Intro to Immersive Media
First Scene Preparations Production Day 2018. View from Juliet Balcony in Armstrong Browning Library gives you, from left to right, Costume Designer Sylvia Fuhrken, Creator Amanda Gardner, Set Designer Victor Larsen, Cinematographer Marcos Luna, the guest’s perspective via Go-Pro’s Odyssey 360 camera, and Noah Adlerfer as our guide, Pen Browning.
It all started when…
I learned of Baylor’s Go-Pro Odyssey camera and I thought of my student’s apathy with reading literature that, if they would just persevere, could bring countless worlds and unknown ideas to their lives. So I thought, here’s this technology that lets me step students into another place and experience the realities of the people they’re reading like never before. So I asked if I could and everyone said yes and after almost seven years, we’re near the start of a completely different journey. One that begins with my completion and defense of my dissertation (working title: an exploratory case study on the pedagogical possibilities of educational cvr for high school English classes. Part of that process was creating a qualitative study and asking practicing high school English teachers to watch what I made and tell me what they thought. Before they did, however, I introduced them to the medium with a variation on the powerpoint below. I hope it’s helpful - reach out if you’ve any questions/comments/concerns - in peace & possibility - amanda (amanda@educvr.com)