die Seriale ist das älteste und eines der größten internationalen Festivals für Digitale Serien.
In
diesem Jahr fand es vom 13. bis 16. Juni in Gießen statt.
Zum fünften
Mal mit dem – von der hFMA unterstützten – EDUCATIONAL.
Am
Freitag, den 14. Juni 2019 drehte es sich am Veranstaltungsort
heyligenstaedt von morgens 9:30 Uhr bis nachmittags 15:30 Uhr alles um
die medienwissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema Webserie.
Internationale Referent/innen hielten Vorträge und traten in
Diskussionsrunden mit den Besucher/innen in den Dialog.
Das Programm bestand u.a. aus:
Past, Present, Future of Digital Series
5
years die Seriale. 5 years of developing digital series.
Representatives from Digital Series Festivals from all over the world
discuss how the format has changed and developed over the past 5 years.
Digital series are going to be reflected from an international
perspective and a bottom line will be drawn. Furthermore will be
reflected on how this media might develop in the upcoming years - past,
present and future of extraordinary visual storytelling.
Panelists were:
Riccardo Cannella, Sicily Web Fest | Italy
Rose of Dolls, Seriesland | Spain/Basque Country
Liudmila Filonenko, Realist Web Fest | Russia
Young Man Kang, Seoul Webfest | South Korea
George Reese, SEEKA TV | USA
Hanshi Charlie: Cross-Media
In
Hanshi Charlie, the cultural journalist Mathias Balzer from Switzerland
and his son, the filmmaker Luis Balthisar Balzer tell the story of
Charlie Lenz. A 160- page report and a 3-part digital series create a
multi-layered and touching portrait of the Swiss-Austrian Ju-Jitsu
grandmaster. In the conversation, the cross-media aspect and the
development of the project will be examined.
A Talk with Mathias Balzer, Writer, Cultural Journalist | Edition Frida
Luis Balthisar Balzer, Creator, Director
Directors’ Panel
Various
Directors of selected and nominated short form digital series talked
about their personal view on aesthetics, style, genre, and different
formats. What do they consider as essential for a good series? What is
visual storytelling to them? How did they find their personal style and
artistic inspirations?
Faster, History! Kill! Kill! Digital Series and the presentation of history
Referencing
series from this years competition, this lecture will analyse
historical themed digital series and their conception of history. Anja
Horstmann, teacher and employee at the Institute of Specialist
Journalism History at Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, takes a look at
short-form digital series and reflects on how this media depicts
history and society of it’s time and which conception of history the
viewer is left with.
A Lecture by Anja Horstmann, Historian | JLU Giessen
Serial Writing - Between short form, long form and their dramaturgy
What
is so special about short-form narration? How is the special dramaturgy
of these series designed? Experienced screenwriters talk about the
differences and similarities between long and short form series and
about the specifics of their dramaturgical structure.
Panelists were:
Christoph Callenberg, Writer
Annette Krossa, Actress, Writer, Producer
Kristian Wolff, Screen & Development Writer
Laura Seijo, Writer, Producer | UN3