workshop Interactive Narration for film editors at the Nederlands Film Festival

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From: "Klaas Kuitenbrouwer" <klaas at mediamatic.nl>

Dear people,

In cooperation with the upcoming Nederlands Film Festival, Mediamatic is organizing a special workshop about  interactive narration for film editors.
In this very intensive 5-day workshop, 16 film editors study the particular qualities of nonlinear  storytelling and build their own interactive narrative. The participants use the latest version of the  elegant and easy-to-use Korsakow System (see below), developed at the University of the Arts in Berlin.  Participants are not required to have specific technical know-how of new media, but are required to have  editing experience in film, TV, advertisement or video.

EDITING AND INTERACTIVE NARRATION
Making interactive narrations requires a fresh look at the editing process. In this workshop the participants  look the specific possibilities offered (and questions posed by) nonlinear storytelling in relation to  editing.
What does it mean to replace an absolute cut by a possible link? How does one maintain tension with the  integration of the users choices ? And, most importantly, how can the users choices be integrated  meaningfully in the work ?
In a nonlinear environment, different possible montages and selections of material exist parallel to each  other and form each other's contexts, and it is the user that ultimately chooses a path, thereby finishing  the montage. But he can only do so within the possibilities that the editor has set up for him.
The footage to be used in this workshop will be collected by Mediamatic in cooperation with Nederlands Film  Festival. To a limited extent, participants can also add their own material.

KORSAKOW SYSTEM
As practical research tool the participants use the Korsakow System developed at the University of the Arts  (UdK) in Berlin. The Korsakow System consists of an editing environment for nonlinear narratives, as well as  an elegant presentation tool for interactive film and audio projects. The Korsakow System works with a simple  but very effective database structure that allows the author to add, withdraw and rearrange material in a  very efficient way. More information on the Korsakow System can be found at http://www.korsakow.com

SUBSCRIPTION
If you are a film editor and you are interested in participation in this workshop, please send an e-mail with  you name, adress and a concise CV to korsakow at mediamatic.nl.
Participation costs are Euro 250, lunches, all necesary equipment and entrance to the Nederlands Film Festival  included.

PLACE, TIME and LANGUAGE
The workshop takes place from friday 19 september till tuesday 23 september, from 10.00 - 16.00 hrs, at  Mediamatic, Prins Hendrikkade 192 in Amsterdam.
Since most of the coaches are not Dutch, the language used at this workshop will be English .

NB: If you're not interested in participation yourself, but know others who may be interested, please feel  free to send this announcement on.

Best regards,
Klaas Kuitenbrouwer
Mediamatic workshop coordinator
0031 20 3446006