cinema

Aesthetics of Cinema / زیبایی شناسی سینما

Recorded on 2017-12-01

Hatef Alimardani is a renowned Iranian filmmaker, director, and screenwriter whose movies are noticeably engaged with socio-political dilemmas, cultural cleavages and economic difficulties of present-day Iran, portrayed through stories of Iranian middle class families. My dialogue with him revolves around issues such as the correlation between cinema and science, cinema and society, aesthetics of cinema, […]

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Painting to moving images with Duniya Soori (Part 2)

Recorded on 2017-11-01

Duniya Soori, the acclaimed movie director, in conversation with Jayant Kaikini(Part 2). From strokes of paint on advertisement boards to directing and producing full fledged movies that drew influence from his life experiences, Soori speaks about interesting insights and the lessons he’s learnt over the years, behind the paintbrush and the camera along with his […]

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Painting to moving images with Duniya Soori (Part 1)

Recorded on 2017-10-25

Duniya Soori, the acclaimed movie director, in conversation with Jayant Kaikini. From strokes of paint on advertisement boards to directing and producing full fledged movies that drew influence from his life experiences, Soori speaks about interesting insights and the lessons he’s learnt over the years, behind the paintbrush and the camera along with his crew […]

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The Divorce of Eye and Ear is an Accident of the History of Technology

Recorded on 2015-12-16

Guy Edmonds , a researcher in audiovisual history, discusses the very early days of cinema and his PhD work restaging some of the devices and performances. With Roger Malina he comments on the early days of the cell phone as a cinematic device and celebrate audivisual heritage day. He also discusses his interdisciplinary interactions wtih […]

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The Extraordinary World of Two Bit Circus

Recorded on 2015-07-06

We discuss Two Bit Circus, one of the most innovative and creative VR and live-action production companies around. In addition, we discuss the state of VR, and estimate its future. Virtual Reality | Story Rooms | Find Your Fun

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VR Films: The Rise of the VR Distributor

Recorded on 2015-05-12

David Marlett and Chadwick Turner, Head of Content Partnerships at VRIDEO, discuss the role of distributors/publishers in the exploding new industry of VR filmmaking. In addition, they discuss the future of the VR Cinema industry, the management of compression, bandwidth and many of the other challenges faced in VR distribution. http://www.cinemersia.com/

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VR Film: New Editorial Aesthetics

Recorded on 2015-05-07

David Marlett and Daniel Gaucher (Emerson College, Dept. Visual/Media Arts) discuss the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead in the field of editing a live-action film made for an immersive, VR experience. http://www.cinemersia.com/

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VR IMMERSION: Where We’re Headed

Recorded on 2015-03-20

David Marlett interviews Dr. Oliver Kreylos (U.C. Davis) about Dr. Kreylos’ work in VR including Dr. Kreylos’s special interest in immersive data visualization, new hardware devices for VR capture and distribution, and 3D full image capture, and the new VR Lab at UC Davis. http://www.cinemersia.com/

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Here Comes Immersive Movies

Recorded on 2014-07-31

Author and filmmaker David Marlett meets with immersive media artist and researcher Michael Naimark to discuss the emergence of immersive cinema, its expected challenges, and new storytelling opportunities.

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