Fish and Game serve up a taste for something completely different in the form of a theatrical interactive film.The journey begins outside a plain white door with a complete replica on an iPad screen held in front of me. A hand appears on the screen and reaches for the door handle, prompting me to do the same. Opening the door, the screen leads me into a bright white room, which I mimic. Following the screen around the same room I turn to the door which opens to an adorable young girl entering the room. In reality, nothing has happened. The room is empty, the door remains closed, but the screen breathes life into the room as characters interact and lead me through a journey. Accompanied by an unique musical score the experience engulfs your senses, creating an eerie atmosphere whilst moving alone in the space watching events unfold.The combination of cinemagraphic presence and theatrical set of perspective was unfortunately broken through sporadic cuts to close-ups of faces and different angles. This broke the illusion as I could not match the on-screen perspectives to reality in the room, breaching the unity it had built. The convention of matching live to screen worked up to this point because of it was easy to follow. Changing camera angles confused the precedent upon which the unique novelty of the experience is built. However, the timeless themes and compelling images bought in together in this innovative form builds a new type of personal virtual theatre which has great scope to develop.
