Inspiration

Indie games have an auteur aesthetic that reminds me of cinema’s new wave. I saw this re-edit of the opening scene of Antonioni’s L’Eclisse at the Henry Art Gallery and it got me thinking about different ways to use interactivity in cinema. You have to click through to watch it on YouTube.

I like the cinematic quality of the imagery in Virginia by Variable State:

Interactive video is something I’m very interested in developing, and I think the mobile app version of Mosaic by HBO and Steven Soderbergh does a really good job:

Emblematic is doing some very interesting work in VR journalism and storytelling:

https://emblematicgroup.com/#

I like the gritty quality of indie game Norrland by Jonatan Soderstrom:

The animated short A Family Portrait by Joseph Pierce does a great job of visualizing the characters’ inner psychological states:

David Lynch is one of my favorite directors, and I think Mulholland Drive is one of his best films:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbZJ487oJlY