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One Measure of Happiness
Tel-Aviv University Dept. of Film TV

• Noam Knoller Udi Ben Arie
• Project creators
• Amnon Dekel Project supervisor
• Mirit Tal - Algorithm Design Implementation
• Maya Lotan - Modules Algorithms Design
• Gal Tushya - Modules Algorithms Lingo
  Consultant
• Galit Reuchman - Screenplay Writing

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Interactive Video Narrative Using Gestures

• This project attempts to experience video
  narratives interactively through

• Intimate Interaction
• Continuous Interaction
• Narrative Depth and Coherence

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Objectives

• Intimate InteractionA touch based interface and
  familiar gestures, recognized by a responsive
  simulated character, create a more intimate
  interaction.
• Continuous InteractionThe story does not wait
  for the participant to make explicit decisions.
  Narrative progression is influenced indirectly by
  the participants behaviour
• Narrative Depth and CoherenceA believable
  character, a meaningful story and a narrative
  structure that is both variable and coherent

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The Interface
Two composite layers
BackgroundBack-projection of the protagonist's
thoughts memories

• ForegroundClose-Up shot of the protagonists
  face, which we can touch. The protagonists face
  expresses her emotions and reactions

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How the story engine determines the next scene?

• Narrative structure
• Protagonists attitude towards viewer
• Protagonists emotions
• Associations

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Interaction cycle

• Touching the Face
• Triggers a reaction of the characters face
• Influences the way the story unfolds
• Story
• Scenes are selected from the database according
  to the participants accumulated behaviour
  pattern as deemed by the character
• Narrative progression affects the characters
  attitude towards the participants behaviour

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Summary

• The interaction model integrates the participant
  into the narrative as a character with a unique
  and active role.
• The participant has to coax the protagonist into
  telling her story and thus to influence her own
  understanding of its meaning and conclusion.
• Consequently, the participant is made aware of
  the emotional effects that his or her chosen path
  of interaction induce in the protagonist.
• Thus, we hope, emerges a continuous interactive
  experience that is psychologically, emotionally
  and morally engaging.