Media Zone

FREE DROP-IN PROGRAM
(Grades K to 12)

TFrame Zone:

The Freeze Frame Media Zone:

Where film, television and new media meet

From 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Monday to Friday in the School Lunch/Break room
The Media Zone is a digital playground with over ten different installations and daily feature presentations led by industry professionals.

Students (and teachers!) can try-out, play, learn, and experiment with innovative media arts and technology.

BLA BLA
interactive display

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For BLA BLA, an interactive tale that explores various facets of human communication, the viewer is integral to the work. His or her mouse clicks guide this story in six chapters, populated by characters generated through a variety of methods, from traditional to high-tech.

While developing BLA BLA, director and creator Vincent Morisset extensively researched interactive narratives, seeking a visual language specific to the online realm. He also worked with talented creative collaborators for this project, including graphic designer Caroline Robert, composer Philippe Lambert and software developer Édouard Lanctôt-Benoît.

BLA BLA stands apart in its emphasis on achieving an emotional response in the viewer and in its grammar of non-linear editing. Through the very format of the work, Morisset addresses the challenges of telling a story with the spectator as participant. Produced by the NFB, BLA BLA proposes a new vision of communication, of how our natural behaviour and interaction with others play out in the world. BLA BLA is a one-of-a-kind experience that bears his hallmark: re-imagining “once upon a time” for the digital age.

Vincent Morisset

Born in Montreal, Canada in 1976, Vincent Morisset is a director, programmer and inventor. He is a pioneer of interactive music video and the creator of bicolorama and synchronised artwork. He directed the Neon Bible interactive video, the documentary MIROIR NOIR, Sigur Rós’ second live film INNI, and BLA BLA, a film for computer. He’s also founder of AATOAA, a web-friendly studio.