The genre is further showcased with Downloaded, a new, locally-shot movie that aims to turn traditional cinematic storytelling into an interactive viewing experience. The eight-minute film allows a viewer to enter inside a computer with the lead character Lisa and try to escape it — or get trapped forever. Basi is executive producer.
“What Downloaded is showcasing is how we can take people from all sectors — scriptwriters, actors, filmmakers, animation specialists, user interface experts and so on — and bring them together to create,” said Basi.
Rankin has been writing VR stories for awhile and sees each one as being both a narrative he wants to tell and a technique for maintaining viewer focus while successfully telling the story. Both he and Basi stress that user testing is going to be key in making movies like this.
“Even if you go into Downloaded and do nothing, you’ll get a narrative. But I also had to take into account those really robust viewers who come in with considerable video game experience who are immediately going to be looking for puzzles, games and so forth.”
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