Video 2 – Late fragment
http://latefragment.com/
“Late Fragment is an Canadian interactive cinema production, written and directed by Daryl Cloran, Anita Doron and Mateo Guez. It is North America's first interactive feature film.” - wikipedia.org
Late Fragment had its world premiere at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
Synopsis
Three strangers lives are fractured by thoughts and acts of seething violence. In this interactive feature film, viewers unravel their interlocked stories with a simple click.
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Artefact 1 Rationale
For my first artefact, I produced a questionnaire consisting of 19 questions which focused on interactive cinema.
Interactive cinema is the term used to describe a film in which the audience has an active role in the outcome of the film.
One example of this is the online interactive zombie film entitled “The Outbreak”, which can be found on you tube; this was also the example I used in my questionnaire.
From the data that I collected through my interactive cinema questionnaire I conclude that out of the number of people that were given this questionnaire 68% said that they are film fanatics who love to watch films as often as they could, but out of this 68%, only 36% of these people had heard of the term interactive cinema before.
When asked the question which video was more enjoyable, 57% felt that interactive videos were more enjoyable then traditional films but when answering question 11 there were mixed views on the topic, one person felt it was more enjoyable to watch a interactive film, because they “had a choice in the storyline” and they could “go back and watch the other parts...so it has a good reply value”, however someone else commented that they “don't agree with interactive cinema as it is meant to be a story created for us, not by us”.
When asked the questions would the audience like to be able to interact by more then clicking and how would this work. I got a lot of similar views on how to improve interactive cinema, 33% of the answers referred to voice recognition technology, so for my next artefact I wanted to look at different means of interaction that could be integrated into interactive cinema, perhaps using sound and touch within the cinema environment, to broaden to a wider audience range because I have noticed that the interactive experience only targets the audience of home entertainment use.
Interactive cinema is the term used to describe a film in which the audience has an active role in the outcome of the film.
One example of this is the online interactive zombie film entitled “The Outbreak”, which can be found on you tube; this was also the example I used in my questionnaire.
From the data that I collected through my interactive cinema questionnaire I conclude that out of the number of people that were given this questionnaire 68% said that they are film fanatics who love to watch films as often as they could, but out of this 68%, only 36% of these people had heard of the term interactive cinema before.
When asked the question which video was more enjoyable, 57% felt that interactive videos were more enjoyable then traditional films but when answering question 11 there were mixed views on the topic, one person felt it was more enjoyable to watch a interactive film, because they “had a choice in the storyline” and they could “go back and watch the other parts...so it has a good reply value”, however someone else commented that they “don't agree with interactive cinema as it is meant to be a story created for us, not by us”.
When asked the questions would the audience like to be able to interact by more then clicking and how would this work. I got a lot of similar views on how to improve interactive cinema, 33% of the answers referred to voice recognition technology, so for my next artefact I wanted to look at different means of interaction that could be integrated into interactive cinema, perhaps using sound and touch within the cinema environment, to broaden to a wider audience range because I have noticed that the interactive experience only targets the audience of home entertainment use.
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Monday, 19 April 2010
Artefact 2 - Video 4 – Lynx advert ( keeping Keeley)
Video 4 – Lynx advert ( keeping Keeley)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z67F5aW3tY
This video was the first interactive video lynx had produced, it was aimed at the male target audience, which is the same target audience that lynx deodorant is aimed at.
The video followed one man trying to impress and keep Keeley, a young stunning model, throughout the video; the footage would stop and allow the audience to choose between what would happen next within the scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z67F5aW3tY
This video was the first interactive video lynx had produced, it was aimed at the male target audience, which is the same target audience that lynx deodorant is aimed at.
The video followed one man trying to impress and keep Keeley, a young stunning model, throughout the video; the footage would stop and allow the audience to choose between what would happen next within the scene.
Artefact 2 - Video 1 - Vidoe 3 – Gorillaz Interactive CD Rom
Vidoe 3 – Gorillaz Interactive CD Rom
Gorillaz first album entitled “Gorillaz” was released as an Enhanced CD that included a short movie. When the CD was inserted into a CD drive for a computer, the short movie would play. It was a interactive video that allowed you to go behind stage at a gig, you could look around and venture into different rooms that had mini games and hidden information within the movie.
Gorillaz first album entitled “Gorillaz” was released as an Enhanced CD that included a short movie. When the CD was inserted into a CD drive for a computer, the short movie would play. It was a interactive video that allowed you to go behind stage at a gig, you could look around and venture into different rooms that had mini games and hidden information within the movie.
Artefact 2 - Video 1 - Crimeface
Video 1 - Crimeface
http://www.crimeface.net/interactive/inter.html
“Crimeface is an interactive film. An innovative new media project that mixes popular formats: film, literature, music and gaming. The result is an episodic hyper-narrative backed by reams of extra material that is interactive and multiplatform; playing in cinemas, on DVD, mobile phones and here on the internet.” – Crimeface.net
http://www.crimeface.net/interactive/inter.html
“Crimeface is an interactive film. An innovative new media project that mixes popular formats: film, literature, music and gaming. The result is an episodic hyper-narrative backed by reams of extra material that is interactive and multiplatform; playing in cinemas, on DVD, mobile phones and here on the internet.” – Crimeface.net
Artefact 2 Rationale
For my second artefact, I studied the different interactive methods used in 5 different interactive films; I compared each video for their usability and interaction with the audience. I then tried to recreate each interactive method using Macro-media flash 8.
