Building Projections

If you haven't heard of this before, it's definitely worth checking out. Click the link in the title of this blog, or perform your own Google or YouTube search to find more building projections.

Over the last year or so, we’ve seen a lot of projects involving the projection of video onto architectural structures. The most interesting of these are films that actually take the contours of the building into account, creating perceptual tricks of scale and encouraging viewers to think of the buildings as malleable structures.

To get the full effect, it helps to think about the experience of being a visitor to one of these structures—rather than simply viewing them as web video.

After viewing these videos, share what you think. What are some of the emotional effects you felt from watching these? What limitations might you find for performing this kind of demonstration? Can you find other examples to share? If so, please post your links. Remember to sign your first and last name to your comments.

APPARATI EFFIMERI Tetragram for Enlargment from Apparati Effimeri on Vimeo.

555 KUBIK | facade projection | from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

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Check out the website and get inspired by more videos! The quality is amazing!

Photosketch: From Scrawls to Seamless Photmontage

A group of students from China create a program that turns your simple doodles into photographs

Five students from Tsinghua University and the National University of Singapore have created Photosketch, an exciting new program that translates simple sketches into seamless photomontages created from images pulled from the web. Tao Chen, Ming-Ming Chen, Shi-Min Hu, Ariel Shamir and Ping Tan presented the project in a research paper for Siggraph Asia 2009. Photosketch users draw a bare bones sketch and layout of the image they'd like to create, labeling each item with a basic i.d. Photosketch then searches the web for matching photos and then uses a blending algorithm to figure out which images would work best for the process. The result is a startling photo image based on the original layout.

Paper-Thin Video Screen

Video in Print is a new technology from Americhip that enables a paper- thin video player to be embedded in a magazine, book or other product. The video can be up to two hours in length. The device is a small LCD screen with a flash memory. When a page is opened, the video is triggered to start automatically. The lithium battery lasts for about an hour before you have to recharge it through the USB port. The USB port can also be used to put your own videos on the device.

What do you think about this? Can you see any benefits? How about any potential dangers? Share your opinion!!

2009 Fitzgerald Film Festival

It's finally here! The 2009 Fitzgerald Film Festival!! On Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 7:00 pm in the Fitzgerald Auditorium. Tickets are only $2.00 to attend! The event will feature the works of Fitzgerald students in both the Introduction to TV Production and Advanced TV Production classes. We hope to see you there!!

Stop Motion Animation

My favorite type of video to make is Stop Motion Animation! Students in the Intro to TV Production classes at Fitzgerald will experience this project during their second semester, as it is very detailed and requires careful attention and planning. I love watching videos on YouTube and other sites to get ideas before I begin a project. I found a few good ones to inspire you and help you get ideas.
Remember some of the basic tips:
1. Keep a steady camera, not moving the position or changing the lighting between shots.
2. Shoot with a goal of 3-4 fps, so that means lots of pictures or lots of shots!
3. Stop motion improves with voice over, set, lighting, music, etc.

This video's really cool. Nice incorporation of clay...



This one's pretty short and "sweet"...


Although this next demo has no sound, it explains the process of stop motion animation in pretty simple terms...


This is one of my favorites, these guys put themselves into the stop motion...


Regardless of what you choose to do, your stop motion will turn out great! I'd love to hear comments about your ideas, or links to your favorite stop motion videos. Remember, Lego's make a great material to use as well! Good luck!

Holiday Lights with Adobe After Effects

Enjoy! I hope you have a safe and warm winter break! Also, if you can find more videos like this I'd love to see them, comment with the link...earn extra credit!