Digital Storytelling : A Creator's Guide to Interactive Entertainment

by Miller; Carolyn Handler

• ISBN13: 9780240809595
• ISBN10: 0240809599
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-04-03
• Publisher: Focal Press

Summary

Equally useful for seasoned professionals and those new to the field, Carolyn Handler Miller covers effective techniques for creating compelling narratives for a wide variety of digital media. Written in a clear, non-technical style, it offers insights into the process of content creation by someone with long experience in the field. Whether you're a writer, producer, director, project manager, or designer, 'Digital Storytelling' gives you all you need to develop a successful interactive project. *Learn about the ground-breaking work being done in new forms of narrative like Alternate Reality Games (ARGs), webisodes, user-generated content, mobile entertainment and transmedia storytelling *Gain insights from case studies of cutting-edge projects from a variety of different media, including the Internet, video games, interactive television, virtual reality and interactive cinema *Discover new uses of digital storytelling for both entertainment and entertainment blends -- projects that teach, inform, and promote *See how to combine the best of both worlds classic and twenty-first century storytelling techniques

Table of Contents

New Technologies, New Creative Opportunities

Storytelling, Old and New

Backwater to Mainstream: The Growth of Digital Entertainment

Moving Toward Convergence

Creating Story-Rich Projects

Interactivity and its Effects

Old & New Tools

Characters, Dialogue and Emotions

Structure in Digital Storytelling

Tackling Projects for Children

Using a Transmedia Approach

Creating a Work of Digital Storytelling: The Development Process

Harnessing Digital Storytelling For Pragmatic Goals

Using Digital Storytelling to Teach and Train

Using Digital Storytelling for Promotion, Advertising and Other Business Purposes

Using Digital Storytelling to Inform

Media and Models, Under the Hood

Video games

The Internet

Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs)

Alternate Reality Games (ARGs)

Interactive Television

Smart Toys and Life-Like Robots

Mobile Devices

Interactive Cinema

Immersive Environments

DVDs

Electronic Kiosks

Career Considerations

Working as a Digital Storyteller

Creating Your Own Showcase

Conclusion

Glossary

Additional Readings

Index

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