COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Maintaining Player Immersion within Cinematic Storytelling Techniques in Videogames
Creator:
Chelsea, Bill
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Animation
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Animation
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
This thesis examines the effects of cinematic cutscenes on player immersion within videogames. Emphasis is placed on determining how cutscenes might hinder or enhance player immersion. Solutions are proposed as to how game designers might address the story-gameplay dissonance caused by cutscenes while still maintaining the emotional engagement they instill in players.
Abstract:
Keywords: immersion, cutscene, cinematic storytelling, game storytelling, cinematic cutscene, in-game cutscene, dissonance
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2015-05
Format:
PDF (45 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color); FLV