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Breaking the Fourth Wall: A Study of Gender Fluidity Using Immersive Storytelling as a Medium for Evoking Empathy

Cleaver, Dreama D, Cleaver
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5774-8106
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu153173611895785

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2018, Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Design.
This paper explores the use of a large scale 3-panel round projection space to immerse viewers into the story, Breaking the Fourth Wall, and investigates if this technique can help an audience feel empathy for a character that falls outside of a gender binary category. Virtual reality has the capabilities to immerse a viewer into a space fully but loses its comradery of cinema when participants are secluded in a VR headset. The background research of this text explores the roots of feeling empathy, types of immersive storytelling, gender representation in animation and design as well as the significance labeling and language has on our identities and perception of relatability. I discuss character design in animations such as Ryan by Chris Landreth, 2005, Pixar’s Day and Night, 2010, and Disney’s Frozen, 2013. Additionally, this paper provides an overview of viewer responses to the immersive experience, and the authors own observations to determine design choices for the story content.
E. Scott Denison (Committee Chair)
Deb Scott (Committee Member)
Scott Swearingen (Committee Member)
88 p.
Design
immersive storytelling; gender fluidity; Joel Voyeur, empathy; virtual reality; animation; gender; immersion

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  • Cleaver, Cleaver, D. D. (2018). Breaking the Fourth Wall: A Study of Gender Fluidity Using Immersive Storytelling as a Medium for Evoking Empathy [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu153173611895785

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cleaver, Cleaver, Dreama. Breaking the Fourth Wall: A Study of Gender Fluidity Using Immersive Storytelling as a Medium for Evoking Empathy. 2018. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu153173611895785.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cleaver, Cleaver, Dreama. "Breaking the Fourth Wall: A Study of Gender Fluidity Using Immersive Storytelling as a Medium for Evoking Empathy." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu153173611895785

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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