Monday, April 20, 2009

week 16 monday

Go over final Crit

REMEMBER TO BRING DATA DISC plus DVD

Hand back papers

Projects will be available for pickup on Friday from 1-5 in the lab.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Week Fifteen Wednesday Summary

Quick Export Demo

Collect Reading D! LAST READING!

Work Day. No you may not leave to go somewhere else. Use the day to work!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Week Fifteen Monday Summary

One short Crit

Assign Final Portfolio

DVD Studio Pro Demo

Announcements:

Reading D:

This is Not a Paradox by Judith Barry
Video in Relation to Architecture by Dan Graham

Due April 15th :we will may cancel the discussion for an extra work day.

Bring Work for Wednesday or you will be docked in participation points.

Examples of past student work









DVD SP demo

Today we will build the project pictured above. Please follow along as best as possbile.

Tips for creating successful DVD's

- use correct image sizes in photoshop when creating source images = 720 by 534 @ 72 ppi

- use text that is at least 24pts and has no serifs

- under preferences chose Two Pass and Set Bit Rate to 5.4 and 7.2 under Encoding

- remember to check connections first before building

- be sure to test video_TS file in the DVD Player that was create during the build process prior to burning a real DVD

-test on both a computer and dvd player with remote to catch possible missed highlights

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Week Fourteen Monday

Installations

Remember Meet Tuesday in the courtyard at 7:00pm!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

week Thirteen Wednesday Class Summary

Work Day



Announcements:

Monday Crit at 3 in FAC 302
Tuesday Crit meeting in the Courtyard @ 7:00-10:00
Wednesday Crit Meeting at FAD 113

Reading D:

This is Not a Paradox by Judith Barry
Video in Relation to Architecture by Dan Graham

Due April 15th (we may cancel the discussion if you are all in need of an extra work day)

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Week Thirteen Monday

Presentations

Work Day

Announcements:

Be ready for your installation critique next week.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Crit Times for the Installation Project

Monday April 6th in the digital crit space at 3:00
Adam
Jason
Basia
Allyse
Jonathan

Tuesday April 7th around town from 7-10
Chase
Carolina
Tom
Calvin

Wednesday April 8th on Campus at 3:00
Kenya
Alexis
Jessica

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Week Twelve Wednesday

Discuss Readings

Presentations

Individual Meeting?

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Week Ten Wednesday

Material Overview

Sign Up

Announcements:

Be ready to work in class from this point on.

Reading C discussion on Monday

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Week Ten Monday

-Watch the rest of the videos from the performance project

-Assign Installation Project

-Sign Up Times (we will sign up at the end of class on Wednesday so have you idea ready)

Think about a where you want to show your installation / object

around town: April 1st/ Friday @ 9pm?
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FAC 302: April 6th (digital media students only) during Class

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FAD Crit Space (or on Campus location): April 8th during class
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Announcements

By this Wednesday you should have an idea and by next Wednesday you should have footage for the work time after the presentations!

-if you have test footage and want to play with some of the equipment bring it on wednesday.
Reading C due March 23rd: we will discuss the reading and the films!


Television, Furniture and Sculpture: The Room with a View by Vito Acconci

Video Installation Art: The Body, the Image, and the Space-in-Between by Margaret Morse

(or you could have reviewed a flex film)

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Week Nine Monday

Work Day

In class assignment for anyone without work!

DON't Forget to signup for the potluck!

Week Nine Monday

Work Day

In class assignment for anyone without work!

Monday, February 23, 2009

Week Eight Monday

-Sign up for individual meetings

-develop six word memoirs

-break into groups of three and re-do performances from Wednesday

Announcements:

-Project 2 (performative video) due Wednesday March 4th CRIT in FAD 113

-pot luck sign up?

-Reading/Flex summary Due March 23rd after spring break!

-i'll be figuring your midterm grades next week after the 2nd project has been submitted.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Flex fest



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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2009
7 PM: Competition Program One: Love/Songs
9 PM: Competition Program Two: Spacey Space

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2009
4:30 PM: Competition Program Three: People?
7 PM: Program Four: Politics as (un)Usual
9 PM: Competition Program Five: The Adult Party

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2009
2:30 PM: Competition Program Six: The Country and the City
7 PM: Competition Program Seven: Looking
9 PM: Competiion Program Eight: Dysfunction Junction, funny and not

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2009
7 PM: The Juche Idea
9 PM: Silent Films/Loud Music

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2009
4:30 PM: O’er the Land
7 PM: The Exiles
9 PM: Small Change presents…

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009
7 PM: The Pool
9 PM: Best of Festival Program

Week Seven Wednesday Class Summary

-Three Presentations

-Lighting Demo

-Quick Free Writing Demo

Sunday, February 15, 2009

notes on sound

Final cut measures sound in Decibels

** NEVER allow sound to range a level above 0Db in the audio mixer or you will create distortion

-24 bit sound is the industry standard

-Normalization and audio gain: amplify soft audio such as dialogue: PERMANENTLY ALTER clip

Over all mix: between -3-6
dialogue: -6-12
sound effects: -12
music: -18

Useful filters:

Compressor:
Effects Loud part of signal!

Threshold: This parameter defines how loud the signal must be before the
compressor is applied. This is the most important setting you need to adjust.

Ratio: This slider determines how much compression is applied. Don’t overdo the
compression; a little goes a long way. Too much compression can reduce the
dynamic range to a flat, unvarying signal.

Attack Time: This setting determines how quickly the filter reacts to changes in audio
level (the default is usually acceptable, but you may want to experiment).

Release Time: This setting defines how slowly the filter lets go of the change in audio
level that it made (again, the default should work well, but feel free to experiment).

Preserve Volume: Compensates for the attenuation of the clip caused by compression
by raising the level of the entire clip by a uniform amount.

Expander/Noise Gate Filter
Effect soft part of signal!



Ratio: This slider affects how much expansion is applied to boost the signal.

Attack Time: This slider defines how quickly the filter reacts to changes in audio level
(the default is usually fine, but you may want to experiment).

Release Time: This slider defines how slowly the filter lets go of the change in audio
level it made (the default is usually fine, but you may want to experiment).

Hum Remover:

Frequency: This slider lets you select the frequency of hum that this filter will attempt
to remove.

Q: This slider adjusts the filter resonance around the value of the Frequency slider.
Higher Q values result in a narrower but stronger resonance, which limits the
frequencies affected by the filter.

Gain: This slider lets you set how much of the signal you’re attenuating. By default,
it’s set to the maximum value of –60 dB.

Harmonics: These options allow you to attenuate additional frequencies that may be
introduced into your signal as a result of the primary cycle hum.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Week Six Wednesday Class Summary

Finish Crit

Assign Performative Video

Announcements:

Reading B due on Monday

(out of our text)
Bill Viola: Mortality of the image
Kathy O’Dell: Performance, Video and Trouble at Home