| This thesis has two principle objectives: (1) To provide a robust model that unifies the main concepts discussed in the emerging field of interactive cinema; and (2) To aid interactive cinema composition and multi-linear narrative generation by providing mechanisms and procedures to use as conceptual scaffolding in the construction of an interactive cinematic work. The model takes a modular approach to cinema by sub-dividing the medium into its constitutive parts, which are reassembled at run-time into a final cinematic experience based on user interaction. To achieve a strong theoretical foundation, the model is based on object-oriented modeling techniques, and thus is called the Object-Oriented Interactive Cinema model, or OOIC. OOIC is a form of new media; it is a form of digital cinema; and it is part of the interactive cinema research discipline, yet it also stands apart as a unique model for incorporating interactivity into the cinematic narrative. (Abstract shortened by UMI.). |
