Well, Isadora, I knew from the start of hearing the names I wasn't going to like, or understand this software.
The concept around it is mainly a graphic software which manipulates media to create stunning real-time interactive visuals, sounds and environments. Although this is a brilliant software, i think to me if is mostly relevantly used within Dance shows, concerts and festivals.It brings Audio and visuals and brings them together to interact with each other to create sequences. I was looking through Vimeo for inspiration on the software and came across this video, which i think demonstrates just how effective the software is for using it sided with music .
For our mini brief we were asked to create an Isadora Project inspired by Halloween. Right up my street!
It didn't take my group- Mark, James, later joined by Emma- to come up with ideas for this. We finally decided that we wanted to play on the idea of how somebody was in charge of somebody's fate, sort of like the concept around the film of 'The Cabin in the Woods'. Where somebody was in charge of controlling different outcomes of a 'paranormal experience' which was shown through the effect of a CCTV camera.
Using the software we were able to create a sequence where by pressing the number keys on the keyboard, you could control numerous videos showing this experience. During filming we used one camera positioned quite high up in the corner of a room, to create the angle of a CCTV camera, and then filmed different scenarios of paranormal behaviour such as; a door slamming on its own:
It didn't take my group- Mark, James, later joined by Emma- to come up with ideas for this. We finally decided that we wanted to play on the idea of how somebody was in charge of somebody's fate, sort of like the concept around the film of 'The Cabin in the Woods'. Where somebody was in charge of controlling different outcomes of a 'paranormal experience' which was shown through the effect of a CCTV camera.
Using the software we were able to create a sequence where by pressing the number keys on the keyboard, you could control numerous videos showing this experience. During filming we used one camera positioned quite high up in the corner of a room, to create the angle of a CCTV camera, and then filmed different scenarios of paranormal behaviour such as; a door slamming on its own:
Lamp switching on and off (this was quite funny to create, as i was crouched into a tiny corner behind the coach with a sheet on myself switched the lamp, it took a few shots as the lamp kept falling over onto my head(not fun) as it was balancing on the arm of the sofa)
A flickering clip of myself(the ghost in the corner) appearing and then disappearing.
and other clips of the sort. Mark was kind enough to edit the CCTV footage effect on after effects.
and other clips of the sort. Mark was kind enough to edit the CCTV footage effect on after effects.
I watched the tutorials that were linked from the download website, however, watching them all, I was still confused about the whole thing, I experimented with some of the videos, but every time it just wouldn't seem to work for me, however Mark and James helped me understand the concept and how to link them together, which i was grateful for, even though i still don't fully grasp it all.
It seemed easy enough and our layout was quite simple for the sequences to be connected
I mean, although this is a wonderful software to create amazing visual performances, I do feel like, with me fully not grasping the concept for what I want to create in the future, I won't be wanted to use it in the future.
Here a DropBox link to all the videos we created
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