In July 2020, a multidisciplinary group of graduate students, faculty, staff, and guest mentors investigated how shared virtual environments can support “next generation narrative.” As with the previous two editions of FSSI, the 2020 Institute focused on creating a resonant storytelling experience centered on social impact themes—inspiring students to illuminate the human condition, inspire social change, and make a difference in the world—using emerging technologies: augmented reality in … [Read more...] about UCLA TFT Future Storytelling Summer Institute 2020 (Remote Edition)
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UCLA TFT Future Storytelling Summer Institute 2019
From September 9-21, 2019, UCLA TFT’s Future Storytelling Summer Institute (FSSI) brought together a multidisciplinary group of graduate students, faculty, staff, and guest mentors to investigate how social impact storytelling can incorporate contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. As with the 2018 session, which used AR to bring audiences into a fantasy world as apprentices preparing to fight for their identities amid border and environmental crises, the 2019 Institute … [Read more...] about UCLA TFT Future Storytelling Summer Institute 2019
UCLA TFT Future Storytelling Summer Institute 2018
From July 9 to 28, the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s 2018 Future Storytelling Summer Institute brought together a multidisciplinary group of graduate students, faculty, staff, and distinguished guest artists/mentors to investigate storytelling in augmented reality (AR) and explore the unique possibilities it offers as a platform for social impact entertainment. The guiding question, at the intersection of research and practice, for the Institute was: What makes … [Read more...] about UCLA TFT Future Storytelling Summer Institute 2018
Future Storytelling Summer Institute 2014
From July 17 to August 1, 2014, a multidisciplinary group of graduate and advanced undergraduate students from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) explored new forms of storytelling and performance using virtual production, motion capture, and dynamic design tools. Each day, they received instruction in cutting-edge technology, and applied these skills to collaborative projects. Each evening, they rehearsed these works-in-progress while creating media at a … [Read more...] about Future Storytelling Summer Institute 2014
Search for Global Song
Search for Global Song is a short experimental cinema piece currently in post-production. An algorithmically evolving online film, it tells the story of three strangers from different generations, who live moments away from each other, coincidentally connected by people and places around the world, and unknowingly collaborating to create a new piece of music. Different versions of the piece were shot by different teams (in Los Angeles, Twentynine Palms, Buenos Aires, etc.), and will be … [Read more...] about Search for Global Song
Bodies for a Global Brain
The pilot episode of Bodies for a Global Brain was one of two productions resulting from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT)'s participation in Google's Glass Creative Collective and the corresponding two-semester course, Location-Based and Audience-Aware Storytelling, taught by REMAP's Jeff Burke. A web series written by graduate film student Eben Portnoy, as a collaboration with other TFT students, and from a variety of UCLA departments (Computer Science, Business, etc.), Global … [Read more...] about Bodies for a Global Brain
Out the Window
Out the Window was an innovative initiative that engages youth and community-based artists in writing and producing impactful videos and location-based banner images about their lives and neighborhoods for closed-circuit broadcast on the LA Metro bus system. The program was implemented with a seed grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Out the Window is a collaboration of UCLA REMAP, LA Freewaves, Public Matters, and Echo Park Film Center---with … [Read more...] about Out the Window
Recoding Innovation
Recoding Innovation was a research project sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create original, short-form multimedia documentaries that present new perspectives on the roles of ethics in innovation. Produced by UCLA REMAP and the Eyes of the World Media Group, Recoding Innovation explored how ethics act as a generative force in science and engineering. Targeting an audience of undergraduate and graduate students, it encouraged consideration of ethics as not simply a … [Read more...] about Recoding Innovation
Advanced Technology for Cinematography
Advanced Technology for Cinematography (ATC) was a multidisciplinary research effort by the UCLA Departments of Electrical Engineering and Film, Television and Digital Media. The project investigated and prototyped the use of wireless sensor networks to monitor and record the conditions of feature film production, to support the cinematographer and script supervisor. ATC was supported by the Intel Research Council. Project Team: Pablo Gutierrez, Jonathan Friedman, Vids Samanta, Heemin Park, … [Read more...] about Advanced Technology for Cinematography