An interactive movie. Nice idea. One of the director's was also at the screening. He explained how it works before the start. A few people where selected to take turns in using the remote control to select different scene's. The idea is that during a scene you can select another scene related to the original scene. So if you watch something about Mister A and you press some key on the remote control, you switch to another scene about Mister A. This way you can explore a character more in depth. If you don't press a key the current scene is played till finished and continues with the next scene, which is not necessarily related to the last scene.
There are three story lines. All about abuse and how the three main characters cope with it. During this screening we (the public) basically saw the movie 'edited' by the few selected people who used the remote control so we didn't saw the whole movie. Late Fragment is best viewed on DVD, so you can explore yourself.
This movie reminded me of the way 21 grams was edited.
Worth watching and I will probably buy the DVD.
Rating : 8
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Links: AFFF / imdb
The subtitle is: { < An Interactive Film > }. But as someone on the Screen/Play symposium panel said, it only gives the illusion of interactivity. The viewer acts, but the film does not respond in the sense that there is an active dialogue between the two parties involved.
That being said, I was expecting to see a film where you would watch part of the film, the story coming to a halt presenting the viewer with three choices, and then continuing on given this input.
Experiencing Late Fragment was quite different though. The total amount of footage is about 4 hours, split in tiny components, linked together using an intricate web of connections. This enables the viewer at all times to switch to a different storyline and or to explore a current storyline in more depth, with the film always continuously unfolding. This basically means that "the film" (or better: one "trajectory", as the director called it) has a run length between 5 minutes and 4 hours. On average a screening lasts between one hour and an hour and a half.
During our screening the remote was passed around so that several members of the audience could determine the course of the film for a little while. As an experience it was definitely worthwhile, and quite a lot of the stories were relatively clear at the end of the film even though the narrative was pretty disjoint and fragmented. Too bad I didn't necessarily like the main characters or themes...
Rating: 5
Links: AFFF / imdb
The subtitle is: { < An Interactive Film > }. But as someone on the Screen/Play symposium panel said, it only gives the illusion of interactivity. The viewer acts, but the film does not respond in the sense that there is an active dialogue between the two parties involved.
That being said, I was expecting to see a film where you would watch part of the film, the story coming to a halt presenting the viewer with three choices, and then continuing on given this input.
Experiencing Late Fragment was quite different though. The total amount of footage is about 4 hours, split in tiny components, linked together using an intricate web of connections. This enables the viewer at all times to switch to a different storyline and or to explore a current storyline in more depth, with the film always continuously unfolding. This basically means that "the film" (or better: one "trajectory", as the director called it) has a run length between 5 minutes and 4 hours. On average a screening lasts between one hour and an hour and a half.
During our screening the remote was passed around so that several members of the audience could determine the course of the film for a little while. As an experience it was definitely worthwhile, and quite a lot of the stories were relatively clear at the end of the film even though the narrative was pretty disjoint and fragmented. Too bad I didn't necessarily like the main characters or themes...
Rating: 5
description: symposion, discussion of people, talking video games, movies / prison, talk group, gay, gay sex, murder, interactive
(Geoffrey): (rating 6)
There's little said about the gaming/movie industry that I did not know/thought of yet. The thing is that it seems to be difficult to make a good movie from a game, but also the other way around. Another thing was talking about the differences as in mentioning that movie was more passive and games more pro-active. The truth? Nobody could tell for sure.
Then we saw the interactive movie: Late Fragment. It was an experience from the director which took hime 2-3 years of his live. As the audience you get a remote control and a few people were allowed to control it for some minutes. In this case you decided, whether you wanted to see more about the character development, or not. I
To be honest, in the beginning I found the movie quite messy. People started clicking when they wanted to see something different. In the end I was able to understand a little bit what the movie was about. Still 2/3 archive footage I did not see (since it would take about 4 hours) and I am wondering about the other characters.
So I guessed it worked afterall, the interaction. Who controls the remote, is master of the movie. Still, I don't know whether I am waiting for more on these types of movies.
(Geoffrey): (rating 6)
There's little said about the gaming/movie industry that I did not know/thought of yet. The thing is that it seems to be difficult to make a good movie from a game, but also the other way around. Another thing was talking about the differences as in mentioning that movie was more passive and games more pro-active. The truth? Nobody could tell for sure.
Then we saw the interactive movie: Late Fragment. It was an experience from the director which took hime 2-3 years of his live. As the audience you get a remote control and a few people were allowed to control it for some minutes. In this case you decided, whether you wanted to see more about the character development, or not. I
To be honest, in the beginning I found the movie quite messy. People started clicking when they wanted to see something different. In the end I was able to understand a little bit what the movie was about. Still 2/3 archive footage I did not see (since it would take about 4 hours) and I am wondering about the other characters.
So I guessed it worked afterall, the interaction. Who controls the remote, is master of the movie. Still, I don't know whether I am waiting for more on these types of movies.