Immersive theatre and audience experience : space, game and story in the work of Punchdrunk /: space, game and story in the work of Punchdrunk. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Immersive theater and audience experience
• Further Information: Note: Rose Biggin.
• Authors: Biggin, Rose
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1 Immersive Theatre, Immersive Experience; General Introduction; Approaches to Audience; Approaches to Audience: Theatre and Performance Studies; Approaches to Audience: Film, Television and Cultural Studies; Approaches to Audience: Punchdrunk and Immersive Theatre; Approaches to Immersive Experience; Approaches to Immersive Experience: Immersion and Cognition; Immersion and Philosophical Aesthetics: The Sublime and the "Revered Gaze"; Approaches to Immersive Experience: Immersion and Computer Games; Outline of the Book; References. Chapter 2 Interactivity and Immersion: Theoretical ApproachesIntroduction(s) to Interactivity; Digital and Multimedia Performance; Improvisatory Theatre and Pervasive Gaming; Social Contexts of Interactivity: The Experience Economy and the Theatrical Event; Computer Games: A Multivalent Model; In(teractive) Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Interactivity and Immersion in The Drowned Man; Cognitive Interactivity; Functional Interactivity; Explicit Interactivity; References; Chapter 4 Fan Interactivity: Communicating Immersive Experience; Conclusion: "Thank You Punchdrunk!"; References. Chapter 5 Follow the Story: Narrative and ImmersionAn Introduction to Narrative Theory(s); Defining Narrative; Story, Plot, Discourse; The Importance of Causality; Character and Plot; A Linear Case Study of Narrative and Immersion: The Crash of the Elysium; Elysium: An Internally Coherent Immersive World; Elysium: Structural and Soundtrack Linearity; Conclusion: Narrative and Immersion, Form and Story; References; Chapter 6 Exploring Multistories: Narrative, Immersion and Chronology; A Short Introduction to Narrative and Time. Immersive Experience, Structure and the Question of Chronological OrderTwo Immersive Endings; References; Chapter 7 Play the Story: An Approach to Narrative in Immersive Theatre; Introduction to the Narrative "vs" Ludology Debate; Narrative "vs" Ludology in Sleep no More; Games and Stories: Two Kinds of Treasure Hunt; Conclusion: "Level Design Is More like Theatre Design Than Anything"; References; Chapter 8 Environment and Site-Specificity: Space, Place and Immersion; Introduction to Theories of Environment and Immersion. Cognitive Studies and Neurobiology: The Environment of the Embodied MindSite-Specific and Environmental Theatre: Memory, Ecology and the Theatrical Event; Immersion and Environment in the Borough; Immersion and Environment in the Drowned Man; Conclusion: Immersive Environment(s); References; Chapter 9 Conclusion; References; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 792.02/2; Performing arts -- Audiences; Participatory theater; Theater -- Philosophy; PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General; Participatory theater; Performing arts -- Audiences; Theater -- Philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319620398; 3319620398
• Related ISBNs: 9783319620381; 331962038X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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