Philippe B茅dard
Virtual reality; phenomenology; film aesthetics; virtual production; screendance
Philippe B茅dard completed his PhD in film studies at Universit茅 de Montr茅al, where he wrote a dissertation on the body-camera-space relations of select camera movement technologies throughout film history.聽He recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Carleton University, where he worked on the issue of empathy in virtual reality (VR) narratives.
He is a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow currently working on the design of VR exhibits in festivals, galleries and cultural institutions. His research interests include film technology and aesthetics, phenomenology, Virtual Reality, virtual production, GoPro cameras, camera movement and screendance. Along with Alanna Thain and Carl Therrien, he is the co-editor of an upcoming edited collection titled States of Immersion: Bodies, Media Technologies.
PhD, Universit茅 de Montr茅al (2021)
MA, Concordia University (2015)
BFA, Concordia University (2013)
Articles
With Charlotte Dronier,聽鈥淔aire corps avec la cam茅ra: Exp茅rimentations esth茅tiques et ph茅nom茅nologie alternative du mouvement chor茅graphique.鈥� In Un cin茅ma en mouvement: Portabilit茅 des appareils et formes filmiques, edited by Richard B茅gin, Thomas Carrier-Lafleur, and Gilles Mou毛llic, 2022, 159鈥�182. Montr茅al: Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al.
鈥淭rajectoires du montage 脿 l鈥櫭╮e du num茅rique.鈥� 脡肠谤补苍蝉 1, n掳 17 (Fall 2022): 227鈥�250.
鈥淰irtual Production and the Transformation of Cameras Mechanical, Virtual, and Actual.鈥� Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal 17, no. 2 (Summer 2022): 226鈥�243.
Forthcoming
鈥淰irtuality+: The Physical Body in Virtual Reality and the Path Toward Augmented Virtuality.鈥� Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell鈥檈stetico 15, n掳 2 (accepted)
鈥淐losing the Gap: Storytelling in Nonfiction Virtual Reality.鈥� Canadian Journal of Film Studies (accepted).