Story Visualization Techniques for Interactive Drama
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Topic: Drama
Sort Desciption: Research on interactive drama, or interactive fiction in ... visualization technique can turn a story from a drama to a. comedy or from a comedy to a drama. ...
Content Inside: 23 Story Visualization Techniques for Interactive Drama Magy Seif El-Nasr Northwestern University Computer Science Department 1890 Maple Avenue magy@cs.northwestern.edu Abstract Research on interactive drama, or interactive fiction in general, mostly focuses on character and plot development. It is important to investigate the change of plot and character responses due to interaction in interactive stories. However, it is also important to investigate the change of visual designs and setups, including lighting color, position and angle, camera angle, position, and movement, and characters’ movements and gestures, and their functions in interactive stories. While the importance of visual design is unquestionable in film and theatre, only a few research attempts have been made to devise a system that changes visual designs and setups depending on story interaction. The paper describes an approach to build story visualization systems that dynamically change visual designs/setups to suit plot and authorial intention, and to emotionally engage the participant in a dramatic experience. 1. Introduction Story visualization is a term used to describe techniques by which directors and filmmakers compose visual pictures to tell a story, evoke emotions from the audience, and shape the entire experience (Block 2001, Seger 94). A visualization of a story normally involves decisions of (1) camera position, angle, and movement, (2) lighting angle, position, intensity, and color, and (3) blocking setups in terms of characters’ positions, postures, and movements (Arijon 76, Seger 94, Cheshire and Knopf 79). Story visualization techniques play an important role in creating and portraying a story. Adopting a particular visualization technique can turn a story from a drama to a comedy or from a comedy to a drama. Directors use such techniques to create mood, set pace, evoke emotions from the audience, and shape the entire experience. Visualization techniques are also ...
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