- Collapsus
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Collapsus is a project that combines animation, interactive fiction, and documentary film.[1] This story follows how the impending energy crisis affects ten young people, while international powers battle with political dissension and a fearful population during transition from Fossil fuel to alternative fuels.[2] Set in the near future, Collapsus was initialized to raise awareness of the global issue of peak oil.[3]
Content
The project combines Video blogging, interactive maps, fictional newscasts, live action footage, and animation to immerse the player in the narrative, an example of Transmedia storytelling.[4] The project requires the player to access and assess additional information and make decisions about the world’s energy production at both a national and global scale.[5]
Production
Collapsus was developed by SubmarineChannel, with the Dutch public broadcaster VPRO, who produced the associated Energy Transition documentary the project is based on.[6] Collapsus is directed by Tommy Pallotta, who produced A Scanner Darkly (film) and Waking Life.[7]
Collapsus blends live action and the rotoscoping animation technique, co-developed by Pallotta, and used in Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly (film).[8]
References
- ^ http://www.filmthreat.com/news/26619/
- ^ http://www.filmthreat.com/news/26619/
- ^ http://www.submarinechannel.com/articles/item/543
- ^ http://mq2.org/Collapsus
- ^ http://www.submarine.nl/games.jsp?project=7861
- ^ http://www.submarinechannel.com/articles/item/543
- ^ http://peakoil.com/generalideas/collapsus-transmedia-the-energy-risk-conspiracy/
- ^ http://www.submarinechannel.com/articles/item/543
Categories:- Website stubs
- Web documentaries
- Documentary films about peak oil
- Transmedia
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