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Decoding Directorial Style | Using Pose & Action Estimation to Analyze Theater Performances

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM PST/PDT
Topics
Arts, Humanities

HAI Seminar with Michael Rau

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At this seminar, hear how this research project employs machine learning and computer vision to analyze directorial styles and other aspects of theater performances, focusing on pose and action recognition. By applying these technologies to video recordings of theatrical productions, multiple performances by the same director are compared to identify distinctive patterns in choreography and staging. The approach combines both distant and close viewing techniques, enabling a more nuanced understanding of theatrical gestures and movements. Through this analysis, the abstract concept of directorial style is quantified.

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Speakers
Michael Rau
Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance Studies
Vijoy Abraham
Assistant Director and Head, Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Research Stanford Libraries
Peter Broadwell
Peter Broadwell
Digital Scholarship Research Developer, Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Research, Stanford University Libraries
Simon Wiles
Digital Scholarship Research Developer, Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Research, Stanford University Libraries