tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75207889589151808392024-03-14T00:41:54.604-07:00Architectural Mapping ProjectionJean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-47014488158096759722012-08-11T20:24:00.004-07:002012-08-11T20:24:51.229-07:0053: Dealing with Finicky After Effects 3D Function<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> I wasted most of my week trying to get my After Effects Project set up to produce a better high definition version of this low res test picture I did in the fall as a demo:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> When I finally got the Key picture of the facade the whole Architectural mapping would be based on, I started cutting it up and putting every single part of it on a separate layer in Photoshop:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> I ended up with about 250 layers: 5 rows of 11 "brick drawers", 26 or so columns, bases, thick and thin tops, thick and thin lintels, 8 light cans, 6 niches, window panes, doors, sidewalk, awning, planters, trash can, etc...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">To that will be added 20 or 30 "objects". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> All those layers will have to be imported SEPARATELY into After Effects. I tried to import the Photoshop file, and it "kinda worked" at first. I renamed them without the long Imported Titles. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> In order to animate all of those Architectural Components in 3D and spin them in space realistically, each "drawer" and column front face needs to be Precomposed with a back, 2 sides, a top and a bottom. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The final 280 or so "</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">precompositions" will be animated in the timeline.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I did my best, but then later down the line, shadows just would not render properly. I wasted days trying to make it work, and finally gave up.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> So I just rebuilt the picture from scratch using only the elements needed, making sure asI added elements that the shadows worked, and will deliver it in time for publication in UAB Magazine next week... It is getting close:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> We almost got rained out again last night, and the structure was a little wet, but we proceeded nonetheless with the test, hung the projector from the top of the dome on the bracket mounted on the threaded rod. I used a grid distorted at the top into a 1920 x 1080 near circle as a test pattern:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> The results were terrible. The image almost covered the dome in height, but was sort of pie shape and very narrow on the width, with tremendous distortions and light fall off top to bottom:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> So much for my Bourke Paper based vertical projection concept. Christophe had a problem to deal with on the phone, so things dragged on, and </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Randy had to leave rather </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">disappointed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> Finally, after taking down the projector, Christophe tried HIS more simple concept of placing the mirror in the center of the floor and projecting horizontally, and that actually worked beautifully. </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The image was in focus all over (a little soft for a still image because of the large area covered, but Christophe could see individual pixels, and moving video should look sharp enough), most of the half dome was covered, there was no light fall off, and distortion was very limited:</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> Even the architectural image looked beautiful, with the ceiling edges almost straight and square:</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We were pretty excited. There are some adjustments left to be made for sure (squashing </span></span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">the image about 10% vertically, and adjusting the curvature of the sides to fit the half dome exactly), but I am totally confident now it can work. We could build a 6 ft platform in the center of the big 44 ft PTTR dome to put the half sphere mirror with two projectors on it. The VJ's and computer station could go underneath.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> <a href="http://www.stagesoundservices.co.uk/equipment/panasonic-pt-dz21k" target="_blank">Panasonic 20K Spec Sheet</a></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> The only difficulty may be to get a continuous seamless image where the two projections blend, though I think this may be a built in feature of the software for those projectors . A black background would make it easier of course: </span></span><br />
