Part video game, part immersive entertainment, Touching Stories is an app featuring four interactive films made for the iPad. We're focusing on each of the films and their directors this week. Today, Tom Routson.
In "Triangle," a couple scurries into a motel room for what looks like an afternoon tryst. But as the door shuts and the duo's bump-and-grind is reflected in the darkened TV screen, you start to notice the odd collection of objects on the dresser that are just begging to be explored. Sunglasses, the message light blinking on the phone, a drawer that opens to reveal a bible and a bottle of whiskey. Each of these is a clue in the story, which, as you interact with the objects, begins to unfold before your eyes.
As the director of the third film in the Touching Stories series, Tool of North America's Tom Routson was not completely sold...
In "Triangle," a couple scurries into a motel room for what looks like an afternoon tryst. But as the door shuts and the duo's bump-and-grind is reflected in the darkened TV screen, you start to notice the odd collection of objects on the dresser that are just begging to be explored. Sunglasses, the message light blinking on the phone, a drawer that opens to reveal a bible and a bottle of whiskey. Each of these is a clue in the story, which, as you interact with the objects, begins to unfold before your eyes.
As the director of the third film in the Touching Stories series, Tool of North America's Tom Routson was not completely sold...
- 7/1/2010
- by Alissa Walker
- Fast Company
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