"Environmental storytelling creates the preconditions for an immersive narrative experience in at least one of four ways: spatial stories can evoke pre-existing narrative associations; they can provide a staging ground where narrative events are enacted; they may embed narrative information within their mise-en-scene, or they provide resources for emergent narratives."
–Jenkins, 2004
The practice of environmental storytelling is well established in visual media. "Show, don't tell" is what many writers aspire to do. This principle applies not only to the actions of physical actors but also to the world, which in itself can be a very important (though sometimes underappreciated) actor.
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