“Attention – The Experimental Film” is a generative film composition and installation environment premiered in 2008 in Edinburgh’s Teviot Row House, exploring how eye-tracking could be used to algorithmically edit new films, using sound and video databases.
A first-person point of view 2×2 film shot in the style of Michael Figgis’s Timecode was created alongside additional wide/mid/and close-shot videos. Sound bytes and narratives were also collected. A final installation of dual projection and quadraphonic audio was algorithmically edited in real-time based on a viewer’s eye-tracking information.
Collaborators
The work is a collaboration conceived and developed by Parag K. Mital, Stefanie Tan, and Dave Stewart with supervision support from Dr Tim Smith, John Lee, Mike Greer, and Abby Warilow.
Actors- Iain Burnside, Heather Bowry, Michael Davies, Gandolf; Directors- Karolina Malinowska, Sharam Shahbazi, Craig Henderson; Lighting/ Still Photography- Tom Bishop; Steadicam- Sharam Shahbazi, Craig Henderson; Grips- Justin Vitello, Parag Mital; Driver- Dave Stewart; Production Assistant- Joanna Rozniak; Script Supervisor- Doug Mastin