Perhaps the most important element of the language of cinema is montage. When a filmmaker creates a cut, and the camera suddenly moves from one point of view to another, the viewer is effectively being taken inside the mind of either the storyteller or a character in the movie.<\/p>\n
We don’t respond so much to what happens in any one shot, but rather to the relationship between shots. Cutting to an actor’s face at a key moment can create a profound identification between the audience and the character the actor is playing.<\/p>\n
But what will happen when shared cinematic experiences become completely immersive? When we can simply walk into the world of a narrative, will montage even be necessary?<\/p>\n
It’s exciting to be working on completely immersive storytelling media at a time when the answers to such questions are not yet clear. These are early days, and the language of immersive media has not yet been worked out.<\/p>\n
Perhaps we, like M\u00e9li\u00e8s and Eisenstein before us, will get to create a new language for visual storytelling. Exciting times!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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