expanded cinema
EDPx3490 / EDPx4490
EXPANDED CINEMA introduces several forms of emerging cinema practices, such as video remixes and mashups; live cinema and audiovisual performance; VJing; sonic visualization; visual music; and ambient video. The class extends the student's multitrack video and audio mixing skills to an emphasis on both performative and generative approaches to audiovisual media. It introduces software and hardware sets including VJ tools and visual programming for generating as well as manipulating video files and real-time source streams. EDPx3490 prerequisite: EDPx2400 or permission of the instructor. EDPx4490 prerequisite: EDPx4010. Lab fee. (4.000 Credit hours)
Syllabus & Assignments for Download / Printing
Syllabus 3490 / Syllabus 4490
Three Literature & Media Reviews (10% each for 30%)
Three Small Project Sketches (15% each for 45%)
Final Project (25%)
CALENDAR
PHASE One: Content Development
Week 1: Introductions
Tues, Sept. 10: Course Overview
Thur, Sept. 12: Content Hunt & Gather 1
Week 2:
Tues, Sept. 17: Content Hunt & Gather 2
- Live Cinema Documentary
Thur, Sept. 19: Visiting Artist: Alex McLeod in the Hypercube
Week 3
Tues, Sept. 24: Content Hunt, Gather & Make / Synthesis experiments
Thur, Sept. 26: Content Hunt, Gather & Make / Synthesis experiments
- READ: CONT3XT.NET: Live Cinema — Language and Elements | Mia Makela
To maximize class time, please do the following:
1) prepare 8-10 short video clips formatted in one of three ways for Resolume, listed here in order of Resolume preference:
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QuickTime .mov (DXV codec: http://resolume.com/software/ -- this page has a link to the codec that you can download and install on your own computer.)
- QuickTime .mov (PhotoJPEG)
- .avi (PhotoJPEG)
Video settings to check before exporting your clips:
Resolution: minimum of 640x480
Use square pixels.
Do not interlace.
Render every frame as a key frame.
(These settings apply only if you are rendering with PhotoJPEG; DXV incorporates these settings by default.)
Finally, render these video clips WITHOUT AUDIO.
2) bring audio content that you will mix to. If you already know how to do this next step, I recommend that you:
- create a continuous mix of your audio selections in Audition, Audacity, or similar.
- output your mix as one uncompressed .wav file or one high resolution MP3 (256 or 320 prefered)
(If that doesn't make sense, just bring in your audio material as MP3 files and we'll work with that. In any case, I recommend that you bring close to an hour's worth of audio content to mix video to.)
PHASE Two: VJ-ing and Visualization
Week 4: VJ Set-Building
Tues, Oct. 01: inspirations
Thur, Oct. 03: inspirations, Media Review 1 (see shared Google Doc for instructions)
Week 5: Small Project Sketch #1: Ken Nordine, Colors (1966)
(see shared Google Doc for instructions; files on shared Google Drive)
Tues, Oct. 08: work session
Thur, Oct. 10: presentations
Week 6: VJ sets
Tues, Oct. 15: work session
Thur, Oct. 17: presentations
PHASE Three: Live Cinema and A/V Performance
Week 7: Live Cinema Set-Building
Tues, Oct. 22: inspirations
Thur, Oct. 24: inspirations, Media Review 2
Week 8: Small Project Sketch #2: Colorfield Synthesis
Tues, Oct. 29: work session
Thur, Oct. 31: presentations
Week 9:
Tues, Nov. 05: work session
Thur, Nov. 07: work session
Week 10: Small Project Sketch #3
Tues, Nov. 12: Proof of Concept presentations
Thur, Nov. 14: work session
Final: Tues, Nov. 19, 2013
Trace Reddell is a writer, artist and theorist exploring the interactions of sound and the cosmological imagination. Trace's live cinema performances and video works have screened at over thirty international venues including galleries and new media festivals in New York, London, Glasgow, Amsterdam, Berlin, Zurich, Sao Paolo, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Tehran. His net.art and audio projects have appeared regularly on the Web since 1999.