Parallel narratives

Subtitle:different forms of perception, the audiences' gaze and their perception of parallel narratives

The subject discussed in this research is parallel narratives in film and branching narrative paths that can lead to different destinies for the protagonist. We design parallel narrative videos, show them in different formats, record the audiences’ gaze and interview them about what they understood and how they felt, to explore the audiences’ perception of this sort of narrative. This data will be used to design an artistic end product, an interactive narrative in which the audiences decide what happens next. The questions raised are how the audiences perceive parallel narratives and to what extent implementing diverse narrative forms of presentation can change the audiences’ perception of the narrative? And is there a relation between the audiences’ gaze and which character or branching they prefer in such a narrative?

Publication year:2021

Keywords:Doctoral thesis

Accessibility:Open