For me the obvious example of a piece that can only be effictevely told in a particular type of media would have to be Mark Danielewski's "House of Leaves".
House of leaves is a very large book that focuses around the story of a Family whose house is bigger on the inside then the out. But it's also about a worker in a tattoo parlor who has been psychologically affected by the unedited version of the book itself. There are many meta layers to this story that wouldn't quite translate to a movie or song or video game. Further the book utilizes many differing page layouts to convey emotions, such as when the book has three words in total on a page to show the isolation of the character who edits the book. I could go on and on about how certain details of this book restricts it to the format or literature but I may exceed the character limit then.
What are some of your examples of this type of inherent format constriction stories themselves, and why?
House of leaves is a very large book that focuses around the story of a Family whose house is bigger on the inside then the out. But it's also about a worker in a tattoo parlor who has been psychologically affected by the unedited version of the book itself. There are many meta layers to this story that wouldn't quite translate to a movie or song or video game. Further the book utilizes many differing page layouts to convey emotions, such as when the book has three words in total on a page to show the isolation of the character who edits the book. I could go on and on about how certain details of this book restricts it to the format or literature but I may exceed the character limit then.
What are some of your examples of this type of inherent format constriction stories themselves, and why?