The Narrative-Communication Structure in Interactive Narrative Works

  • Authors:
  • Udi Ben-Arie

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Film and TV, The Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Israel

  • Venue:
  • ICIDS '09 Proceedings of the 2nd Joint International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling: Interactive Storytelling
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Interactive work on new media platforms differs from familiar work on more traditional media, such as literature, theatre, cinema and television, in terms of their narrative-communication situation. Interactive works, unlike cinematic works, allow the viewer to participate to a different extent, involving a reciprocal communication process. In this paper I propose a bi-directional communication structure for interactive storytelling systems, based on narratology theory and communication film theory. I adapt existing narrative-communication models of conventional media, mainly those of Seymour Chatman and Vivian Sobchack, to suggest a detailed narrative-communication model for interactive storytelling systems, which would facilitate the formulation of a better definition of the various constituent elements of interactive storytelling communication, and the functions they fulfill.