 Blending Entertainment with Other Goals......Page 154
9 Tackling Projects for Children......Page 178
10 Creating a New Project: The Development Process......Page 202
PART THREE Media and Models: Under the Hood......Page 226
11 Video Games......Page 228
12 Massively Multiplayer Online Games......Page 244
13 The Internet......Page 262
14 Interactive Television......Page 278
15 Cross-Media Productions......Page 294
16 Smart Toys......Page 324
17 Wireless Devices......Page 340
18 Interactive Cinema......Page 352
19 Immersive Environments......Page 368
20 DVDs......Page 384
21 Kiosks......Page 394
PART FOUR Career Considerations......Page 408
22 Working as a Digital Storyteller......Page 410
23 Creating Your Own Showcase......Page 426
CONCLUSION......Page 438
GLOSSARY......Page 440
ADDITIONAL READINGS......Page 452
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 454
PROJECT INDEX......Page 470
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