Virtual workshop for traditional media creators (students and professionals), marketing experts, journalists and all sorts of curious minds to explore the narrative possibilities of emerging media and design innovative projects with the aim of promoting new visions of the future from different angles.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
Participants, up to 50, with different backgrounds from the media industry (or students): directors, producers, writers, set designers, editors, VFX, etc! You can be based anywhere where in the world since the workshop will be fully online, and you will work in mixed teams to explore different formats and develop your own ideas to develop innovative projects and foster impact with emerging media.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT?
With the help of renowned speakers and mentors, participant groups they will finalise the lab with a teaser + pitch deck of their project that will be shared and discussed in a final session with a group of experts from the MIT Open Documentary Lab, that has recently started its Co-Creation Studio. Workshop participants will have the chance to discover the studio which brings storytellers, technologists, and scholars together to explore new documentary forms with a particular focus on collaborative and immersive storytelling.
lines of actions
Participants will develop projects in three different lines of action related to the themes that were treated during the edition of DocsBarcelona 2021 to explore the potential of emerging media for social impact.
curious media
curious minds x new media
Experimental laboratory
for traditional creators
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calendar: oct 18-21
We will organise three working sessions of 1 hour each via ZOOM with the help of renowned leaders of the industry. After each session there will an activity to be completed by each team to work towards building their project.
After each masterclass, participants will stay to work on different exercises so as to build their story.
SESSION 1: oct 18th_ 6h - 9h pm (cet time)
new formats
Which new opportunities is technology unveiling for creators? Aleissia will share with us new formats, and trends that are reshaping the media industry.
Invited speaker: Aleissia Laidacker (in)
Director of Creative Technology at The Mill
Former Magic Leap, Ubisoft
SESSION 2: oct 19th_ 6:30h - 8:30h pm (cet time)
new landscapes
Which potential do have stories to shape our vision of the future? Lance will share with us his experience at the forefront of the intersection within tech and art and examples of how media influences the future.
Invited speaker: Lance Weiler (in)
Storyteller working in film, tv, theatre, games & code
Founding Member & Director Columbia University Digital Storytelling Lab
SESSION 3: oct 20th_ 6:30h - 8:30h pm (cet time)
production x impact
How do our production decision affect the impact of our projects? Michaela will share with us best practices, learnings and insights about the production process of emerging media for impact.
Invited guest: Michaela A. Ternasky-Holland (in)
Emmy & Webby Award-Winning Experiential AR/VR
Creative Producer & Consultant
SESSION 4: oct 21st_ 16:00 - 21:00 h pm (cet time)
team work & final presentation
October 21st, participants will work on their project with the help of mentors. The session will end with the final presentations + discussion of the projects and visions with a group of experts from the MIT Open Documentary Lab, that has recently started its Co-Creation Studio.
who can participate
Creative minds from all walks of life (designers, writers, coders, actors, theatre professionals, filmmakers, etc!) interested in discovering new forms of storytelling, connecting with fellow creators around the world and willing to explore the potential of emerging forms.
We welcome participants from all over the world, aiming for 50% based in Barcelona or nearby, and 50% internationals. The course will be in English.
Seats are limited and are going to be filled on a rolling basis. The cost for participants is 35 euros.
Participants will develop projects in three different lines of action related to the themes that were treated during the edition of DocsBarcelona 2021 to explore the potential of emerging media for social impact.
lINES OF ACTION (3)
THE CONSERVATION OF ECOLOGICAL BALANCE
What place do humans occupy within the ecosystem of planet earth? We are aware that egocentrism or Eurocentrism is unreal. However, it is often difficult for us to look away from this way of doing and thinking. Can the new audiovisual narratives applied to the documentary help us to feel more connected to nature, to feel that we are one more part?
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INJUSTICES AND ABUSE OF POWER
Audiovisual as a weapon to denounce injustices. If the audiovisual in general and the documentary in particular have the potential to denounce and make us aware of unjust realities, can we use augmented reality to increase our empathy? Could these new narratives be a tool for transforming social documentaries, from the act of denouncing, to actively fighting, by appealing directly to our mirror neurons?
THE LEGACY OF WARS AND COLONIALISM
Imagination as a tool to heal the wounds of the past. One way to overcome the past is to understand it and not forget it. The recovery of historical memory is essential so as not to fall back into the same trap. Can we through new narratives increase this fashion experience that is not only imprinted in our brain memory but also in our emotional one?
staff
mit open documentary fellows
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mentors & speakers
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about docsbarcelona
DocsBarcelona is a 360º international documentary program with 25 years of experience. Through its different activities all year round, it gathers every year over 100.000 film viewers in cinemas and online in Spain and 1.500 visitors and participants from all over the world to its industry activities.
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