Beyond the Frame: introducing filmmakers, media artists and audiences to fulldome

6 July 2010

Screenings - External

The emergence of ‘destination cinema’ and the proliferation of large-format screens in public spaces present a challenge – and opportunity – to filmmakers working in traditional screen formats. At the very least a new cinematic language is required, one that takes account of the audience’s very different experience of stories presented on large-format, ‘frameless’, screens. As Academy-Award winning director and Dome Lab tutor, Ben Shedd, puts it, “the frame is our frame of reference”, when we remove it “we create virtual first person experiences rather than second hand events”.

Fulldome is such a format, presenting large-scale immersive experiences on hemispherical screens. However, unless you have the chance to experience this for yourself, it’s almost impossible to grasp its immersive power and story-telling potential. So ANAT have organised a special one-off screening as part of this year’s Revelation Perth International Film Festival to give you the opportunity to do just that!

THE BEST OF DOMEFEST – SOLD OUT
7.30pm Saturday 17 of July 2010

Additional Screening 6pm – 7pm
Horizon – the Planetarium, Scitech, City West Centre, Sutherland Street, West Perth.

Bookings can be made online

DOME LAB 2010
24th October – 5th November 2010
Perth, Australia

Reflecting its provenance, most fulldome content to date has been astronomy-related and created using computer-generated animation, data visualistion, or a combination of both. Now, however, producers are turning their sights to the entertainment market and looking at fulldome’s potential for live-action story-telling. Genres that demand immediate engagement from the audience – such as horror – promise to be especially suited to the medium.

The Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) is giving twenty filmmakers and media artists the opportunity to learn alongside a team of creative and technical luminaries including Ben Shedd, Peter Morse (the 2010 Peter Rasmussen award-winner), and fulldome pioneer Hue Bumgarner-Kirby. The fortnight-long residential lab will test both the potential and limits of live-action for large formats using a trial-and-error approach that prioritises experimentation over finished product. Ten places are reserved for Western Australians, with the remaining ten to be filled from across Australia. Participants will be selected according to their skill-set and professional experience, with a view to putting together four or five inter-disciplinary teams. So we’re after applicants from the full production chain, including writers, directors, camera operators, editors and designers.

Application forms will be online at www.anat.org.au after the screening date or contact by email admin@anat.org.au or call (08) 8231 9037