Cinematic
Worldbuilding Workshop

@ CSC Immersive Arts. A Center for the Expanded Moving Image

How can we develop new methodologies for crafting social digital worlds that
are grounded in the unique cultural and spatial characteristics of a city, thereby
opening  up fresh avenues for storytelling that weave in the cultural nuances and
lived experiences of Venice?

The workshop offered a practical introduction to worldmaking and cinematic production
via LiDAR scanning and volumetric filming methods within the Unity Game Engine.

Utilizing LiDAR, live 3D scanning, and worldmaking, we delved into and revisited the
concept of Spatial Montage—a term coined by Manovich—not merely as a cinematic
technique, but as aspatial practice that can be applied as a design method to edit and
remix spaces within the virtual realm.