Digital storytelling : a creator's guide to interactive entertainment / Carolyn Handler Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Carolyn Handler, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documental.

Periodismo electrónico.

Interactive multimedia.

Storytelling--Data processing.

Storytelling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Creator's guide to interactive entertainment

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, 2004.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The first professional book to explore and analyze digital storytelling across interactive media and genres-this book examines how digital storytelling draws on classic narrative techniques and utilizes interactive digital technologies to create today's 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, in

Contents:

Digital Storytelling A Creator's Guide to Interactive Entertainment; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One New Technologies, New Creative Opportunities; Chapter1 Interactive Storytelling: A Brief History; Chapter 2 Backwater to Mainstream: The Growth of Digital Entertainment; Chapter 3 Moving Toward Convergence; Part Two Creating Entertainment-Rich Projects; Chapter 4 Interactivity and Its Effects; Chapter 5 Old Tools/New Tools; Chapter 6 Characters, Dialogue, and Emotions; Chapter 7 Structure in Interactive Media

Chapter 8 Blending Entertainment with Other GoalsChapter 9 Tackling Projects for Children; Chapter 10 Creating a New Project: The Development Process; Part Three Media and Models: Under the Hood; Chapter 11 Video Games; Chapter 12Massively Multiplayer Online Games; Chapter 13 The Internet; Chapter 14 Interactive Television; Chapter 15 Cross-Media Productions; Chapter 16 Smart Toys; Chapter 17 Wireless Devices; Chapter 18 Interactive Cinema; Chapter 19 Immersive Environments; Chapter 20 DVDs; Chapter 21 Kiosks; Part Four Career Considerations; Chapter 22 Working as a Digital Storyteller

Chapter 23 Creating Your Own ShowcaseConclusion; Glossary; Additional Readings; Subject Index; Project Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-[434]) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-4175-5609-9

1-136-14510-9

1-281-02833-9

9786611028336

0-08-050452-3

9780080504520

OCLC:

437144786