In class Mon Apr 6th

You should have you projection mapping idea and object ready for today. Your object needs to be painted white.


Create your image and work on Project.

In class Wed April 1st

Projection Mapping


Check this out! Projection mapping used to shoot a movie in real time!




There are 2 ways to create the files necessary to produce an effective projection mapping presentation. 

- Find out the lens aspect ratio, focal length and pixel dimensions of the projector you plan to use. Go to the location and find the correct distance from your object/building and take a photograph. The camera need to share the same aspect ratio and focal length as the projector. Use the image as the template.

- Find the pixel dimensions of your projector. Then manually outline important aspects of the object. Use the image as the template

Easy Projection Mapping

1) Set-up projector.  Projector should be at least 5 feet from the object.

2) Measure set-up. You need to know the distance from the projector to the object and the hight of the object and the projector.

3) Open Photoshop and create a new document at 1024x768 at 72 dpi (this is the resolution of the projector)

4) Using the vector/selection tools, create an outline of your object.

5) Save the file as your template.

6) Use this template to create a Photoshop based stop motion animation. 

* Present your final 3d Object/Video Idea.

Check out Reservoir Dogs / Pulp Fiction re-mix

In class Mon Mar 30th

Review Assignment 2: Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction Re-Ordered


Discussion:
What are your 3 different Object/Video ideas for your projection.



Projection Mapping

In class Wed Mar 18th

Project 4 Site Specific Video (Projection Mapping)
- For this project you will be creating a 2 minute video that will be projected onto a 3 dimensional object. Your video can be abstract or storyline based. 

Things to consider:

• how the light, color, shape and movement from the projection interact with the object.
• the contextual connection between what  the object signifies and what the content of the projected video signifies
• how the object can be visually changed by the projection to create a new reality

Projection Mapping examples -----------------------------------------------------




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Review Project 3 videos

- We are looking for an Abstract video utilizing Continuity Editing and considerate of the soundtrack (at least the first 1:30)






Assignment 2 is Due by the end of class

Have a Great Break!

In class Mon Mar 9th

Project 3 is due at the beginning of class on MOn March 16th!



Movie Reviews for Night of the Living Dead, Reservoir Dogs, Eraserhead & Cloverfield are due today!




Work on Project!

In class Wed march 4th

Review scene in Eraserhead


Work on Project 3

In class Mon March 2nd

Review Project 2


Project 3 Assigned

Abstract video
For this project you are required to create a 1.5 min abstract video that utilizes "continuity editing" only and is cut to sync with the soundtrack. Loop your 1.5 min to fill out the rest of the time if the audio is longer.


Continuity editing: is used to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots by using aesthetic and compositional relevance.

In class Wed Feb 25th

Birdman: discuss



Assignment 1 Due
- show me your Thumbdrive
- Email me your youtube link 



Project 1 Due end of class 4:30pm today hand in your .mov files on your thumb drive. Files should be labeled as: your name-loop.mov or your name-30sec.mov




How to export a video in Premiere

- Audio Fade

- File Export
- Check Export Settings
- Check Sequence Name
-- Final Cut XML




Work on Project

In class Mon Feb 23rd

Assignment 1 Due
- Thumbdrive
- Email me your Youtube account link


Film Editing
- Film editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking.

* The film editor works with the raw footage, selecting shots and combining them into sequences to create a finished motion picture. Film editing is described as an art or skill, the only art that is unique to cinema, separating filmmaking from other art forms that preceded it, although there are close parallels to the editing process in other art forms like poetry or novel writing.

Shot
- a shot is a series of frames, that runs for an uninterrupted period of time.^[1] Film shots are an essential aspect of a movie where angles, transitions and cuts are used to further express emotion, ideas and movement.

Scenes
- In Filmmaking and video production, a scene is generally thought of as the action in a single location and continuous time. Due to the ability to edit recorded visual works, it is typically much shorter than a stage play scene. 

Film Transition
- A film transition is a technique used in the post-production process of film editing and video editing by which scenes or shots are combined. Most commonly this is through a normal cut to the next scene. Most films will also include selective use of other transitions, usually to convey a tone or mood, suggest the passage of time, or separate parts of the story.

