1st Edition

Storytelling for Interactive Digital Media and Video Games

By Nicholas B. Zeman Copyright 2017
    296 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
    by A K Peters/CRC Press

    296 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
    by A K Peters/CRC Press

    296 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
    by A K Peters/CRC Press

    The evolution of story-telling is as old as the human race; from the beginning, when our ancestors first gathered around a campfire to share wondrous tales through oral traditions, to today, with information and stories being shared through waves and filling screens with words and images. Stories have always surrounded us, and united us in ways other disciplines can't. Storytelling for Interactive Digital Media and Video Games lays out the construct of the story, and how it can be manipulated by the storyteller through sound, video, lighting, graphics, and color. This book is the perfect guide to aspiring storytellers as it illustrates the different manner of how and why stories are told, and how to make them "interactive." Storytelling features heavy game development as a method of storytelling and delivery, and how to develop compelling plots, characters, settings, and actions inside a game. The concept of digital storytelling will be explored, and how this differs from previous incarnations of mediums for stories

    Key Features:

     

    • Explores the necessary elements of a story (setting, character, events, sequence, and perspective) and how they affect the viewer of the story
    • Discusses media and its role in storytelling, including images, art, sound, video, and animation
    • Explores the effect of interactivity on the story, such as contest TV, web-based storytelling, kiosks, and games
    • Shows the different types of story themes in gaming and how they are interwoven
    • Describes how to make games engaging and rewarding intrinsically and extrinsically

    Chapter 1 What is a Story? Fundamental Components of the Story

    Chapter 2 Who is Telling the Story? Teller/Audience Relationship

    Chapter 3  How Do We Tell Stories? Formats of Storytelling

    Chapter 4 What Are Stories About? The Content of Stories

    Chapter 5 Why Do We Tell Stories? Functional Storytelling

    Chapter 6  Activities For Storytellers

    Chapter 7  Conclusion

    Chapter 9 The Moving Image

    Chapter 10  Memes and Symbols

    Chapter 11  Audio

    Chapter 12 Exercises

    Chapter 13  Conclusion

    Chapter 14 Interaction Basics

    Chapter 15  Interactive Media Types

    Chapter 16  Games

    Chapter 17 Stories and Games

    Chapter 18 Activities

    Chapter 19  Conclusion

    Biography

    Nicholas B. Zeman is an assistant professor in media informatics at Northern Kentucky University.