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</div>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-54546483308838644182012-08-05T20:59:00.002-07:002012-08-09T14:55:27.104-07:00Post 51:Projection on water<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> Tony and I both did some research on the subject today and came up with some interesting videos. Particularly exciting is that Nissan car promotion projected on a 120 ft spray of water:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE2hQbKyna4" target="_blank">The 2013 Nissan Altima 3D Water Projection - Behind the Scenes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Also interesting is this Ukrainian one done for a party:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nHZGcCfEAs" target="_blank">Kozyrnaya Picnic Party, Kiev, June 13, 2009. The jewel of the party was a stunning show featuring a hologram, 26 m x 15 m size, suddenly emerging above the still waters of the lake to the surprise of party guests</a>.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> All I can say is whaoooo, they know how to throw a party in Ukraine!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Another impressive projection on water by Palnoise.org:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hepQu6MI4Ms&feature=relmfu" target="_blank">Water Screen Projection @ Ibiza</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> I also found the video for the Lyon pictures I posted yesterday:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=zPCgzCL2dNo" target="_blank">3D projection on fountain at 2011 Festival of Lights in Lyon, Fran</a>ce</span></span></div>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-43164234683576584712012-08-04T23:07:00.006-07:002012-08-05T20:34:32.160-07:00Post 50: Brainstorming session with Christophe and Liesa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Christophe is temporarily back in town, and came this afternoon to help me make an adjustable bracket to hang the projector from the top of the test half dome my godchild Charles built out of 1" PVC pipe just outside the door in my back patio:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> We are going to attach the 1/4 sphere surveillance mirror to it, and hang a threaded rod from the center to mount the projector vertically using this 3 way adjustable aluminum bracket I designed and that Christophe helped me make( I am still stuck in a wheelchair):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'courier new';">It rained, we ran out of time, and we had to postpone the test till Tuesday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'courier new';"> I asked him if he would be interested in taking on a "Point of Light", for example lighting up Spencer Hall, and he is. So that's great, and I am happy to have him on board.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Liesa Cole came by with her partner and computer whiz Tony Rodio to talk about about doing their own "Point of </span><span style="font-family: 'courier new';">light", possibly in 3D. </span><span style="font-family: courier new;">We all brainstormed like crazy over dinner, and they seemed actually more intrigued with the idea of a projection on water </span><span style="font-family: 'courier new';"> mist</span><span style="font-family: 'courier new';">:</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: courier new;"> We had a really good brainstorming session with her, as she kept spewing new ideas... We are thinking of possibly spraying the water down from an arch lined with soaker hoses instead of up from a pool. It just now occurs to me writing this that we could also possibly make an arch above a shallow pool (black plastic tarp over a 2 x 4 frame) with several black PVC pipes pricked with lots of tiny needle holes (using a hot needle) shooting down at slightly different angles. It should create a pretty nice wall of mist to project on, would be cheap to make, and more stable if there is a breeze. We could rent a big electric pump to recirculate the water. </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: courier new;"> Whatever Liesa and Tony decide to do, I think I've got them on board too.</span></span></div>
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</div>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-5361463507589602222012-07-28T13:01:00.008-07:002012-08-04T07:14:07.328-07:00Post 49: "Zero Gravity Pas de Trois"<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IbqXBDRSbv0/UBRX_WtFVbI/AAAAAAAAA0U/BIft83TXusI/s1600/MaryFoshee2at72dpi.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 357px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IbqXBDRSbv0/UBRX_WtFVbI/AAAAAAAAA0U/BIft83TXusI/s400/MaryFoshee2at72dpi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5770333768506496434" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I am delighted to report my old friend Mary Foshee is on board, and about as excited as I am about choreographing a "Flying Dream Light Dance", or "Zero Gravity pas de Trois" as I am to see it performed wearing the EL suits we make. The key words here are "flying" and "Zero Gravity".</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;" trbidi="on"><span style=" ;font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> I have known her and admired her work since the early 80's, when she was one of the most creative members and Director of <a href="http://www.alabamadanceexchange.org/profile/SouthernDanceworks/letter.htm">"Southern Danceworks".</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;" trbidi="on"><span style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">We didn't need to talk about the project all that much because we were already on the same wave length: weightlessness, zero gravity. I have had recurrent dreams all my life where I either fly like a bird, or simply levitate. So seeing the Russian video struck a chord very loudly, as did the performance from the student group "Fighting Gravity".</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; " trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; "><div><span style="font-family:courier new;"> As a dancer and choreographer with more than 35 years of experience, that is basically what Mary has been doing, but in broad daylight or under stage light. The man lifts, the woman flies, but you see them both, the mechanics are exposed so to speak.