This fall I have the amazing good fortune to teach a class in documentary. This one is titled Interactive Documentary Production, a class that I had developed and proposed almost two years ago. Due to budget and enrollment issues, the class was canceled last fall. But this fall it will be running, with 10 students…
Tag: 360-degree video
Unboxing a Vuze XR Camera
In further exploring new gear, I purchased a Vuze XR camera. The camera does both 360-degree video and 180-degree 3D video. I was particularly curious how this camera might handle footage for an Oculus Go or other VR headset. The Vuze XR looks quite different from other 360-degree video cameras. Two cameras sit atop a…
Seven Final Lessons in 360-Degree Video
I finally finished the 360-degree video short course. The first weeks offered an overview of virtual reality and 360-degree video and the following weeks moved into pre-production and gear. The final weeks covered editing and other considerations. I found this module the least helpful of the three as it relied on external videos and offered…
11 More Lessons in 360-Degree Video
I am continuing my way through a 360-degree video short course. While the first lessons offered more of an overview about virtual reality and 360-degree video, these more recent lessons moved into pre-production and gear possibilities (which is the best part, right?). Here are 11 more takeaways from the recent lessons. 1. The audience must…
On the Scent of a New Virtual Reality Experience
Some creative innovations have attempted to lure audiences away from their televisions and into movie theaters over the decades. Many of these innovations related to image. Widescreen was a big one (pun intended) as it expanded the image well beyond the 4:3 Academy ratio of early televisions and older films, bringing the view into people’s…
11 Early Lessons in 360-Degree Video
I recently started taking a short course on 360-degree video and how that kind of video fits within virtual reality production. While some argue that the two don’t belong in the same conversation, it’s better to think of them and other interactive experiences as degrees on a spectrum. The following post brings together 11 takeaways…
Learning How to Play Again in Multi-Media Production
When it comes to apps, programs, and hardware, no one seems to play anymore. Instead, we look up information on websites to learn exactly what we need to do in order to solve whatever question or problem we might have. WikiHow guides us with step-by-step instructions. YouTube hosts both professional and amateur tutorials on just…
Notes toward an Interactive Documentary Production Class
This post offers a thinking through of an interactive documentary production course’s possible assignments and a bit about their rationales.