Research on Multimodal Visual Narrative of Digital Interactive Picture Books Interaction and Narrative

Interactive picture books are an extension and development of traditional picture books in the digital media, owning multimodal characteristics such as 3D audio & video, multidimensional control as well as nonlinear visual narratives. Based on the multimodal discourse analysis, visual grammar, visual narrative frame as well as situated cognition theory, this article discusses the form and pattern for the visual narratives in the interactive picture book, aiming to provide theoretical basis references for the image understanding and narrative design.