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Chris Hales
Chris Hales carries out practical
experimentation in interactive moviemaking (with a strong visual emphasis) and
is a research student in this subject at the Royal College of Art film/TV
department and a senior lecturer at UWE Bristol. Interactive film installations
have been shown in numerous galleries worldwide and The Twelve Loveliest
Things I Know won the Artistic Excellence prize at the Artec95 Biennale
exhibition in Nagoya. Interactive Cdroms have been chosen for many international
film/new media festivals and the cdrom LAB002: Twelve was published by
Research Publishing in 1996. Bliss was published by ARTEC, in 1999.
Lectures, seminars and conference papers have
been presented in many countries: 14th Eurographics Conference, London 1996 (An
overview of interactive film art), Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage Catalogue, Germany
1997 (Why make movies Interactive?), ISEA 97 Chicago 1997 (Do we always need
narrative if we have content?) and Technologies of the Moving Image, Stockholm,
Dec. 98 (The Interactive Filmmakers Challenge).
He has taught workshops and given seminars
extensively: Interactive Media, Dramatiska Institutet, Stockholm, 1997, 1998.
Space Invaders multimedia school/ Danish Film School (Animation), Copenhagen,
1997, 1998. VITAL School of Design, TelAviv, Israel, 1999. University of Art
& Design Helsinki, Film/TV Department, 1998, 1999. SAGAs "Teaching
Interactive Fiction", Munich, 1999. MMPro Workshops, Oslo, 1999.
About the workshop
Hands-on multimedia workshop
creating interactive "movies" from still and video sources with an
emphasis on visual metaphors for interaction. We will be using state of the art
equipment generously funded with the help of DA2.
This practical workshop explores different
aspects of creating interactive movies with an emphasis on visual metaphors for
interaction, as well as actual desktop production techniques.
The course is a mixture of hands-on, and more
formal lectures. The workshop explores ways in which interactive movies may be
investigated and piloted on a low-budget, desktop system. Even within the short
span of the course each student should be able to produce a modest piece of
interactive digital video for presentation on the final day. Participants have
the opportunity to produce their own video footage as a practical application of
the techniques learned. Video cameras are provided. VCRs are also available in
case participants wish to use previously shot footage.
Digital Arts Development Agency
This workshop is being
developed in conjunction with DA2, participants will be expected to have a basic
knowledge of computer imaging and animation and moving image software such as
Macromedia Director and Adobe Premiere.
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