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Reading the Language of VR

6. Framing in VR

“Cinematic grammar no longer applies. There is no frame in which to compose a shot.” — Andrew Marantz , The New Yorker

Oct 2, 2016

6. Framing in VR

Oct 2, 2016

Mike Ambs
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Reading the Language of VR

5. Fly vs Elephant

An interesting exercise in film history is to go back to the earliest existing moving-images we have still on record, and to study what the…

Oct 2, 2016

5. Fly vs Elephant

Oct 2, 2016

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Reading the Language of VR

4. Giving Up

During the same week as Google’s I/O event, Spielberg upset some in the VR community with his thoughts on VR.

Oct 2, 2016

4. Giving Up

Oct 2, 2016

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Reading the Language of VR

3. Return to Zero

For as long as moving-images have existed, in even their simplest form, one thing has always remained consistent: the predictability of…

Oct 2, 2016

3. Return to Zero

Oct 2, 2016

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Reading the Language of VR

2. CUT TO:

The Foundation of Filmmaking, VR or Otherwise

Oct 2, 2016

2. CUT TO:

Oct 2, 2016

Mike Ambs
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Reading the Language of VR

1. Current Shortcomings

VR is a 110 year old technology. If we are defining VR as fully-immersive visual experiences — what is sometimes called spherical…

Oct 2, 2016

1. Current Shortcomings

Oct 2, 2016

Mike Ambs
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Reading the Language of VR

Prologue

The following discussion will define the language of narrative VR — a language capable of complex structure, of visual parallels, of…

Oct 2, 2016

Oct 2, 2016

Mike Ambs

WHAT VRSE HAS IN COMMON WITH ‘HOW THE WEST WAS WON’

I recently went to a screening of ‘How the West was Won’ at The Hollywood Arclight theater, the projection process for the film was…

Apr 26, 2015

WHAT VRSE HAS IN COMMON WITH ‘HOW THE WEST WAS WON’

Apr 26, 2015

Mike Ambs

Mike Ambs

I live in the mountains of southern California. I love to film things, and read on the subway. I'm pretty sure blue whales are my power animal.

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