The New Craft of film Production is a research work that deals with the phenomenon of the use of desktop computer technology in film production. Its final product is a proposal for a museum exhibition that illustrates --through the use of a series of case studies-- the various ways in which the advent of digital software tools are affecting traditional techniques and processes, therefore causing the emergence of a new --hybrid-- craft.

The proposal includes two main elements: The first one is the conceptual foundation of the exhibition and its contents. The second one is the definition of interactive design principles and the development of a user experience scenario. In addition, the project involves the development of a working prototype of an interactive experience.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prototype: Pre-Visualization Tool View screen-grabs of the pre-viz too and an example of a movie scene made with it. Screen-grabs Movie Example (Quicktime)

Conceptual Foundations Thesis Document Excerpts

Thesis Presentation: Applied Interaction Design Principles These presentation slides show the application of the conceptual foundations in the form of a museum exhibition, also illustrated by a user experience scenario. Click here to open presentation.

Real Life Testing: Participation in ITP Spring Show 2003 After the prototype was developed, I had the opportunity to test it in a gallery-like space, at the ITP end-of-semester show. View Photo Gallery

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Juan Pablo's Portfolio (updated December 2004)

Thesis portal and Journal (2003)

Research Links

American Museum of the Moving Image

NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program

CONACYT: Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology

© 2003 JUAN PABLO ORTIZ GUTIERREZ
Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), New York University
New York, NY - May 2003

Current contact information always available at http://www.juanpabloortiz.com