The Photographic Image in New Interactive Media
Thursday 6 and Friday 7 June from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 from 4 to 8 p.m. Ignacio Navas
When: Thursday 6 and Friday 7 June from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 from 4 to 8 p.m.
Where? Disseny Hub Barcelona
Price 90€.
Maximum capacity 20 participants
Interactive experiences open up endless possibilities for creating photographic projects, from commercial video games to intimate experiences in virtual reality.
This workshop aims to bring students closer to these new practices, provide different references on the use of new technologies in photographic projects and offer tools to carry out an interactive project without previous knowledge of computers.
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Topics to be covered:
INTRODUCTION
– Video games, virtual reality and augmented reality
– The possibilities of video games and other interactive media.
ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES IN DIFFERENT PROJECTS
– Commercial video games
– Small developments.
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF AN INTERACTIVE PROJECT
– Pre-production.
1. Mechanics as the basis of the visual narrative of the project.
2. Production schedule.
-Production.
1. Elements to consider for an interactive project.
2. Common problems during production and how to avoid them.
3. Search for information and help communities.
– Launching.
1. Digital platforms and web.
2. Exhibitions, awards and festivals.
3. Communicación.
GAMEMAKER AS A WORKING ENGINE
– Losing your fear: It is possible to create a video game in 15 minutes.
– GameMaker, basic concepts and working with its visual editor.
– GML: Objects, events and functions.
– Thinking like the computer (the processor cycle and its actions, loading and unloading textures, launching sound).
PROTOTYPING A PROJECT
– Creating a prototype of an interactive project.
1. Each group of students chooses a concept or an idea to work on.
2. Search for a basic mechanic that responds to the development of the idea.
3. Prototyping with assistance in GameMaker using GML Visual.
– Common review of the prototypes.
Ignacio Navas (Tudela, 1989)
Photographer based in Madrid. After studying Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, he specialised in photography at Blank Paper Escuela. After that, he worked for more than six years in the videogame industry, specifically in the communication department of MercurySteam, a videogame studio with more than twenty years of experience that has developed videogames for important companies such as Nintendo or Konami. He currently co-directs El Local, an independent space for photography in the centre of Madrid.
In his work, Navas presents us with profound everyday narratives that immerse us in the complexities and contradictions of Western society. In his work he investigates how political, economic and social structures manifest themselves and shape our daily lives. In his latest projects he explores new interactive paths for the medium, creating interactive experiences and non-fiction video games from the photographic image.
As a teacher, he has offered workshops such as Fotografía + Grapas with Andrés Cobacho (Córdoba, 2013), organised portfolio viewings and given master classes in schools and training programmes such as Blank Paper Escuela (Madrid, 2014), AULA (Virtual, 2021) or IDEP (Barcelona, 2023).
