Creative Media and Performance 2

360 cinematic vs volumetric VR Close up to build intimacy (audience cant move away in 360)- highlights notions of agency performers gaze= relationship to participant Live interactions and engagement in material space- disrupt sensory environment, engage participants bodily awareness Practicalities: - Needs even & a lot of lighting (light source also has to be hidden as it can be seen) -Space/ location aesthetic on all sides -Do not perform over stitch lines (unless its an artistic choice) -Framing→will the audience move with the action, or do they make their own decisions where to look? -Perspectives→ camera positioned ow= audience feel small/ action feels giant, camera positioned high= audience feel as if watching over (fly on the wall), action appears small, direct engagement? -Storytelling works differently- non-linear/ visual narratives -Sound within video or in performance space? Binaural sound? if using live performers as well, they also need to hear and be in ti...

MIDI controlled- 'Musical Instrument Digital  Interface' ↓ Ways of interfering with the digital world ↓ All about the creative throughput into action Generative Visuals Other programs Resolume, VDMX, GoGe, Modul8, Arkaos Grand VJ Marco Tempest: The electronic rise and fall of Nikola Tesla Beeple- free videos Isadora concepts: play- control- output Movie player projector File- Import media drag video into space To see the video- output- force stage preview --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Right click- Actor control split→ can connect this to MIDI (to bring editor up) Stage preview button slider Click on Number in editing area & drag it into main area ↓ button to visible (on movie player)→ (on/ off) dial to speed (on movie player) fader to intensity (on projector) right click→ disable edit mode/ enable edit mode (if it goes black then turning it back on, manually do it in the main are...

Escape room parameters - sonic clues (louder the closer you get to key) -health Adaptability & Versatility Make music with stems (everything stripped out) Have a creative idea first & use the technology & coding to implement it OSC data input from isadora & collaborate it with FMOD to motion track the proximity Curve on Volume recognises something is growing rather than a linear ramp Algorithmical coding Problems- cant change tempo without changing key X data domain / Y data/ dynamic movement domain Add modulation→random modulation right click on volume button→add modulation → random ↓ → modulates music to be random ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To make rules- i.e. when its 0-50 it doesn't play -click on loop region -add condition -choose parameter it applies to -set the number Setting probability of something happening -click on music you want -click white arrow in cor...

AI- essentially a set of coding that learns from the possibilities set AI works to a set of parameters in order to generate output with verying degrees of automation AI used in industry= spotify daily mix playlist & suggestions Algorithms lie within AI Alterbiography is the ongoing narrative generated during the interaction AI helps the world adapt to user input, output & experience 'Director AI'= high level= unseen AI that looks at the entire world, not just one element (NPC, environments) Neural Networks- decision making systems within AI Pull narrative- Help in performance making: -Diverts from the linearity of traditional performances -Gives participants abilities in a digital space beyond their own body -Allows for mutiple different experiences Creates a 'thinking' world of experience, rather than a static world that does not interact/ react ↓ the environment itself can alter Expansion of Isadora ↓ →feedback loops= human interac...

-Open source physical computing platform based on a simple input/output, cl/ oj board and a development environment -Can be used to develop standalone interactive objects or can be connected to software on your computer (such as flash, processing or max/msp) Allows you to get input to create output Before them it was hard to control external things using computers Using the body as a source of input A good way to explore the creation of experiences between humans and tech Prototypes of ever increasing fidelity Brain/ heart is a micro-controller ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDE= Integrated Development Environment Digital parts= on/off -binary logic- 2 signals Analogue- range of possibilities/ values Ultrasonic Sensor Arduino: Measures the distance Ultrasound is sent out & signal is sent back as it bounces off object Analogue out pins (3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11) Store info using variables- allocation of memory of ...

An arduino is a microcontroller and software suite ‘you can program to process inputs and outputs between the device and the external components’ (McRoberts, 2011). It combines hardware (microcontroller boards) and software (code), to program things to happen. ‘‘Hardware hacking’ means modifying a piece of existing electronics to use it in a way that it was not necessarily intended’ (Taylor, 2013). Essentially as a mini computer, an arduino has the capacity to modify and ‘hack’ almost any device. This is more often than not used for functionality, e.g. building a weather display system, a finger print scanner or parking sensor, however performances have also been made. It is more common for a performance of this nature to work as an instillation, as it responds to environment and interaction, rather than being used as a collaborator. Using an arduino in performance is a difficult thing for audiences to come to terms with, as it means going beyond the conventional theatre...