Dr Gianluca Balla
Senior Lecturer in Games Design (Art)
Gaskell Building 144
- Email: gianluca.balla@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 267923
- Digital Arts - Games
- Arts and Humanities
- College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences
Research area(s)
- Production Studies
- Digital Art
- Storytelling
- Video game
Research Interests
These are some of Balla's Research Interests:
- Production pipelines and workflows.
- Game engines and 3D computer graphics applications.
- Animation practices (e.g., motion capture) and VFX.
- Intersection of game development with film production (e.g., virtual production).
- The use of graphics software in various industries (e.g., digital fashion).
- Game art and asset making.
- Developing alternative narratives. Transmedia and interactive storytelling.
- Writing games and narrative design. IP creation.
- Teaching creative practice.
- Accessibility in art and entertainment.
- The use of AI and other technologies in digital art, storytelling, and productions.
- Content creation, streaming and "produsing" (e.g., YouTube and Twitch).
Research grants and projects
Research Projects
Project details
- 2018, Magdalene, a girl out of the blue, digital artefact, University of York. How the mise-en-scène informs the self-acceptance of gender identities and queerness, the identity as a self-structure projected on a marginalised social group and the influence of an underprivileged minority on self-awareness. Link: https://vimeo.com/262724061