I've had a nightmare logging in to this blasted thing, which is a stark reminder I have to update more often (trouble in paradise). Anyway, things have progressed somewhat slowly with this as I've had to turn my attention to other projects, but a couple of good days have sprouted and I'm going to regail thee...
First and foremost, thank you very much to Roberta Spain who gave me a page of fantastic links to inspire me on this. I had a good look through them all (apart from the ones that wouldn't open) and they're great!
This is an image from a film called 'Artikulation' by someone called Ligeti. What you see is patterns which are pretty much waveforms on a timeline. As the line scrolls
past each one, a relevant sound is made. A simple concept and basically a pretty pro tools timeline, but engrossing all the same. You are forced to think about and predict sounds from what the image is displaying.
I can imagine this could be used as some kind of psychology test, but not sure to what end it would serve.
Bertie also sent me some incredible smoke images...
What's been done by the looks of things is smoke has been lit in a dark room with a spectrum of different coloured lights then reflected and colour inverted in post.
Nice :). I want to experiment with smoke like this in the future and see what I can conjure. Reflection effects are definitely going to be considered for this film.
The colourful image is of a film called 'Jack the Tripper' It's based on the experience of taking Salvia.
An apparently legal drug I can't say I've experienced, but it's makes you go like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyv21qW7SQo
The other black and white image is a film simply called 'Kaleidoscope Film' I've been thinking of making a version of the film or at least creating a template in Final Cut Pro that will create a kaleidoscope effect. Two issues with that: 1. Cropping a triangle shape may be an issue. FCP doesn't crop anything apart
from right angles as I recall. 2. Time. I've got
a lot to do, so I'd be better off thinking about getting a film done first and play more after graduation.
Speaking of time, I've gotta get on with some other stuff as I'm going to be on work experience in Manchester for the next two weeks (which I'm excited/nervous about).
I have more to say about another test shoot I've done and entering the world of Adobe After Effects, but I'll save that for the next update.
Many thanks to Lizzy for her audio suggestion. Please, anyone who reads this, fill me in with suggestions regarding ideas for sound, visuals or films/art/photography to look at. I take everything on board.
So far the main inspiration for the film is 'Without You' by Tal Rosner. It's based on a poem by Josef Albers. (I've been looking into quotations and proverbs for inspiration too)
I plan on contacting him once I get a further grasp of After Effects. Hopefully he won't be too busy to get back to me with some tips. For those of you who've not seen it, check it out:
http://www.animateprojects.org/films/by_date/films_2008/without_you
Currently listening to: Kimberley Austin by Porno For Pyros
(nearly done Mega Man 3 w/o continuing, but not had a chance to play it in a while)
