Devils Tramping Ground [IDD 250]

I went over and looked at some of the interactivity that is on Devils Tramping Ground and how Ed Bain tied it in to his story.

The first one on the list is probably the most interactive in his story. It is a tour of Tramping Ground and it shows you the area. An unfortunate side effect of the movie is that it has a disclaimer letting people know it is interactive and that they need to use their mouse to interact with it. It isn't an assumed interaction with the movie. This is most likely due to the overwhelming number of movies that aren't interactive.

In the interview that was in the Pause & Effect that Meadows had with Bain he says, "I didn't want people to linger particularly long." This meant he had to keep the transition between things relatively short and the story line linear. In fact, Bain says, "It's pretty linear because the interaction is part of the story." This is due to the medium that Bain chose to use for his story.

The internet is a fast paced medium and if something doesn't change relatively quickly, people will lose interest. Most of the movies or animations designed for the internet as the medium are short with most of them being less than 3 minutes.