Interacting with Moving Images

This week, guest speaker Chris Hales held a lecture about interactive media and film. He told us a bit about the history of interactive film, its uses and how it has evolved. We looked at examples of touch screens, motion sensors and cinema experiences based on the collective decisions of the audience. I found this all to be very interesting and I will research further into it.


(This video includes some of Chris Hales' work that we were shown)

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Second Round.

This week was our lecture on the history of popular music. I have to say I found this very interesting, being a fan of and having an interest in a range of different music and its origins.
We looked at genres such as Jazz, Blues and Rock n' Roll and heard examples of each (live, of course!)

I then spent the remainder of the day looking into the work I needed to complete for this module. I took a look at the starting point questions for the essay I have to produce and started thinking about each one. One that particularly interested me was an essay on 8 things that have changed your life. I came up with things such as The Internet, iPods, phones, games consoles etc.

Over the next couple of weeks, I will think more about what I'd like to do for my essay and also begin carrying out personal research after each lecture.

Beginnings.

(originally posted on PebblePad Jan. 28th)

Today I attended my first Understanding New Media lecture. I was introduced to the module and its contents and to some of the tutors who would be guiding the module. Each tutor told us a little about themselves and their specialised subject.
I learned that we would be looking at media spanning music, film, animation and gaming. I think I'm going to like these lectures!

To get us thinking about media, we had a 'Desert Island Discs'-type task where we chose 8 tracks we'd want with us on an island. Here are my choices!

1. Iron Maiden - Stranger In A Strange Land
2. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
3. Iron Maiden - Rainmaker
(pretty much any Iron Maiden!)
4. Journey - Seperate Ways
5. Amon Amarth - Live For The Kill
6. HammerFall - Glory to the Brave
7. Sonata Arctica - White Pearl, Black Oceans
8. The Eagles - Doolin' Dalton.

Looking forward to next week's 'popular music' based lecture!

Welcome to Blogger!

I began my Understanding New Media blog using the Uni's PebblePad software on January 28th. But after being told that this time I didn't have to use the software, I've decided to try Blogger out this time.

In this blog, I'll be keeping a record of the weekly lectures and activities of my Understanding New Media module. I will also be logging my own personal research and anything else of interest.