O valor em não desviar o olhar: a técnica do plano-sequência no jogo God of War IV

Abstract

Technological innovations in the field of electronic games have made standard the development of games with narrative structures supported by visual components, mainly with the use of cinematographic techniques. God of War IV uses the long take technique, derived from cinema, to present the entire game in a single shot, providing a continuous experience of dozens of hours. In order to understand the use of the long take in God of War IV and how it becomes a key element in the narrative construction of the game, a qualitative research was carried out from the observation of the game, making it possible to carry out a film analysis and the interpretation of the elements contained therein, specifically the perception of the use of the long take technique. Therefore, it was important to consider the concepts of the elements conventioned by the cinema and how they were adapted by video games, in addition to the historical and, mainly, neorealist context, in the development of the long take, to understand the possible meanings generated by their use in the God of War IV game. Through the analysis, it was possible to identify the characteristics of the use of the long take element in the corpus and the identification of the camera as a narrator-character in the narrative of God of War IV.