11. A method comprising: presenting a visual experience capable of telling a story via a display device associated with a mobile device, the story including an authored series of events and visual context, the authored series of events representing a storyline of the story, the visual context providing context for the storyline, the visual experience including story views each having at least a portion of a respective event of the authored series of events and context views each including at least a portion of the visual context for the storyline; determining a first display view based on a first orientation of the display device; displaying, via the display device, a first portion of the visual experience based on the first display view; receiving a first selection of a first display view representing a first view into the visual experience for display via the display of the mobile device; determining that the first display view corresponds to a context view based on an amount of a respective story view visually contained within the first view; responsive to the determining that the first display view corresponds to the context view: presenting the visual context via the display device; and pausing progression through the authored series of events at a respective event; determining a second display view based on a second orientation of the display device that is different than the first orientation; displaying, via the display device, a second portion of the visual experience based on the second display view, the second portion different than the first portion; determining that the second display view corresponds to a story view based on an amount of the respective event visually contained within the second display view; and responsive to the second display view corresponding to the story view, presenting the respective event at which the progression through the authored series of events was paused.
11. A method comprising: presenting a visual experience capable of telling a story via a display device associated with a mobile device, the story including an authored series of events and visual context, the authored series of events representing a storyline of the story, the visual context providing context for the storyline, the visual experience including story views each having at least a portion of a respective event of the authored series of events and context views each including at least a portion of the visual context for the storyline; determining a first display view based on a first orientation of the display device; displaying, via the display device, a first portion of the visual experience based on the first display view; receiving a first selection of a first display view representing a first view into the visual experience for display via the display of the mobile device; determining that the first display view corresponds to a context view based on an amount of a respective story view visually contained within the first view; responsive to the determining that the first display view corresponds to the context view: presenting the visual context via the display device; and pausing progression through the authored series of events at a respective event; determining a second display view based on a second orientation of the display device that is different than the first orientation; displaying, via the display device, a second portion of the visual experience based on the second display view, the second portion different than the first portion; determining that the second display view corresponds to a story view based on an amount of the respective event visually contained within the second display view; and responsive to the second display view corresponding to the story view, presenting the respective event at which the progression through the authored series of events was paused. 18. The method as recited in claim 11 , further comprising presenting a visual indicator indicating when the visual experience is or is not progressing through the authored series of events.