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;"> The black light and the EL wire suits concepts on the other hand create a very realistic illusion of weightlessness, as the lifters are wearing black suits and are not visible at all in the dark. That is what excited us so much: all you see are the lighter dancers up in the air in impossible poses, leaning, spinning, upside down, levitating, flying. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;"> This is what so many of my dreams have been about since I was a kid! This particular "Zero Gravity Dream Point of Light" really means a lot to me.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></div></span></div>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-17953609920360607852012-07-22T06:58:00.001-07:002012-07-22T06:58:30.651-07:00Post 48: EL suits and Light Dancing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Then I ran into a dance video on You Tube done by a Russian group that absolutely blew me away. The dancers wear black suits with EL wire stitched to it, and dance in the dark. The effect is amazing, it is pure magic, check it out for yourself:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX2TnaZ3LoU&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX2TnaZ3LoU&feature=related</a><br />
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A few people have other less sophisticated videos on YouTube, but this is pretty Avant Garde still, so I feel it is definitely a MAJOR "Point of Light" we need to have in our Light Dreams Festival. Nothing could be more fitting: never seen before in Birmingham as far as I know, new technology applied to dance, an Art Form as old as the world, high entertaining value, a dynamic "Point of Light" next to the static ones, a huge Whaoooo factor...<br />
Cirque du Soleil uses some similar suits in their Michael Jackson show:<br />
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I have already ordered a full black Zentai suit and 80 ft of EL wire, LED glasses and gloves to make an experimental costume. There are several suppliers of EL wire on the Internet, the best of which seems to be:<br />
<a href="http://www.thatscoolwire.com/store/category.asp?CategoryID=168" target="_blank">Thatscoolwire.com</a><br />
I have also contacted my long time dancer and choreographer friend Mary Foshee, and keep my fingers crossed she gets on board.</div>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-65145743575421996762012-07-20T13:47:00.003-07:002012-07-30T08:25:39.631-07:00Post 47: Discovering EL wire<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cywugIZNEqs/UBal_uCUEhI/AAAAAAAAA1U/pUv-rUR3iH8/s1600/EL-WIRE-CAT1300.jpg"></a><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:large;">I was looking into the use of LED lights and LED wire, and in the process ran into that wonderful new invention that is Electro Luminescent Wire:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MyubAQS2f4s/UBX9eIqorxI/AAAAAAAAA00/yVbbgCBVLMM/s400/EL-Wire.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5770797191709372178" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:large;"> It comes in var</span><span style=" ;font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:100%;">ious diameters from 1.2 to 5 mm (the 2.3 mm being the best compromise between flexibility and sturdiness),and in a whole range of neon colors. It is powered in AC by a lightweight power inverter fed with AA batteries, that comes in various sizes able to power from 3 ft to as much as 100 ft of EL wire.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:large;"> I could see one use for our "Light Dream" project right off the bat: glowing wire sculpture. I thought of what Alexander Calder might have done with it, like a whole menagerie of glow in the dark farm animals, or a multi colored blinking circus...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:large;"> I ordered a 15 ft kit off the Internet to play with, an made a 15" yellow cat that looks pretty neat glowing in the dark:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cywugIZNEqs/UBal_uCUEhI/AAAAAAAAA1U/pUv-rUR3iH8/s400/EL-WIRE-CAT1300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5770982486629945874" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 370px; " /></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:100%;">I used 1/8" aluminum armature wire from the Art Supply to bend a realistic shape based on the photograph of a Sphynx, then bent the EL wire to fit and attached it with tightly wound nylon fishing line.</span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:100%;">Now if I could only get a serious Artist interested making a big piece with it... </span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;font-size:100%;">We could also have a workshop at ARTPLAY and have people make their own stuff, but it would have to be coordinated to make a viable display. A whole zoo could be grazing on the knoll for "LUX SOMNUM"...</span></div>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-34891476545049160862012-06-28T10:58:00.001-07:002012-06-28T11:07:01.078-07:00Post 46: Making a scale model of Alys Stephens<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I primed it white, then painted it colors matching the actual colors as best I could. I will use the same fabric to make stretched panels for the openings, and hanging panels for the large brick area.