Female Gaze and Immersive Storytelling, with XR creator and filmmaker Adriana Vecchioli
#WeMakeMedia
a podcast about how the culture we produce shapes media and how that goes both ways.
#WeMakeMedia Season 3: Femme Futures
Episode 1: Female Gaze and Immersive Storytelling, with XR creator and filmmaker Adriana Vecchioli
In this episode, I speak with with filmmaker and XR creator Adriana Vecchioli about how video-game aesthetics influence gender representations in VR, the illusion of default perspectives, "making it" in Hollywood and storytelling for frames and spheres.
Please support her kickstarter campaign, ending July 23, 2021, by visiting the COMIN’ IN HOT page.
Adriana Vecchioli is a French-Italian actress, filmmaker and XR designer, living in Los Angeles. She has co-founded an XR design studio, Velvet Unicorn, in L.A. Formerly a software engineer, she left Twitter to follow her passion for filmmaking. Blending software magic with artistry, Adriana designed immersive experiences for the likes of: Warner Bros., Viacom, The Hunger Games, NBA, Coachella and Snapchat.
Layered female protagonists, dark humor and immersive storytelling are the staples of her cinematic language. In 2019 she wrote, produced and starred in ‘How Far’, an award-winning short film. In 2020, she produced and acted in the viral comedy series ’Shoot Your Shot’, written and directed by Tanyaradzwa Fear (‘Doctor Who’), exploring pandemic era love. The series garnered attention for its innovative use of AR filters and remote filmmaking, along with an all-star cast. Adriana Vecchioli is the lead in ‘Portals’, an independent sci-fi feature film directed by Bobby Castro.
Adriana on twitter: @AdrianaVecc
Adriana on Instagram: @AdrianaVecc
Adriana’s website: www.adrianavecchioli.com
COMIN’ IN HOT on Twitter: COMIN’ IN HOT
COMIN’ IN HOT Campaign: kickstarter
SHOW NOTES
UX Design for XR applications and Immersive Storytelling, Circuit Stream Workshop, 2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR6wZ3hme9g
The Displaced - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecavbpCuvkI
How Virtual Reality is Changing Storytelling Forever
medium.com - https://medium.com/the-mission/how-virtual-reality-is-changing-storytelling-forever-3a9836c5300c
New York Times, 360 videos - https://www.nytimes.com/video/360-video
Mad Max Ferry Road - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/
Game of Thrones - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/
Dear White People, Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80095698
The Fall of the House of Usher- https://poestories.com/read/houseofusher