Let’s play a game of Kes - Playful ’09

Filmed in 1969, Ken Loach, About a young man growing up.Billy CasperFeral kid, wears a hoodieBroken home, failed by school and family.Let’s play a game of Kes• Storytelling in film• - theatre• - radio playSimple story, allegorical. Filmed like a radio play, like a theatre productionBrutally cut and edited. The beginnings of natural storytelling in film?All About EveOn The WaterfrontA Matter of Life and DeathThe Language of TV Drama• Episodes• Seasons• Story arcs• Box setsThe Language of Games?Have Game stolen from TV & Film? No, but they have from the Web.Game trailers are often poor, because they are passive not interactiveEpisodic GamesSeasonal GamesSeries & Serial Drama • Standalone vs Ongoing story• Series and Serial quests in MMOs• What would it be like to play Friends, to play The Wire?Games have taken series and serial drama from TVWhat it looks like to put myself in a game of The Wire