Cut (transition)
- In the post-production process of film editing and video editing, a cut is an abrupt, but usually trivial film transition from one sequence to another. It is synonymous with the term edit, though "edit" can imply any number of transitions or effects. The cut, dissolve and wipe serve as the three primary transitions.

Match Cut
- A match cut, also called a graphic match, is a cut in film editing between either two different objects, two different spaces, or two different compositions in which objects in the two shots graphically match, often helping to establish a strong continuity of action and linking the two shots metaphorically.

Continuity Editing
- Continuity editing is the predominant style of film editing and video editing in the post-production process of filmmaking of narrative films and television programs. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots.




Watch 2001 Space Odyssey Intro



Watch Birdman




Work on Project 2
- Loop
- 30 second Appropriated Story

In class wed Feb 18th

Due Today!
- Write up about your John Waters inspired Director

- Your video clips of camera angles, movement and POV in Premiere



Finish watching Dead Man - Discuss






Assignment #1 due Mon 23rd

- Show me your 8GB thumb drive
- Create a Youtube account if you do not already have one and email me the link to your channel.

Project 2 

Appropriation & the Loop

description:

For the first part of this project you will appropriate video from Archive.org. You will then cut and edit the appropriated video to create a 30 second story. The video can be no longer or shorter then 30 seconds exactly. You may use the audio as it is edited or you may replace it with audio you find on CCMixter.org. Be careful NOT to choose a sound track that is more powerful then your visuals. A silent film will work also.

For the second part of this project you need to create a video loop. (Use the same video clips you downloaded for part 1). Be innovative, be thoughtful and be precise. Loop creation is all about syncing up the beginning with the end. Have you ever seen a mobius strip? The loop takes the inevitable beginning and end out of video as a medium and creates infinity a repeated moment stuck in time.

You will be working with Adobe Premiere to create this project. When you are finished with your Videos export them as .movs. Save your videos using this naming convention: yourname_01, yourname_02 (ie... jvonstengel_01.mpeg or jvonstengel_01.mov)

whats due:

* 2 Final videos as high rez as possible. I will collect all your files in class on a portable hard drive.

* Upload your videos to your Youtube account.

Due: Feb 25^th at the end of class


Appropriation

ap·pro·pri·a·tion

əˌprōprēˈāSH(ə)n/

noun

1. 1.

   the action of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.

   "the appropriation of parish funds"
2. 2.

   a sum of money or total of assets devoted to a special purpose.

in Art

Appropriation in art is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them.^[1] The use of appropriation has played a significant role in the history of the arts (literary, visual,musical and performing arts). In the visual arts, to appropriate means to properly adopt, borrow, recycle or sample aspects (or the entire form) of human-made visual culture. Notable in this respect are theReadymades of Marcel Duchamp.

Inherent in our understanding of appropriation is the concept that the new work recontextualizes whatever it borrows to create the new work. In most cases the original 'thing' remains accessible as the original, without change.

Archive.org & CCmixter.org
- What are these sites how do they work?
- What is Creative Commons licensing
- Whats on these sites?
- How to appropriate?

In class Mon Feb 16th

Bring your Video Recording devices and their cables to class today!

Lets shoot some video!

Shoot an example of each Camera angle, POV and Camera movement!

Camera angles

• eye level
• high-angle shot
• low-angle shot
• bird's eye shot
• Dutch angle
• 
  
• POV
• wide angle
• close-up
• mid shot
• 1st person
• 3rd person
• 
  
• Camera Movement
• pan/tilt
• dolly
• zoom lense
• Hand Held

Look at Adobe Premiere

Watch Deadman

In class Wed Feb 11th

How to use Google Docs

- Making a new file

- Naming a document

- Sharing a document

- Printing a document

* More then just Microsoft Word

Research one of the Indy Film Makers on John Waters List:

Otto Preminger

Kenneth Anger

Sam Peckinpah

David Lynch

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Spike Lee

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Pedro Almodóvar

Andy Warhol

- Watch one whole movie or part of 5 different movies

- Write about what you saw: 

1) What was interesting/different about this film compared to a “normal” Hollywood movie?

