Against interactivity. Phenomenological notes on Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Interactive cinema is one of the most interesting areas of experimentation with storytelling form. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018), a stand-alone episode of the acclaimed British television series available on Netflix, has restarted the debate around this genre. This article offers a discussion of...
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| description | Interactive cinema is one of the most interesting areas of experimentation with storytelling form. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018), a stand-alone episode of the acclaimed British television series available on Netflix, has restarted the debate around this genre. This article offers a discussion of several critical elements inherent to the experience of viewing Bandersnatch, specifically those related to its interactive, meta-reflexive, and ludic character. The tension between interactive and interpretative cooperation, between actuality and virtuality, between self-reflexivity and self-referentiality, between free choice and control, between co-authorship and authority, and between gaming and gambling, bring out the contradictions of a product characteristic of the current transmedial landscape. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63a3105e0af24de795522705dcbca6552022-12-21T22:05:35ZengUniversity of BolognaSeries. International journal of tv serial narratives2421-454X2020-12-016210.6092/issn.2421-454X/114109746Against interactivity. Phenomenological notes on Black Mirror: BandersnatchAdriano D'Aloia0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2020-8872Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"Interactive cinema is one of the most interesting areas of experimentation with storytelling form. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018), a stand-alone episode of the acclaimed British television series available on Netflix, has restarted the debate around this genre. This article offers a discussion of several critical elements inherent to the experience of viewing Bandersnatch, specifically those related to its interactive, meta-reflexive, and ludic character. The tension between interactive and interpretative cooperation, between actuality and virtuality, between self-reflexivity and self-referentiality, between free choice and control, between co-authorship and authority, and between gaming and gambling, bring out the contradictions of a product characteristic of the current transmedial landscape.https://series.unibo.it/article/view/11410interactive cinemabandersnatchblack mirrornetflixtransmedia storytelling |
| spellingShingle | Adriano D'Aloia Against interactivity. Phenomenological notes on Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Series. International journal of tv serial narratives interactive cinema bandersnatch black mirror netflix transmedia storytelling |
| title | Against interactivity. Phenomenological notes on Black Mirror: Bandersnatch |
| title_full | Against interactivity. Phenomenological notes on Black Mirror: Bandersnatch |
| title_fullStr | Against interactivity. Phenomenological notes on Black Mirror: Bandersnatch |
| title_full_unstemmed | Against interactivity. Phenomenological notes on Black Mirror: Bandersnatch |
| title_short | Against interactivity. Phenomenological notes on Black Mirror: Bandersnatch |
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| topic | interactive cinema bandersnatch black mirror netflix transmedia storytelling |
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