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I tested projecting on it with an image taken from the entrance to the parking lot, roughly where the projectors are going to be for the show, onto which I added a bright color grid lined up with the different blocks of architecture, and a partially made up brightly colored fantasy image:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> As expected, the protruding area of the entrance do not line up, nor the curve. We may have to adjust that. But as long as we place the projectors the exact place the original reference picture will be taken, things should line up on the actual building.</span></div>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-17180684263274219162012-05-09T13:00:00.001-07:002012-06-28T10:58:41.158-07:00Post 45: The Alys Stephens 2012 Season Closing Concept (April 13, 2013)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> For this groundbreaking Season closing event, for the first time in Birmingham, the entire facade of the Alys Stephens Center will be transformed into a giant projection screen that will display throughout the evening images subliming and celebrating the union and intermingling of Art, Music and Light : a once in a lifetime animated Architectural Mapping Projection Show created specially to fit the building, an interactive endless flow of changing and moving animated images and videos to accompany the Music, a special old fashion 3D show with cardboard glasses, Luminous Artworks created especially by local Artists scattered on the grounds, light shows on Spencer Hall, a 24 ft immersive projection dome, giant interactive video games designed in cooperation with the Engineering Department, Augmented Sculpture displays, as well as a more "traditional" Art Show inside. Join us outside and inside the Alys Stephens Center for this Season closing unbridled celebration of the Arts through Light.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Projection of a 20 minutes Surrealistic Mapped Animated Show on the main facade, deconstructing, reconstructing, rearranging, opening up, gutting, modifying the structure, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">etc…</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Part of the show could be in 3D (Anaglyph type using cardboard red and cyan glasses(1000 for $250) that would also be used for other 3D displays and the Viscube. The best are supplied by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.berezin.com/3d/3dglasses.htm" target="_blank">Berezin.com</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> It is critical, since budget allows for only two 20K projectors(giving us about 10 lumens per square foot), that the plaza be as dark as possible during projection. That means covering all the lamp posts, and if possible some of the street lights(talk to the city about that).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> All the openings will be covered using ivory muslin stretched over 2x2 frames(2x4's sawed in half are much cheaper), 12 total for the main facade. The brick will be covered with 120" wide muslin strips stretched between the roof and the lover arcade and weighted down with 10 ft lengths of 1" conduit in sewn pockets.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The sculpture REALLY needs to be gone… The best position for the projector would be far back at the entrance to the parking lot on a 16ft scaffold(I have one), so it would not interfere with anybody's viewing of the show. The quality of the projection would also be better that way. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Using a very short throw wide angle lens would place the scaffold smack on the plaza just a little back to the left of the circle(which we may have to do if the sculpture is not moved out of the way, unless we are willing to accept the shadow it would cast on the facade):</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> This interactive game was voted most popular by the public at this last Festival of Lights in Lyon, France. A console allows spectators to play.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Vertical projection on the ground of the plaza that reacts to the movements of people walking on it(fish swimming, leaves blowing, balls rolling, water rippling, squares lighting up. May be a giant keyboard that lights up and plays music(Tom Hank in Toy Story) with a computer synthesizer(Garage Band).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> In the end, I was asked by the Alys Stephens Center to do the outdoor closing show for their 2012 Season, in April 2013. The working title is "Lux Somnum: Light Dreams".<br /> We will have two big 20,000 lumens projector for 2 nights, and the brick facade will be covered with ivory fabric. I am planning to do a 20 minutes or so Architectural Projection Animation like the one I did last year for the Red Cross PTTR (Paint The Town Red video/music Festival)downtown.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> But I feel it is not enough for a Blockbuster Closing Event, and we can't keep playing my show constantly in a loop. We want to make it much bigger, a celebration of the Arts and an evening to remember, something never seen before in Birmingham, Alabama.<br /> We need other visual attractions, and music. Since we have these expensive projectors for the whole evening 8 to 12 or so , I would like to share them and have other large scale projections on the building alternating with my piece all evening, interactive displays,games, all accompanied with great music.<br /> Which got me into Video Jockey stuff and live video layering. Then I got into the mapping of videos and images onto sculpture. There is a tremendous potential for experimentation with those techniques for serious artists. I would like to have several outdoor displays of "Augmented Sculpture" using smaller 5000 lumens projectors. I am also investigating the use a live video feed of dancers mixed with graphic loops in the VJ software, and the possibilities for interactivity using the Kinect camera(the one now sold by Microsoft with the X-Box for games). It has a laser beam that draws you in 3D, and some people are working on software to use these 3D renderings.