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Formidling
Communication & Media
VIP visit to UiB, 24 May, 2004
“Science is above all,
communication.”
Willard Gibbs
Formidlingsavdelingen
formidle
- middleman
- “go between”
information
department
disseminate
communicate
inform
Communication & Media Centre
FORM
Giving society
something that is
critically important:
knowledge
Effective public outreach requires:
scientists
new, important,
relevant
research
public
Public
Outreach
specialists
•resources
•coherent, consistent strategies
•long-term planning
•networking
Schools
leaders
industry
media
general public
FORM at UiB is special
•publication (text)
•media contacts
•photography
•design / multi-media
•TV
•technical support
FORM: technical support
•central apparatus room supporting 6 video editing suites + 1 sound room
•editing suites: 4 Mac-based Media 100, 1 Final Cut Pro, 1 for DVD production
•sound room: PROTools, Yamaha 02/96 with 5.1 monitoring - sound mixing for
both TV & DVD
•dubbing studio (20m2)
•control room for the studios
•combined classical 3-camera TV studio + virtual studio (141m2)
•prop / set workshop + prop / set storage facilities
•smaller auditorium (43 seats, 82m2) for video conferencing (IP) - 3 camera + 2
video projectors
•small video conference room (3-4 persons, ISDN)
Studio B: a multimedia auditorium
•video-conferencing
•lectures
•film, multimedia showings
Film = active + passive
select to watch
show film to specific groups
accidental tourists
FORM: film / documentary
Some recent productions:
- video bits, 30, 50,
series
- web tv
- interactive video /
web / DVD production
- video archive
http://www.univisjon.no
Human Touch
Treasures from the sea
Web-TV on forskning.no
Decoding the Icelanders
The weather’s face
The richness of childhood
Riches from the deep
The blue revolution
The hidden cave diaries
Teaching Plan+
Offline
Case study: film documentary
Decoding the Icelanders - a modern Viking saga
•genetic research project
•decoding unique population
•DeCode Genetics
•a modern Viking saga
•film prize
•formidling prize
Case study: video via web
Læreplan+
•web-based educational tool
•web-based "video library"
•visual background to
contemporary issues
•classroom tool
•2 themes / year
http://www.univisjon.no/L+
*model for web-TV on forskning.no
Case study: design / multi-media
Arkeoland
•archaeological digital resource
library
•interactive teaching
•interactive learning presentations
•multi-media
http://www.uib.no/arkeoland/
Case study: outreach and education
Treasures from the Sea
•TV-documentary – 12 languages
•web site
•classroom DVD
•teaching materials
http://www.treats.uib.no
www.uib.no/form
http://www.univisjon.no