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Databases

Databases. Visual material used from the film Dpoo Mezzanotte (2004) and the Museo Nationale Del Cinama – Torino (http://www.museonazionaledelcinema.org//. Storage Paradigm. Database (a collection of records). Title: The Magic Mountain Author: Thomas Mann Publisher: Fisher

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Databases

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  1. Databases Visual material used from the film Dpoo Mezzanotte (2004) and the Museo Nationale Del Cinama – Torino (http://www.museonazionaledelcinema.org//

  2. Storage Paradigm Database (a collection of records) Title: The Magic Mountain Author: Thomas Mann Publisher: Fisher Type: Novel Request Title: …… Author: …… Publisher: ….. Type: ….. Retrieve Title: …… Author: …… Publisher: ….. Type: ….. Fields (individual elements of information) Records (a collection of fields)

  3. Narrative A narrative isa story or part of a story presented from the viewpoint of one of the (possibly fictional) participants or observers. Flexible Fixed with respect to medium and presentation

  4. Database A database is an information set with a regular structure. Interact Information set (theoretically unlimited) Information set (limited ?) Extract

  5. Information set (limited ?) Database A database is an information set with a regular structure that facilitates the exploitation of the stored items. Item • Data • Metadata Interact Structure Hierarchical (XML, MPEG-7) TXT, GIF, JPG, MOV, MPEG, etc. Relational (RDF) Object-Oriented Make use of …. …. to combine or manipulate Process

  6. Database – unstructured content Task: build something funny Start here

  7. Database - Access • Mis-en-Scene • Materiality • Organisation of internal space • Organisation of external space • Setting • Costumes, make-up • Emotional expressions • Lighting and colour design • Duration • Structure

  8. Database – Reflects the process in the content Associative (Paradigmatic) Axis C’’’ C’’ C’ Syntagmatic Axis A B C D E

  9. Database – Process guided Access • Mis-en-Scene • Materiality • Organisation of internal space • Organisation of external space • Setting • Costumes, make-up • Emotional expressions • Lighting and colour design Processes (e.g. story building, material collection, material manipulation material presentation) • Duration • Structure

  10. Database – Generative Structure • Mis-en-Scene • Materiality • Organisation of internal space • Organisation of external space • Setting • Costumes, make-up • Emotional expressions • Lighting and colour design • Duration • Structure • Role in discourse

  11. Creative Environment - automatic DB DB Retrieval System Retrieval System Video material DB DB Video representation Editor Editor Structure Planner Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Semantic net Semantic net Content Planner Interface Interface Visual Visual Designer Constructor Filmic and editing knowledge Development Tools Development Tools conceptual link conceptual link information flow information flow Details in Nack 1996

  12. Creative Environment – semi-automatic Details in Nack and Putz 2001.

  13. Database - Questions Is a database a semiotic space? Does a database contain meaning or knowledge? Is a database finite? Is a database passive, active or interactive? What is the relation between point-of-view and multi-user with respect to media databases?

  14. Next Lecture – 7th of April Places and CyberspacesGuest Lecture By: Prof. Yehuda Kalay, UC Berkeley Department of Architecture and Director of the UC Berkeley Center for New Media Readings: Steve Harrison and Paul Dourish. Re-Place-ing Space: The Roles of Place and Space in Collaborative Systems. In: Proceedings of ACM Conference on CSCW. New York: ACM Press, 1996, p. 67-76.

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