2) about narrative

- how does the story progress through time?

- how are the main characters revealed? When in the storyline?

- what genre is the film? does it stay true to its genre or does it break conventions?

- is the film about the medium itself? does it incorporate the context of the medium into the films storyline?

- have you seen this storyline before? where?

3) about use of camera angles and perspective

- how does the director use camera angles to control point of view?

- how does the perspective add to the context of the scene?

- does the director use a predominate angle through out the film or a variety?

- how does the angle effect the mood of the scene?

4) about content

- what are the main colors in the film?

- how does the use of color effect the mood?

- how realistic or surreal is the environment? how does this play a role in the narrative?

- how does the film use or break stereotypes?

- is the film beautiful or sublime?

- what era of technology is the film? does this change during the film?

Shots “Framing” and the meaning behind angles, POV & camera movement.

Camera angles

• eye level
• high-angle shot
• low-angle shot
• bird's eye shot
• Dutch angle
• 
  
• POV
• wide angle
• close-up
• mid shot
• 1st person
• 3rd person
• 
  
• Camera Movement
• pan/tilt
• dolly
• zoom lense
• Hand Held

Ask yourself these questions:
* What is the relationship of the viewer to the characters in the film?
* What direction are the characters moving from shot to shot, scene to scene?

Watch Man with a Movie Camera

Look for the different Camera angels and POV utilized through the film. Write them down as you see them.

In class Mon Feb 9th

Hello and welcome to the ARt317 Digital Art & Design IV, Time Based Media class blog.

This blog is the focal point of the class and contains all of the information you need to successfully complete this course. Your first assignment is to bookmark this blog on your personal computer and to check it often. The address is art-317.blogspot.com.

DA&D IV is a video course that explores the creative possibilities of a medium based on time, the 4th dimension. We will create video interventions within real space, appropriate, loop and mash-up video as well as learn about classic film creation.

You will need a Youtube account for this class. A DV cam or digital camera with the ability to record video would also be very useful.

8 GB flash drive or larger.

this is going to be an exciting and technologically advanced course lets see what we can do.


Basics of Film and Video
- Frame Rate = Frames Per Second = FPS
- Persistance of Vision
- Interlaced vs Progressive
- New ATSC (replacement for NTSC) standard
- all digital video files are compressed with a Video Codec


* how does film look different then video?


Film
- 24 FPS
- analogue
- popular sizes are 8mm, 16mm, 35mm & 70mm
--- most feature films are 35mm
--- most indi-films are 16mm (traditionally)


DV & DVD Digital Video
- 30 FPS
- digital
- Aspect ratios 4:3 or 16:9 (wide screen)
- at this point screen resolution is always 72dpi
- DV codec resolution is 720 x 480 pixels for NTSC
--- when translating animation from Flash make the resolution 720 x 534


HD, HDTV, DVD & HDV Digital Video
- 30 FPS
- digital
- 720i is 1280 x 720 pixels
- 1080i is 1920 x 1080 pixels



Digital Resolution Comparison Chart





Deconstructing Film and Video
- we are looking at 3 different aspects of a film or video

1) narrative
- how does the story progress through time?
- how are the main characters revealed? When in the storyline?
- what genre is the film? does it stay true to its genre or does it break conventions?
- is the film about the medium itself? does it incorporate the context of the medium into the films storyline?
- have you seen this storyline before? where?


2) use of camera angles and perspective
- how does the director use camera angles to control point of view?
- how does the perspective add to the context of the scene?
- does the director use a predominate angle through out the film or a variety?
- how does the angle effect the mood of the scene?


3) content
- what are the main colors in the film?
- how does the use of color effect the mood?
- how realistic or surreal is the environment? how does this play a role in the narrative?
- how does the film use or break stereotypes?
- is the film beautiful or sublime?
- what era of technology is the film? does this change during the film?







Where does this movie fit on this chart?