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> So I am offering to share the equipment with other visual Artists to make this closing event a really big Light Show. I would like the UAB Art Department to collaborate on the project(Photography, Sculpture, Video, Graphic Arts, Computer Art, etc...) teachers and students, as well as other local Artists like you that might be interested.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> We have been brainstorming with Jessica and Adam about ALL the things that could be be done with the smaller projectors he found.</span></span></div>
</div>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-42366550959969746002011-12-22T08:51:00.000-08:002011-12-22T09:51:40.008-08:00Post 43: Bottom Line, and technical specs <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I have to admit I was rather disappointed overall with the Festival of Lights 2011, and I heard many people around making the same comment... This is supposed to be one of the oldest, largest and best Festival of it's kind in the world. Only the largest and probably most costly show on the "Place des Terreaux" impressed me. According to my calculations, just the 4 day rental for the 7 projectors used would be in the $200,000 range. I brought that up with the Artist, and she told me they got special deals on rental, and that her total budget including production costs was 160,000 Euros, about $210,000. One of the other Artists told me a minute of show cost around 10,000 Euros, which explains why the show was only 5.5 minutes long. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> In my opinion, the global budget was split between too many shows, a total of 70 in all, scattered all over town, many of them rather uninteresting. Granted, big Architectural projections are expensive, but I would personally much prefer only a dozen really impressive shows gathered in the walkable downtown area.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Nevertheless, this visit was very important and valuable because of the first hand information I gathered from the Artists themselves, that changed our approach to the Alys Stephens Center Project, and made it feasable. The main info was that they used only between 50 and 65 lumens per square meter, which translates to 4.7 to 5.5 lumens per square foot. Granted, they all agreed they would love to have twice as much, the brighter the better, but we are far below the 20+ lumens per square foot used in the American estimate. The info I found on the Coca Cola Projection in Atlanta seems to have been correct after all.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I immediately got in touch with the suppliers in Birmingham and the Alys Stevens Center to get revised estimates with half the power we thought we needed, and that brought the project within budget. Using only two 20, 000 lumens projectors on the 4250 sq. ft of facade would work out at 9.4 lumens per square foot, almost twice the French figure. We have a good deal of ambient light, but that still should give us a reasonably bright image. Of course, the more outdoor lights we can turn off near the building, the better the show will be.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The big show used two stacked 35,000 lumens Christie projectors for each half of the large 32,000 sq.ft facade , or 4.4 lumens per sq.ft. That was sufficient, as the square was very dark, but the HD image didn't look very sharp at such a scale. We will get almost 4 times more detail on our "small" 4250 sq.ft wall...</span><br />
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</span>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-72546242877432677742011-12-22T08:42:00.000-08:002011-12-22T10:49:16.375-08:00Post 42: Fête des Lumières, Lyon, France, Part 2<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I saw the second Architectural show on the first day too, but went back the next day to talk to the two young Artists again and do a video on a tripod. It was at the "Théatre des Célestins":</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The idea this year was to be interactive with the public, and the façade was turned into a simplified pin ball machine with a console where people took turns playing:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> This year, it was also an interactive show with a large touch screen where the public could choose a theme, colors, and patterns:</span><br />
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</span>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-44564832987676914342011-12-16T08:27:00.000-08:002011-12-22T07:24:29.864-08:00Post 41: the Festival of lights 2011 in Lyon, France, Part 1 December 8-11<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> My sister and I went downtown early on the afternoon of the 8th to look around at the installations and try to talk to the technicians before the festival started that night at 6. I had time to observe the projectors used, and luckily was able to talk to the three Artists in charge of the only 3 true Architectural Mapping Projections this year among a total of 70 light displays or events.