Pause & Effect: The Art of Interactive Narrative

by Mark Meadows

Overview

Interactive narrative is the cornerstone for many forms of digital media: web sites, interface design, gaming environments, and even artificial intelligence. In Pause & Effect, Mark Stephen Meadows examines the intersection of storytelling, visual art, and interactivity. He takes the key principles from these areas and applies them to the design, architecture, and development of successful interactive narrative. This provocative book will appeal to designers with its edgy aesthetic and artistic sensibility. Striking graphic and typographic imagery complement unique design features that encourage interactivity through varying levels of information, different navigational possibilities, and even flip-book animations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780132798259
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	09/10/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	99998
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

Mark Stephen Meadows is an artist and writer, currently living in Paris. He was most recently Creative Director for a venture of Stanford Research Institute and prior to that held the post of Artist-In-Residence at Xerox-PARC where he conducted research in reading and interactivity. He has been a professional designer in the realm of Interactive Media since 1993, creating works that defy traditional distinctions of "technology", "narrative" and "visual art."

His 3D animation and interactive design has touched companies from Lucasfilm to Microsoft, and he has been exhibiting his mixed media artwork since 1987 in galleries and museums throughout the United States and Europe. Meadows' work has received awards from Ars Electronica, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and the National Information Infrastructure (NII) highest honors, among others.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1.1	Theory & Principle	2
Chapter 1.2	Perspective	6
Chapter 1.3	Narrative	18
Chapter 1.4	Interaction	37
Chapter 1.5	Interactive Narrative	60
Chapter 1.6	Summary	67
Chapter 2.1	Introduction	72
Chapter 2.2	Perspective	73
Chapter 2.3	Narrative	93
Chapter 2.4	Interaction	116
Chapter 2.5	Examples and Interviews	124
Chapter 3.1	Introduction	154
Chapter 3.2	Perspective	157
Chapter 3.3	Narrative	170
Chapter 3.4	Interaction	174
Chapter 3.5	Examples and Interviews	180
Chapter 4.1	Introduction	212
Chapter 4.2	Design Considerations	213
Chapter 4.3	Narrative	223
Chapter 4.4	Interaction	228
Chapter 4.5	Summaries and Outlook	232
	About the Comic and Flipbook Narratives	241
	Bibliography	242
	Index	244
	Image Index	250