Carolyn Handler Miller9780240805108, 0-240-80510-0
The first professional book to explore and analyze digital storytelling across interactive media and genresthis book examines how digital storytelling draws on classic narrative techniques and utilizes interactive digital technologies to create todays 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” |
Table of contents :
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
CHAPTER 1 Interactive Storytelling: A Brief History……Page 22
CHAPTER 2 Backwater to Mainstream: The Growth of Digital Entertainment……Page 34
CHAPTER 3 Moving Toward Convergence……Page 58
PART TWO Creating Entertainment-Rich Projects……Page 72
CHAPTER 4 Interactivity and Its Effects……Page 74
CHAPTER 5 Old Tools/New Tools……Page 90
CHAPTER 6 Characters, Dialogue, and Emotions……Page 108
CHAPTER 7 Structure in Interactive Media……Page 138
CHAPTER 8 Blending Entertainment with Other Goals……Page 154
CHAPTER 9 Tackling Projects for Children……Page 178
CHAPTER 10 Creating a New Project: The Development Process……Page 202
PART THREE Media and Models: Under the Hood……Page 226
CHAPTER 11 Video Games……Page 228
CHAPTER 12 Massively Multiplayer Online Games……Page 244
CHAPTER 13 The Internet……Page 262
CHAPTER 14 Interactive Television……Page 278
CHAPTER 15 Cross-Media Productions……Page 294
CHAPTER 16 Smart Toys……Page 324
CHAPTER 17 Wireless Devices……Page 340
CHAPTER 18 Interactive Cinema……Page 352
CHAPTER 19 Immersive Environments……Page 368
CHAPTER 20 DVDs……Page 384
CHAPTER 21 Kiosks……Page 394
PART FOUR Career Considerations……Page 408
CHAPTER 22 Working as a Digital Storyteller……Page 410
CHAPTER 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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