Carolyn Handler Miller

Digital Storytelling (eBook, ePUB)

A Creator's Guide to Interactive Entertainment, Volume I

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Digital Storytelling: A Creator's Guide to Interactive Entertainment, Volume I, fifth edition delves into the fascinating and groundbreaking stories enabled by interactive digital media, examining both fictional and non-fiction narratives. This fifth edition explores monumental developments, particularly the emergence of generative AI, and highlights exciting projects utilizing this technology. Additionally, it covers social media; interactive documentaries; immersive environments; and innovative uses of video games, chatbots, and virtual reality.

Carolyn Handler Miller provides insights into storytelling essentials like character development, plot, structure, dialogue, and emotion, while examining how digital media and interactivity influence these elements. This book also dives into advanced topics, such as narratives using AR, VR, and XR, alongside new forms of immersive media, including large screens, escape rooms, and theme park experiences.

With numerous case studies, this edition illustrates the creative possibilities of digital storytelling and its applications beyond entertainment, such as education, training, information, and promotion. Interviews with industry leaders further enhance the understanding of this evolving universe, making it a valuable resource for both professionals and enthusiasts.

Key Features:

. This book includes up-to-the-minute developments in digital storytelling.

. It offers case studies of noteworthy examples of digital storytelling.

. It includes a glossary clearly defining new or difficult terms.

. Each chapter opens with several thought-provoking questions about the chapter's topic.

. Each chapter concludes with several creative and engaging exercises to promote the reader's understanding of the chapter's topic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040344477
• Artikelnr.: 73733874

Autorenporträt

Carolyn Handler Miller is one of the pioneering writers in the field of digital storytelling, where she has contributed to over 50 projects as a writer, narrative designer, and consultant. Her works in emergent media include not only immersive environments but also video games, interactive stories for the Web, intelligent toy systems, and transmedia entertainment. In addition, Carolyn's credits include writing for TV (where one of her scripts earned her an Emmy nomination), feature films, and books.

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: NEW TECHNOLOIES
NEW CREATIVE OPPORTUNIES
1. Storytelling
Old and New
2. Backwater to Mainstream: The Growth of Digital Entertainment
3. The Creative Promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
PART TWO: CREATING STORY-RICH PROJECTS
4. Interactivity and Its Effects
5. Old Tools/New Tools
6. Characters
Dialogue and Emotions
7. Structure in Digital Storytelling
8. Your Audience
9. Social Media and Storytelling
10. Creating New Projects: The Development Process
PART THREE: HARNESSING DIGITAL STORYTELLING FOR PRAGMATIC GOALS
11. Using Digital Storytelling to Teach and Train
12. Using Digital Storytelling to Promote
13. Using Digital Storytelling to Inform