The interactive films I looked at were “Late Fragment,” “Crimeface,” “The Affair,” an interactive promotional advert for the new lynx deodorant, and an interactive CD Rom for the band “Gorillaz”
Each video had a different interactive design, “Late Fragment” has three separate stories that intertwined with each other through the different choices made, “Crimeface” is an interactive investigation game, “the Affair” is a interactive film, taken on 4 cameras at different angles, allowing the viewing to see the story from different perspectives, the band “Gorillaz” CD Rom is within there album and allows the audience to go backstage and search around the building, playing games and finding out more information and the “lynx Advert” was a basic click interactive video but had a lot of choices and the audience could rewind and change their decision to see different outcomes on their choices.
From my research I discovered that the quickest and easiest interactive methods were clicking or rollovers and these should be easily recreated in Macro-media Flash 8.
For my third artefact I want to create a interactive film using a range of different interactive methods and elements, such as rollovers, clicking, words, and information hidden within the scenes, I will be trying to produce this on Macro-media Flash 8, and this will be a test of how difficult it is to create an interactive film with a range of different choices within a two week period.
The interactive films I looked at were “Late Fragment,” “Crimeface,” “The Affair,” an interactive promotional advert for the new lynx deodorant, and an interactive CD Rom for the band “Gorillaz”
Each video had a different interactive design, “Late Fragment” has three separate stories that intertwined with each other through the different choices made, “Crimeface” is an interactive investigation game, “the Affair” is a interactive film, taken on 4 cameras at different angles, allowing the viewing to see the story from different perspectives, the band “Gorillaz” CD Rom is within there album and allows the audience to go backstage and search around the building, playing games and finding out more information and the “lynx Advert” was a basic click interactive video but had a lot of choices and the audience could rewind and change their decision to see different outcomes on their choices.
From my research I discovered that the quickest and easiest interactive methods were clicking or rollovers and these should be easily recreated in Macro-media Flash 8.
For my third artefact I want to create a interactive film using a range of different interactive methods and elements, such as rollovers, clicking, words, and information hidden within the scenes, I will be trying to produce this on Macro-media Flash 8, and this will be a test of how difficult it is to create an interactive film with a range of different choices within a two week period.
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Artefact 4
due to artefact 3 which was a audio/visual student trying to produce a interactive video using flash with limited flash CS3 experience being a failure, for artefact 4 i decided to produce a interactive video by collabrating with another multimedia student who studies the interactive online enviroments pathway, this student being Craig Thomas, within three hours craig had completed to task of making the interactive video, which myself as a audio/visual student couldnt achieve within two weeks.
during this time period i produced 4 short videos diaries of our progress,and how our collabration worked to achieve the final product. once the product was finalised i got 10 people at random to test the short interactive movie, and i recorded the results from there testings, one of the main aspects of the testing i looked at was how successful the coolbration between the two students studying different specialist subjects was,
during this time period i produced 4 short videos diaries of our progress,and how our collabration worked to achieve the final product. once the product was finalised i got 10 people at random to test the short interactive movie, and i recorded the results from there testings, one of the main aspects of the testing i looked at was how successful the coolbration between the two students studying different specialist subjects was,
Thursday, 25 February 2010
HANDIN 300WORD
For my third artefact I tried to recreate an interactive film using Macromedia Flash 8 using a range of different interactive elements.
Interactive films have become easier to produce since the creation of flash players and higher speed internet connections. I found that the interactive film "the affair" was the most interesting of the different films I studied because it had a range of different interactive elements integrated into its playback and this is what I wanted to recreate.
After attempting to recreate this type of video in Flash 8, almost two weeks passed with no success, I had to admit that this was a failed test due to my lack of knowledge in flash scripting. For the past two years I have been a audio/visual student and I have been focusing on Film work, techniques, software’s, hardware’s and perfecting my speciality and skills in film, by doing so I have lacked knowledge in other areas of the multimedia field, this being online/ interactive environments.
For my fourth artefact I wish to produce a collaborative interactive video with a fellow student studying the online/ interactive environments pathway, the person who has agreed to participate in this experiment is Craig Thomas. I will compare the results we achieve, with the results I gained from my previous artefact. For the next two weeks we will both produce video documentation of our progress and how successful it is to produce an interactive video when the interactive scripting is being written by a specialist in the online/ interactive environments pathway.
Interactive films have become easier to produce since the creation of flash players and higher speed internet connections. I found that the interactive film "the affair" was the most interesting of the different films I studied because it had a range of different interactive elements integrated into its playback and this is what I wanted to recreate.
After attempting to recreate this type of video in Flash 8, almost two weeks passed with no success, I had to admit that this was a failed test due to my lack of knowledge in flash scripting. For the past two years I have been a audio/visual student and I have been focusing on Film work, techniques, software’s, hardware’s and perfecting my speciality and skills in film, by doing so I have lacked knowledge in other areas of the multimedia field, this being online/ interactive environments.
For my fourth artefact I wish to produce a collaborative interactive video with a fellow student studying the online/ interactive environments pathway, the person who has agreed to participate in this experiment is Craig Thomas. I will compare the results we achieve, with the results I gained from my previous artefact. For the next two weeks we will both produce video documentation of our progress and how successful it is to produce an interactive video when the interactive scripting is being written by a specialist in the online/ interactive environments pathway.
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Euler Live preformance
The band Euler Preformed at The Cavern in liverpool, the same place as the beatles first played, thursday 18.02.2010
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Interactive artefact 3
interactive films have become easier to produce since the creation of flash players and higher speed internet connections,i found that the interactive film "the affair" was the most interesting of the different films i analysised, however i was to look at the use of such things as social networking sites like youtube can easily create interactive videos on a basic level using annotations as links to the different sites
so for my third artefact i want to use youtube to produce a short interactive video and see what problems arise
so for my third artefact i want to use youtube to produce a short interactive video and see what problems arise
Crime Face
crimeface is a interactive drama video game. the audience has no control over the video clips but as more of the footage is shown more information/hints to the crime are revealed,
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