Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Analyse the possibilities brought about by non-linear narrative
    structures plus the addition of interactivity, in order to develop
    concepts for, and the production of, an original prototype.
  • Appraise the various ways in which digitised video footage has
    historically been used within interactive media projects, in order to
    develop concepts for, and the production of, an original prototype.
  • Carry out filming by use of video equipment, or a mobile phone, or
    other image-recording technology.
  • Develop and utilise a working practical knowledge of desktop digital
    video editing techniques and software in order to create an original
    prototype.
  • Develop and utilise a working practical knowledge of software
    solutions to enable the creation of an original interactive film
    prototype formed primarily from video sequences.
  • Maintain the learning experience in the English language through the
    ability to comprehend, articulate, express and share ideas and
    concepts.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 23.05.2022 - 27.05.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Chris Hales, Matti Niinimäki

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    This course enables participants to learn more about interactive cinematic narrative and to develop their own concepts and make them into working prototypes on a variety of possible platforms. Lectures and case-studies presented at the beginning of the workshop give a background context that shifts from the Kinoautomat of 1967 to the immersive and personalised and online narrtive experiences of today.

    The course will be very open and experimental: all manner of potential delivery technologies, all possible forms such as installations or online, and all types of narrative creation will be considered including fiction, advertising, music-related, artistic, educational and documentary films.

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Depending on the class size it will be possible to work as an individual or in small groups. Each individual will be expected to present a concept for an interactive film in response to the techniques and ideas shown, and after discussion several of these will be produced as functional prototypes.

    The emphasis is on filming original footage although found footage could also be used: 3D animation and realtime video manipulation systems are however not in the scope of this course. All manner of interaction technology is possible including microcontroller boards, video tracking, EEG and bio-sensors, even basic mouse/keyboard/microphone.

    Five elements will combine to give the final grade for this course:

    1. Attendance at lectures, seminars, scheduled meetings, and the final presentation.
    2. Active participation, as an individual, in proposing and explaining a valid project concept.
    3. Active participation in designing, filming, editing and producing a

Workload
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    This is a self-contained workshop about the interactive moving image involving the design and actual production of a prototype in which interactivity and video imagery are combined. 35h teaching.

    The course is intensive and demands full attendance.

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021 Spring V

    2021-2022 Spring V

    Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=DOM-E5114

    Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

    In Weboodi, at the latest one week before the course begins. A part of seats are booked for ViCCA MA students.

    Maximum 16 students.

    The order of priority for admitting students to courses at Aalto ARTS 1.1.2018 onwards (approved by The Committee of Arts, Design and Architecture on 10.10.2017)

    The order of priority is as follows:

    1. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS)
    2. exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester
    3. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet
    4. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major's or programme s alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year
    5. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major's or programme s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
    6. students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor
    7. students, for whom the course is part of his/her minor subject s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet
    8. students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
    9. other students

    Courses that are intended to be multidisciplinary (e.g. UWAS courses) may apply an order of priority based on the learning outcomes of the course, while bearing in mind the university obligation of enabling students to complete their degrees within the normative duration of study set for the degree. The order of priority does not apply to courses organised by the Centre for General Studies or doctoral courses.

    This decision on the order of priority does not influence the right of the teacher to define prerequisites for the course.