Thesis
Visual director system: intelligent camera system for triadic dynamic 3D interactive game dialogue
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Jun 2014
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-4506
Abstract
Film cinematography has been developed and applied for more than a century to involve and engage the viewer in visual storytelling; interactive storytelling games can benefit from these cinematic conventions to enhance visual experience. However, in conversation scenes where stories and character motions are highly dynamic, it is hard to apply cinematography principles manually. This thesis proposes an automatic visual director system for dynamic three-people conversation scenes. The visual director system is designed modularly as an artificial intelligence game component that selects suitable shots for dynamic scenes based on cinematography principles. The visual director system has been implemented for the Unity game engine using JavaScript. The Visual Director System is a step towards extending the traditional way of storytelling, and towards enhancing the visual experience for players of interactive storytelling games. The system can also be applied as a tool to assist in creating interactive storytelling games.
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Details
- Title
- Visual director system
- Creators
- Bingjie Xue - DU
- Contributors
- Stefan Rank (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Digital Media; Drexel University; Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
- Other Identifier
- 4506; 991014632550404721