The term storyworld refers to the whole of the “narrative universe” that a story and or stories emerge from. It contains the characters, settings, the time periods (backstories and future stories), props, and events and actions that take place in the storyworld. A storyworld can contain a “canon” which defines the “rules” of the storyworld universe as well.
Published in Chapter:
Immersive Experience: Convergence, Storyworlds, and the Power for Social Impact
Kate M. McCallum (Bridge Arts Media, LLC, USA & Vortex Immersion Media, USA)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 32
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2433-6.ch022
Abstract
This chapter examines the evolution of trends in the arts, storytelling, and immersive media, along with the emerging awareness, expansion, and deliberate application of social impact entertainment (SIE). The author discusses how the ideas and concepts of transmedia, convergence, and storyworld-building have now expanded beyond academic theory into more organic commercial and artistic applications. The focus is on how this approach relates to extending intellectual properties and stories into immersive media platforms and beyond. Additionally, the author presents several case studies and examples of emerging arts and media formats to support what we might expect to experience in the near future.