Collapsus
Encyclopedia
Collapsus is a project that combines animation
, interactive fiction, and documentary film
. This story follows how the impending energy crisis
affects ten young people, while international powers battle with political dissension and a fearful population during transition from Fossil fuel
to alternative fuels. Set in the near future, Collapsus was initialized to raise awareness of the global issue of peak oil
.
. The project requires the player to access and assess additional information and make decisions about the world’s energy production at both a national and global scale.
, who produced the associated Energy Transition documentary the project is based on. Collapsus is directed by Tommy Pallotta
, who produced A Scanner Darkly (film)
and Waking Life
.
Collapsus blends live action and the rotoscoping animation technique, co-developed by Pallotta, and used in Waking Life
and A Scanner Darkly (film)
.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
, interactive fiction, and documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
. This story follows how the impending energy crisis
Energy crisis
An energy crisis is any great bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. In popular literature though, it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place, particularly those that supply national electricity grids or serve as fuel for vehicles...
affects ten young people, while international powers battle with political dissension and a fearful population during transition from Fossil fuel
Fossil fuel
Fossil fuels are fuels formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms. The age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes exceeds 650 million years...
to alternative fuels. Set in the near future, Collapsus was initialized to raise awareness of the global issue of peak oil
Peak oil
Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline. This concept is based on the observed production rates of individual oil wells, projected reserves and the combined production rate of a field...
.
Content
The project combines Video blogging, interactive maps, fictional newscasts, live action footage, and animation to immerse the player in the narrative, an example of Transmedia storytellingTransmedia storytelling
Transmedia storytelling, also known as multi-platform storytelling, cross-platform storytelling, or transmedia narrative, is the technique of telling stories across multiple platforms and formats using current digital technologies...
. The project requires the player to access and assess additional information and make decisions about the world’s energy production at both a national and global scale.
Production
Collapsus was developed by SubmarineChannel, with the Dutch public broadcaster VPROVPRO
The VPRO was established in the Netherlands in 1926 as a religious broadcasting organization. Falling under the Protestant pillar, it represented the Liberal Protestant current...
, who produced the associated Energy Transition documentary the project is based on. Collapsus is directed by Tommy Pallotta
Tommy Pallotta
Tommy Pallotta is an American film director and producer.-Biography:Pallotta received a degree in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin. There, he met Richard Linklater and began his film career as an actor and production assistant on Linklater's directorial debut, Slacker...
, who produced A Scanner Darkly (film)
A Scanner Darkly (film)
A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 science fiction thriller directed by Richard Linklater based on the novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick. The film tells the story of identity and deception in a near-future dystopia constantly under intrusive high-technology police surveillance in the midst of a drug...
and Waking Life
Waking Life
Waking Life is an American animated film , directed by Richard Linklater and released in 2001. The entire film was shot using digital video and then a team of artists using computers drew stylized lines and colors over each frame.The film focuses on the nature of dreams, consciousness, and...
.
Collapsus blends live action and the rotoscoping animation technique, co-developed by Pallotta, and used in Waking Life
Waking Life
Waking Life is an American animated film , directed by Richard Linklater and released in 2001. The entire film was shot using digital video and then a team of artists using computers drew stylized lines and colors over each frame.The film focuses on the nature of dreams, consciousness, and...
and A Scanner Darkly (film)
A Scanner Darkly (film)
A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 science fiction thriller directed by Richard Linklater based on the novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick. The film tells the story of identity and deception in a near-future dystopia constantly under intrusive high-technology police surveillance in the midst of a drug...
.