Film

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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The Shadow-Theatre of the World

Farshid Kazemi and Siying Duan discuss their mutual interest in shadow-theatre and the magic lantern as early precursors to the art of the cinema. The conversation begins with how the use of shadow-puppetry in Plato’s allegory of the Cave and the Persian philosopher and poet Omar Khayyam’s reference to the magic lantern in the 11th century functioned as a technology to […]

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VR Films: The Rise of the VR Distributor

Recorded on 2015-05-11

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. Bumpers by

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Storytelling, China & South Africa

Recorded on 2016-11-30

Jepchumba in conversation with South African filmmaker Lebogang Rasethaba on his latest film Future Sounds of Mzansi. He discusses his discovery of storytelling through Film through his projects and studies in China.

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