Final Synopsis!
Air Styx is an interactive narrative, which allows the user to explore the inner thoughts of characters who will ultimately die in a fiery plane crash. Themes of judgement and redemption are explored through your relationship with the characters as their final moments solicit unsurfaced thoughts and feelings. The user is introduced to the characters, sees their memories and ultimately their final thoughts. Inspired by Greek myths, the use of green screen and complex modelling to the soundtrack of famous operas creates a dramatic experience appropriate to such significant subject matter.
(Note: Incorporating the “user” in the synopsis is kind of tricky. It’s necessary for this “interactive” medium (although it’s kind of applicable to all media) but it is still kind of difficult to write in how we want “you” to interact with it. Yet the users reactions to the characters are an essential part of this piece. In our final we are still undecided as to whether we should synopsize before showing the demo or not….)
