The Immersive Theatrea Under Interactive Interpretation

Since 2016,"Murder Mystery game" has been the most popular tabletop Live Action Role Playing game in China,and its popularity and social discussion degree have been increasing year by year.More and more audiences are fond of and willing to try this special game that coexists "playing" and "reasoning".The particularity of "Murder Mystery Game" comes from its internal integration of drama and game,which is also another breakthrough of postmodern drama practice after immersion drama.The immersion and interactivity contained in "Murder Mystery Game" are its two most prominent features.From this point of view,it shares some similarities with the Immersive Theatrea,but it is also very different from the Immersive Theatrea.On the basis of dramatic activities,it combines with the activity mechanism of games to produce richer and more diversified ways of participation and narrative texts,thus further stepping over the "the Fourth Wall" of dramatic art.It is not only a new form of Immersive Theatrea,but also a successful example of the outward extension of drama art.Of this study is to "Murder Mystery Game" based kernel of drama,based on the relevant theory of drama and games,based on the quality of the script case,analysis its activities in the key "immersive" and "interactive",at the same time to clarify "Murder Mystery game" in the way of drama and games integration,innovation of many possible to look to the future drama.The first chapter combs the origin of "Murder Mystery Game",summarizes the definition of drama and several essential elements of drama activities,which corresponds to the various processes of "Murder Mystery Game" game and confirms the essence of its drama.In addition,the historical connection between drama and games and related theories have been studied and sorted out,confirming that there is no absolute boundary between drama and games,and it is correct to regard "script killing" as either drama or game.Through the historical review of the domestic and foreign drama performance mode,this paper summarizes the transformation process of drama activities in the performance mode,and then summarizes the similarities and differences between "Murder Mystery Game" and "immersive" drama,and explains why "Murder Mystery game" is a new form of immersion drama.The second chapter,based on the academic theory of drama,analyzes the generation of immersion in "Murder Mystery Game" from the "overt" and "recessive" situations of drama.The first is the external physical media influence from the environment,which further delves into the emotional immersion brought about by the story text and personal pursuits.The third chapter combines the academic theory of games and starts from the analysis of the interaction between gamification and dramatization.It can be concluded that the generation of interaction in "Murder Mystery Game" is mainly based on two elements: player-player interaction and player-script interaction.The dramatization of the game or the gamification of the drama is organically combined in the interaction.The fourth chapter points out and analyzes the current situation and existing problems of "Murder Mystery Game" works and industry.Through the study of the various advantages of "Murder Mystery Game",we can see the breadth and flexibility of drama art,so as to explore and prospect the possibility of the future development of "script killing" and other drama art forms.Social changes and the needs of the audience are the wind vane of the development of art forms."Script killing" reflects a new direction of the innovation and evolution of dramatic art.There is no obvious boundary between "pure" art and "new" art,between drama and games,or between any form of art media that may appear in the future.