Virtual Reality Professional Development Class

Virtual Reality Professional Development Class

May 31, 2024 TO
Jun 2, 2024

Virtual Reality Professional Development Class
May 31 – June 2, 2024

Join us for a practical 2.5-day Virtual Reality Professional Development Class. This is perfect for theatre artists who want to “up-skill” and learn about digital storytelling. As spatial storytellers, theatre-makers are well suited to storytelling in the spaces created by immersive technology.

This class is open to artists from Hamilton and the surrounding regions. Theatre Aquarius will cover the course fees for the selected participants. Artists are asked to apply by May 17, 2024. Participants are chosen by matching digital skill level within the group for maximum learning potential. Please follow this link to register for the class.

Suggested R&D Participants/Artists include: directors, writers, actors, set/costume designers, lighting designers, sound designers, video designers/editors, stage/project managers, and producers.

Class run by Christopher Lane, Digital Storytelling Consultant, Theatre Aquarius

LOCATION

Theatre Aquarius Arts Centre
191 King William Street, Hamilton

Over the course of a weekend, artists will explore the following:

A brief history of VR
The impact of theatre, gaming, and film on VR storytelling
The technology of VR
3DOF and 6DOF and their impacts on storytelling
Agency and Empathy
Spatial storytelling
The VR Audience-Participant and an exploration of their various roles
Spheres of influence/intimacy
Writing for VR space

Radial Storyboarding
Acting in 360° space
Directing actors/performers in a 360° space
Spatial audio as a storytelling tool
VR Transitions
Production and technical workflows/pipelines (video, audio)
Stitching, editing, rendering 360° footage
Exploring story possibilities – classics, contemporary writing, musicals, short stories, myths, legends, devised content, branching narratives, non-linear formats

CLASS OVERVIEW

Date and Time	Overview
Friday, May 31 6:00-9:00 PM	– Introductions – Deep Dive into Virtual Reality and Immersive Storytelling – Exploring Virtual Reality content in headsets
Saturday, June 1 10:00 AM-6:00 PM	– Introduction to the technology – First storytelling exploration – created in teams. – This first exploration will give participants an opportunity to take the concepts learned and apply them to a very simple narrative structure. No more than 3 minutes in length. They will be given the afternoon to create this, capture it and render the content.
Sunday, June 2 10:00 AM-6:00 PM	– Review Saturday Content and discuss it. – Second Storytelling Exploration – Create, capture, render. – Sharing second explorations – Plenary session

University of Portsmouth Motion Capture Suite, 2019

TOSCA VR – with Chris and cast

EDWARD II VR – with Chris, cast, and SAM

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