Course Site for Future Cinema 1 (and sometimes Future Cinema 2: Applied Theory) at York University, Canada
I really enjoyed Longford’s piece. I found his questions on “making place” to be especially generative in creating an immersive mobile experience. Considering the “sensory experience” of place is a great point of departure in creating mobile experiences as it is a consideration of the essence of a place. The mobile experiences that are the [...]
Tags: Longford, Mobile, Territory as Interface
Wed, February 12 2014 » FC2_2014 » 3 Comments
This course examines the shift from traditional cinematic spectacle to works probing the frontiers of interactive, performative, and networked media. Drawing upon a broad range of scholarship, including film theory, communication studies, cultural studies and new media theory, the course will consider how digital technologies are transforming the semiotic fabric of contemporary visual culture. Our focus will be on the phenomenon Gene Youngblood described three decades ago as expanded cinema an explosion of the frame outward towards immersive, interactive and interconnected (i.e., environmental) forms of culture.
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