Current research
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ESSEMBLE
ESSEMBLE - Nomadic Realities and Digital Filmmaking
ESSEMBLE is a unique European training and development project promoted by four European film and Media schools: Universidade Lusófona, Film, Video and Multimedia department, Lisbon, Portugal; Sint-Lukas Brussels University College of Art and Design, Brussels, Belgium; Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME), Budapest, Hungary, and ifs international film school cologne, Germany.
ESSEMBLE intends to provide both film and animation students with basic and advance competences concerning new production and distribution techniques and strategies without, on one side, neglecting the essential role script development has for both forms of art, while on the other side, clearly focusing on the development of new concepts that mixes stereoscopic 3d images with live footage.
The main goal of the project is the co-development of four short-fiction films between the partner schools involved in the project based on one single original script – each school will interpret, according with its own training strategy and cultural background, one commonly developed script based on the theme: “Traces of immigration and nomadism in today’s Europe”.
The project is organized along a 4X4X4 structure. This means:
◦4 schools;
◦4 workshops;
◦4 short-fiction films;
4 live Workshops - Each workshop takes place in one different school. Story Development (Cologne, Germany); Script adaptation to visual concept, finding the right design and animation style (Budapest, Hungary); Digital Cinematography and Art Direction (Brussels, Belgium); Stereoscopic and Motion Capture for Visual Effects (Lisbon, Portugal); Plus one module online dedicated to Post-Production and Finishing.
4 films – each film is produced by a team of 20 elements. In each school a group of 5 students from both film and animation will be involved and divided accordingly with their areas of expertise by all modules. -
iDTV-HEALTH: Inclusive services - 2009-2013
UTA-Est/MAI/0012/2009, 2009-2013 - iDTV-SAÚDE: Serviços inclusivos de promoção da saúde e bem-estar via televisão digital interactiva
The television of the future will certainly be different from the one we currently know. A substantial part of that difference will be related to its capacity to offer services and content to specific groups of user, according to their preferences and needs. The iDTV Health project's main objective is to evaluate the potential of digital interactive television (iDTV) to promote original services, formats and contents that can be relevant to support personal health care and wellness of individuals over 55 years of age in the Portuguese territory. The question for us is not so much a matter of whether we are seeing the end of television as a form of content, but rather a mapping of the exact nature of one of its future configurations for the presentation and distribution of information.
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ComuniMEDIA
PTDC/CCI-COM/109887/2009, 2011/2012 - ComuniMEDIA - Mobilidade, Comunidade e Capital Social
New forms of communication generate different reactions and expectations. So was the case with the internet and social networks, with fears of unsafe disclosure of information, cyber bullies, addiction, risky behaviors or alienation from society and public life, being some of the concerns raised about the increasing use of these technologies. The advent of new forms of access to these media, namely the one’s based in mobile devices and technologies, once again calls upon the empirical testing of similar claims, namely on what concerns the possible specificity of such forms of access and their consequences upon the individuals, theirs social constructs and their use of the technology.The ComuniMEDIA project deals with the consequences of the internet on users and society focusing on the specificities of mobile access to the internet and the consequences such process has in terms of social capital and levels of interaction, namely by evaluating users and communities involvement and forms of use of the media in this particular context.
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Female Online Participation
Participação Feminina Online: A Redefinição de Esfera Pública
New media researchers have explored the role of the Internet in creating new spaces for political participation. Consisting in a network characterised by openness, the Internet facilitates the production and distribution of information. It is thus widely regarded as conducive to reviving the public sphere and promoting civic participation (Dahlgren, 2000). In short, by providing a space for political expression, the Internet is considered to raise awareness of collective problems and highlight opportunities for involvement. Women’s participation in online political discussions has become an important research field regarding the social implications of Internet use. However, female use of interactive technology is rarely taken as a tool to assess the quality of online public deliberation, that is, the quality of democracy in cyberspace.
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MOBSERV- Sistemas Facilitadores
PTDC/CCI-COM/115897/2009, 2011-2013- MOBSERV - Sistemas Facilitadores Da Utilização De Serviços Por Dispositivos Móveis
This research is aimed at responding to a market need, which is largely recognized by academics, firms and consumers: to overcome the under-use of mobile devices for informational and transactional purposes (Dahlberg et al., 2008; Kleijnen et al., 2007). In Europe, the difference between consumer interest and real usage reaches 50% in some m-commerce services, such as financial services (Sybase, 2008). This finding informs both the state of incipient development and the potential of this distribution channel (Blackmana et al., 2007). According to Eurostat (2007), the average penetration rate of mobile phones in Europe in 2006 was higher than 100%. Portugal is no exception. During 2008, mobile phone penetration achieved an impressive record of 136% (Anacom,2008). Simultaneously, the data/voice ratio is also increasing at a remarkable pace. The relatively low number of computers connected to the Internet, as well as the large number of mobile phones, makes Portugal a high-potential market for mobile services, such as banking.
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Biomecânica equina
PTDC/CVT/113480/2009, 2011-2013 - Biomecânica equina : análise cinemática e dinamométrica em locomoção equina normal e na comparação do efeito de diferentes conformações e tratamentos ortopédicos
This research project is an evolution of our previous project, presented to the FCT earlier in 2009. For this evolution we considered the reviewers critics, and the recently published information, in 2009. There was an intensification of the intervention of Biomechanics methodologies in the concretization of our project. This is why the Principal Investigator will be a Biomechanics Professor, associated with the MovLab, even though the project will be presented in Veterinary Medicine. This will increase the exchange of knowledge, experiene and responsibilities. Biomechanics of Movement is the study of the force displacement mechanical output by a biological system.
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Projecto Leonardo da Vinci
LLP-LdV-TOI-2009-HU-004 - (2010/2012) - Leonardo da Vinci. Projecto desenvolvido em parceria com a SFEZ de Budapeste.
The Department Film, Video and Multimedia takes part as a Partner in the project led by SZFE. Universidade Lusófona shall contribute to the innovation at SZFE, namely to the development of its methodology and structure of scriptwriting and visual effect. Both partners shall endeavour to reveal all further collaboration opportunities in the course of the consultations.
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Arte pública em Portugal e no Brasil
- Lisbon Sound Map - PTDC/CCI-CIN/120971/2010
