That is a cute trick...i bet there are a whole bunch-o-film-tricks...it would
be interesting
to compile a list of filmic directorial tricks and there application to VRML
stories.
Technique: Jed's jump cut
Technique 2: "The camera pans up and away from the action...leaving just the
sound" (great for rendering speed)
next...it's late :-)
Sandy
Jed Hartman wrote:
> (tap tap. Hello? Is this thing on?)
>
> At a totally different level from recent discussion, here's a quick
> tip/trick I noticed in the Lost In Space game demo I saw somewhere or
> other: the interactor clicked a closed door, and the camera jump-cut to the
> far side of the door, showing the interactor's avatar coming through the
> door from that side. A very cute trick (assuming minimal download time
> needed) for switching to another world without loss of continuity -- people
> are used to jump cuts in movies, so they (presumably) don't notice the
> discontinuity.
>
> --jed
