LOS ANGELES， Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- A vintage radio resembled black box with a knob in the front allows audience to create their own vision of films in second.


This unique interactive video installation gathered a crowd of people trying and creating their own version of film on Saturday night at the 2016 IndieCade Festival at University of Southern California (USC) campus in Los Angeles.


Created by Zhan Chang and her team mates， a film related interactive game show named "700 to 730" allows the audience to create a montage within a story about a 7-year-old Chinese girl as she lives with her grandparents in a senior apartment.


The audience is invited to enter a theatre space， by tuning the knob of the wooden black box， people can alter the shot currently playing on the screen. Each audience interacts with the controller differently， thus creating a distinct montage experience unique to them. This device helps audience have different interpretations to a film.


Zhan is a Chinese nationality international student of School of Cinematic Arts at USC. Majored in Game and Interactive Media Design， Zhan designed a new kind of interactive game that combined with film， which is more like a "one person theater."


"As an introvert and heavy thinker who enjoys finding my own existence in the painfulness of constant reflection and exploration， I spent most of my college life exploring these notions and interacting with my inner voice. As a media artist， I was fascinated by various media technology and their potential to make art，" said Zhan.


"Missing details in visual art or other representational 'shortcuts' require the user to fill in the missing information. Narrative techniques such as 'film montage' bridges the gap between unrelated images"， she added.


"So everyone basically sees a different film depends on how they interact with it，" Zhan told Xinhua.


"I think one of the big objectives for Zhan's project was to really redesign， redefine games and think about a kind of interactivity. It's not just about traditional games; this one is really a successful exploration for doing a kind of combination of games and movies and all kinds of new ideas，" said Scott Fisher who is a Professor and Founding Chair of the Interactive Media Division in the USC School of Cinematic Arts.


IndieCade， as the biggest event dedicated to celebrating independent games in the US， was held on USC this year from this Thursday to Sunday. Now in its 9th year， over 200 latest innovative independent games were showcasing at the festival， including digital， VR， table， multi-media， physical games and more. All games were available for the attendees to play and review.


"There is an opportunity to bring people together and highlight games that otherwise people did not see， and to show that our games are not made by the same kind of people，" Stephanie Barish， CEO and one of the founders of IndieCade， told Xinhua on Saturday， "if you walk around you will see very divers people making games."


"IndieCade really encourages people to explore and experiment with new media and new technology of storytelling，" Zhan said， "I am working on different types of technology and that is how IndieCade consider my work to be experimental in a way and worth showing here."


Besides of showcasing independent games， IndieCade also hosted multiple conferences where industry leaders， professionals and artists were invited to share their stories.


In this November， IndieCade will also take place in Paris， France， which will be the first IndieCade Europe.


MOSCOW Air Max 90 On Sale , Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Russia has started snap drills to inspect the combat readiness of troops located in the country's Southern Military District, Defense Ministry said Monday.


"In accordance with the decision of the commander-in-chief (Russian President Vladimir Putin), today at 5 a.m. (0200 GMT) the troops of the Southern Military District, units of the airborne troops and military transport aviation have been placed on full combat alert," Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.


"It is necessary to test the capacity of troops and their command bodies to solve a whole range of tasks, including the fight against terrorist threats and elimination of consequences of natural and man-made disasters," Shoigu said in an online statement.


The drills would also assess the maneuverability of large units during troop buildup, check the readiness of aviation and air defense forces to repel enemy air attacks and protect important military and government facilities.


The Southern Military District is one of the four operational strategic commands of the Russian Armed Forces. It includes troops based in North Caucasus and in Crimea, as well as the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla.


Shoigu also ordered troops from the Central Military District, which includes Eastern Siberia and the Urals, to participate in some stages of the exercises.


The practice of unexpected massive checks of combat readiness of Russian troops was introduced by Putin in 2013. Since then Russia held regular snap drills in various parts of the country.


Shoigu also noted that the military attaches of foreign countries would be informed about the snap check.


Russia has been accusing NATO of its military deployment in several member states that neighboring Russia.


U.S. secretary of defense Ash Carter announced Tuesday that the country plans to increase significantly its military presence in Europe.

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