6Codifying Story Elements
The codification of audiovisual content allows an author/director to signify meaning within the narrative through the quantification and classification of story elements. The narrative can be structured according to a predetermined arc using codified clips that can be viewed across multiple navigational pathways. Codification of story elements enables the author to create a narrative that is archived as a database of clips. These clips are accessed sequentially via an interactive user interface and their narrative order is influenced by viewer interaction. The codification criteria are story dependent. An interactive horror story will probably quantify story elements according to their level of blood, ...
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