Topics in Interactive Media (376-0-24)

Topic

Filmmaking with Emerging Technologies

Instructors

Ozge Samanci
847/467-0483
AMS 213

Meeting Info

Louis Hall 118: Tues 10:00AM - 12:50PM

Overview of class

This course is designed for filmmakers, artists, engineers, media theorists, and students who want to work with emerging media in unconventional methods. This course is designed for beginners. Game design, electronics or coding knowledge is not required. The main purpose is to gain meta-thinking about how to operate with the emerging technologies in the world of filmmaking.

Class participants will use emerging technologies for filmmaking purposes. Such technologies include game design engines (Unity and Unreal), Artificial Intelligence, deep fake, VR tools, 3D scanning, computer coding, sensors. Students will create narrative or non-narrative, fiction or non-fiction short films and music videos by generating images independent from the physical constraints of a film set, equipment and crew.

The course will progress via a series of hands-on assignments, readings, screenings, examples from games, interactive video, media arts. The tutorials about game engines, Artificial Intelligence, computer coding and VR tools will enable students to develop their production work. Simultaneously students will gain insight into design concepts such as worldbuilding, speculative fiction, hacking, generative media, database art, meta image, probabilistic image.

Registration Requirements

Upperclassman (2nd year students and above)

Class Materials (Required)

We will supply the software and the course materials.

Associated Classes

LAB - Louis Hall 118: Fri 2:00PM - 2:50PM