Interactive cinema is an oxymoron, but may not always be

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Interactive cinema is an oxymoron, but may not always be

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Massey University

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Massey Research Online

Description

"Interactive Cinema" is a term that has been associated with videogames within historical media discourse, particularly since the early nineties due to the proliferation of CD-ROM technology. It is also a fundamental misnomer, since the processes of experiential engagement presented by the textual structures of videogames and cinema are mutually exclusive. The experience of cinematic texts is defined, in part, by the audience's lack of ability to alter events unfolding within the film's diege...

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Research paper

Research format

Journal article

Date created

30 September 2012

Creator

Veale KR

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10179/10027

Related subjects

Affect / Alterbiography / Ergodicity / Interactive cinema / Phenomenology / Responsibility / Tmesis / Textual structure / World-of-concern / 1902 Film, Television and Digital Media / 2001 Communication and Media Studies

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