Ziv Schneider / Julia Irwin
How does the ability to capture and publish transmedia pieces lend itself to documentary
storytelling and journalism? How are traditional genres enriched by the addition of newmedia techniques, including 360 film, photogrammetry, depth sensing and spatialized
audio? And how can the use of these techniques help to evolve the definition of nonfiction
storytelling?
This is a production class in which the projects will be content -driven. The subject and the
story should drive the students’ choice in media formats used to present the material. The
interplay between different mediums should add to the experience of the story. A successful
final project will be a piece in which the story is better told through the incorporation of the
mediums chosen over a traditional cinematic documentary or journalistic piece.
The goal of the class is to investigate the merging and branching of documentary,
journalism and games and to invent new formats. The class focuses on two main tec hnical
areas:
- Capture techniques (including 360 video, photogrammetry and depth sensing)
- Composition of material in a 3D environment (Unity 3D, adding interactivity, interface
design, publishing platform considerations)
The first two short assignments will cover different capture methods and documentary
techniques.
The final project will focus on creating one interactive documentary piece in a digital 3D
environment composed with Unity. However, the digital element can be accompanied by
other components (immersive installation, sculpture, performance, web experiment, public
intervention, etc .).