Abstract
This chapter provides a survey of research on the analysis and generation of narrative discourse that deals with effective presentation of story content through the visual medium. It starts with a theoretical grounding in narratology and cognitive science where the distinction between story and discourse is established. Theories of visual discourse that expand the notions of textual discourse to fit the analysis of visual narratives will be described. Finally, a discussion of automatic generation of coherent visual discourse in terms of viewpoint selection in virtual environments will be carried out.
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Jhala, A. (2016). Discourse and Camera Control in Interactive Narratives. In: Nakatsu, R., Rauterberg, M., Ciancarini, P. (eds) Handbook of Digital Games and Entertainment Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-52-8_56-1
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