Marx, Christy.
Write your way into animation and games : create a writing career in animation and games / Christy Marx. - Burlington, MA : Focal Press/Elsevier, c2010. - vi, 418 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Writing for animation. Animation terminology ; The basics ; Basic animation writing structure ; Developing characters ; Animation comedy and gag writing ; The animated feature ; The pitch ; Breaking and entering ; Agents, networking, and finding work -- Writing for games. Writing vs. design ; Interactivity and its effects ; Old tools/new tools ; Interactive media and the writer ; Creating a work of digital storytelling : the development process ; The script format ; Script and proposal formatting ; Interactive multimedia narrative and linear narrative ; The elements of interactive multimedia narrative ; Designing simulation stories from tacit knowledge ; Simulation stories and free play ; Experience management ; Back story and free play ; Stories in state-of-the-art serious games ; Working as a digital storyteller ; Creating your own showcase ; Breaking and entering.
9780240813431 (pbk.) 024081343X (pbk.)
2009049947
Animated films--Authorship.
Video games--Authorship.
PN1996 / .M44 2010
808.2/3
Write your way into animation and games : create a writing career in animation and games / Christy Marx. - Burlington, MA : Focal Press/Elsevier, c2010. - vi, 418 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Writing for animation. Animation terminology ; The basics ; Basic animation writing structure ; Developing characters ; Animation comedy and gag writing ; The animated feature ; The pitch ; Breaking and entering ; Agents, networking, and finding work -- Writing for games. Writing vs. design ; Interactivity and its effects ; Old tools/new tools ; Interactive media and the writer ; Creating a work of digital storytelling : the development process ; The script format ; Script and proposal formatting ; Interactive multimedia narrative and linear narrative ; The elements of interactive multimedia narrative ; Designing simulation stories from tacit knowledge ; Simulation stories and free play ; Experience management ; Back story and free play ; Stories in state-of-the-art serious games ; Working as a digital storyteller ; Creating your own showcase ; Breaking and entering.
9780240813431 (pbk.) 024081343X (pbk.)
2009049947
Animated films--Authorship.
Video games--Authorship.
PN1996 / .M44 2010
808.2/3