Starting with the project : Introduction

Now the basic idea was conceived, it was to realise a

complete product or application which combines video as

well as user interaction to teach cinematic techniques and

it should be able to be used as a tool for self learning as

well as something which can be used for demonstration

and teaching.Now what to teach was then the question,

narrowing down on what can be taught effectively, there

were so many aspects of cinema selecting what, to be taught

considering the amount of time for project completing

and feasibility was to be done.Cinema communicated to

the audience in many different ways like sounds, lights,

editing,shot selection, camera angle etc.

     Only one or two ofthere parameters were to be selected

a cosidering the amountof time for realising the final product. 

Since lights can reallymake a huge differance to a particular

scene it was definelty one of the aspects to be selected the other

 factor whichmade a huge impact was the camera angle so the 

parameters were now narrowed down to lighting and camera angle.

  Now that the the teaching parameters were finalized

selecting the most effective way of teaching these

parameters or aspects were to be decided upon.There

was to be a way by which these aspects should be made

easily demonstrated and understood by the user.The best

was to show it by comparing with or showing a visual

change between differant lighting and camera angles.

Information were also to be displayed along with the visual

demonstratio.

Summing up on the introduction, the main aspects to be taught

or demonstated were decided upon and the method of teaching

was by showing a visual change when each of these parameters

were changed and relevant information was to be displayed with

corresponding changes

Ineractive learning of cinema : Background

‘Interactive cinema ‘ is a very common term often used

without a clear understanding of it. It is often so because

a there is no clear definition to it. A lot of people believe it

is one where the is a interaction between the actor and the

audience, which is when the film offers participation of the

audience in the film, this is often when the actor talks to

the audience in the film but there is no active participation.

Another alternative perception is when the viewer ( often

a single viewer ) can make changes in the plot which

brings the movie to alternative endings.

 In the second alternative there is actual interaction which

makes it like a game and the user/viewer has a role to play in the movie.

The question was placing interactivity in to create an

experience to the audience or the user which is quite different

from the above mentioned examples of interactive cinema.

Interactivity which gives an active participation to the

user was to be considered but in a way which creates

a whole new experience or serves a particular purpose.

     Considering serving a particular purpose was a variety

of things like educational, entertainment, gaming, etc.

Educational sounded like quite an opportunity and since

integrating video and interactivty, give active participation

to the user would make quite an effective tool for learning,

it was to be considered or rather narrowed down upon.