Principal Researcher
Glorianna Davenport
Scaleable, interoperable delivery environments for the presentation
of cinematic narratives lack the constraints provided by the traditional
processes of production and post-production. In order to deliver powerful
narratives, the system needs to understand the director's intention in
creating a shot and apply the editor's knowledge of narrative techniques
and aesthetics in order to choose between one possible composition and
another.
Producing structured video requires a rigorous approach
to multicamera shooting as well as rigorous computational facilities for
processing the background "world" as well as narrative objects.
SAR is designed to think about presentations on display devices ranging
from large-scale video panels to wearable wrist-watch sized screens.
This toolset is primarily designed for the production team.
The compositions can be composited on the fly using the specialized hardware of the Cheops system or using an SGI machine.
Research Supervisor
Tames D (1996).
Some Assembly Required: Cinematic Knowledge-Based Reconstruction of Structured Video Sequences
MIT MS Thesis.
Tames D (1995).
Dynamic Presentation of Structured Video Sequences
IC Technical Report.
Tames D (1995).
Some Assembly Required
IC Technical Report.