CHAPTER 18
Interactive Cinema
Movie stories traditionally follow a linear path, and moviegoing has always been a passive experience, so how do you open up a movie to a nonlinear narrative and give the audience a dynamic way to interact with the story?
What is “group-based interactivity” and how does it fit into an interactive movie experience? How is it similar to or different from group-based interactivity found in such areas as MMOGs and iTV?
What kinds of narratives are being told in small-screen interactive movies?
HOLD THE POPCORN!
Consider these three movie scenarios:
- An astroscientist, on a return trip from Mars, is struck by a mysterious and life-threatening illness after her space ship collides with some debris in outer space.
- A turbulent ...
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