In this workshop the participants worked with Kurosawa's film Rashomon (1950). The participants were free to add their own material which in this case nearly everybody did.
Some participants were experimenting with the possiblities of interactive storytelling while others came up with a clear plan and started working on it straight away.
Han H. de Groot made an elaborate question-based project. As a user you were asked different questions which led to clips from Rashomon depending on your choices.
Holger Mohaupt made a virtual subway ride through a Tokyo subway where you could go inside the sleeping peoples' minds and view their thoughts. Their dreams would then be scenes from Rashomon.
Francesca Biral made an interactive whodunnit using images from japanese crime films as well as the Rashomon material. She also used the other participants' and teachers' voices as characters which added to the comic value of the project.
Esther Pardijs went out and made a project on Bianca, the lady that runs the guest house she was staying at. Her idea was, that when you meet people, you always make up stories about them, you fill in the blanks with either positive or negative stories. In her project you could choose different interpretations of 'clues' about Bianca.
The workshop was set in the beautiful mountain village of Bardonecchia which made it a rather pleasant experience.
This workshop was made possible with the support of the MEDIA PLUS PROGRAMME of the European Community and OCW