Brookey, Robert Alan. Hollywood Gamers: Digital Convergence in the Film and Video Game Industries. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 2010. Print.
Kinder, Marsha. Playing with Power in Movies, Television, and Video Games: from Muppet Babies to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press. 1991. Print.
Wright, Talmadge J.; Embrick, David G.; Lukacs, Andras. Utopic Dreams and Aocalyptic Fantasies: Critical Approaches to Researching Video Game Play. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. 2010. Print.
Online Articles
Phillips, Nathaniel. "From Film to Games, From Analog to Digital: Two Revolutions in Multimedia!" Filmsound.org.
Choo, Kukhee. "Visual Evolution Across the Pacific: the Influence of Anime and Video Games on US Film Media." WinterSpring, 2009. Volume 8, Issue 2.
Video Essay
Antico, Diego. "Videogames & the Tentpole Film." Narr. Angel Orlando. 29 November 2009. YouTube. 25 April 2011.
-Main focus is film's influence on video games in terms of storytelling and cinematic action.
-Secondary focus is on how video games are starting to influence film in terms of drama and realism.
-Define drama/cinematic in terms of how I relate it to film and video games.
-Discuss how film produces drama and how video games borrow interpret that drama in an interactive way.
-Talk about how video game characters are starting to be developed to the level that they can be as memorable as famous film characters.
-Compare video game movies to movie video games.
OUTLINE:
I. Introduction
a) Definition of drama, realism.
b) List examples of drama in film and then video games.
c) History of video game storytelling.
II. Game Drama vs. Film Drama
-Define "cinematic" as I view the term.
-List examples of cinematic scenes in movies.
-Compare them to cinematic scenes in video games.
III. Movie Video Games vs. Video Game Movies
IV. Conclusion
You are on the right track. As we talked about briefly after class, watch out with the tricky word play. Make sure you slow down and define your terms with things like Movie Video Games vs. Video Game Movies.
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