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I have to say I was expecting more impressive stuff for a Festival that prides itself as being one of the first of the genre in the world. I don't know if it was cutting the budget, trying to save energy, or just spreading 70 events in multiple areas of the city, but the fact of the matter is that the main downtown area has less big shows than in previous years. My view, and it seems to be supported by a number of regular visitors I talked to, is that the quality is going down overall, and that it would be better to do a smaller number of impressive stuff in the downtown area than to do a lot of mediocre stuff all over the place...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Anyhow, I manage to observe and talk to the three Artists in charge of the only three true Architectural Mapping Projections this year, and collected valuable first hand information and advice that changed my approach to the Alys Stephens Center 2012 Season Opener.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The Artist was </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://jeanmicheljarre.unblog.fr/2009/12/05/marie-jeanne-gauthe-light-motif-la-boite-a-images/" target="_blank">Marie-Jeanne Gauthé</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">, an "old timer" that has worked with the famous French composer/light show producer </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/" target="_blank">Jean Michel Jarre</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> since before there were even digital projectors in 1986. The "Grande Dame" really wasn't particularly friendly, but did answer some of my questions. The concept for the show was great, the idea being that the four horses get lose and run wildly around the square while the woman driver runs around and laments trying to catch them and the buildings contort and shake and finally fall down:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The above image was a concept rendering, the final show used a contemporary "too cute" young woman on a red background instead of the Rubenesque figure, and the buildings shook and moved and fell down, but never bent and rolled the way it looked in the concept.The horses were much bigger. It was nevertheless a great show, but only 5.5 minutes long. It was called:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-71867385619436243952011-12-07T06:12:00.001-08:002011-12-16T06:15:24.386-08:00Post 40: The Test<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The only way to know just how many lumens we need was to do a test and see for myself. I have a 2500 lumens projector, and Alys Stephens Center has a 5000 lumens projector, so I picked a roughly 260 sq.ft area at the bottom of the building, onto which my projector would be appear roughly the equivalent of 40,000 lumens for the whole building, and their projector the equivalent of 80,000 lumens:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I made a short animated presentation animation with a variety of colors and brightnesses, and tested it last week:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> <a href="http://youtu.be/cXkho1jDsag" target="_blank">Alys Stephens Center Mini Test Show</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I seemed obvious we needed the bigger projector, which confirmed my estimation of about 80,000 lumens.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-53558149653002590242011-12-07T03:38:00.001-08:002011-12-16T05:45:50.671-08:00Post 39: The Logistics<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> My Alys Spephens contacts Jessica and Adam came to my studio to talk about the projection, and view a projection of my Red Cross Show, and liked my proposal. The big question now was the cost of the project. I tried to get an estimate on equipment first from the guy that rented the projectors for the Red Cross PTTR, who told me he understood what I needed this time around, but in the end, he dragged on giving me a quote, I got tired of calling him back, and he still has not called me back. I guess it was out of his league, and he got scared...</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Adam suggested I call Holt Audiovisual, the oldest in the business in Birmingham, whom he had worked with before, and felt were very reliable. We had a meeting in front of the building to talk to them about the project , measure distances, look at possible projector locations, etc... They came back with an estimate of $42,500, which they found too high. So I got another estimate which was lower, but using only 30,000 lumens instead of 80,000lumens. I also contacted LG Systems in Texas and Obscura Digital in California, which are the big players in the US and have done major shows internationally. Only Lg Systems answered my enquiry, with an estimate that blew mw away: 200,000lumens(10 projector), and $469,000 for one night with 4 minutes of custom show with 15 minutes of "filler" images playing for about 6 hours in a loop. Plus $166,000 extra for a week, and $25,000 to $50,000 per minute of extra custom material...So a 20 minutes show for 4 days would be over a million dollars! No wonder we see so few Architectural Mapping Projections in the good old U.S.A...Only Coca Cola and the movie studios can afford them.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> So the other question was: do we need 30,000lumens, 80,000 lumens, or 200,000lumens? Quite a range for the same 4300 sq.ft of facade...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> My own guess would be about 80,000, 20 lumens per square foot being the average standard for a dark area.</span>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-65365725480426157702011-08-11T14:51:00.000-07:002011-08-11T14:51:58.296-07:00Post 38: Some Rough Ideas<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> We definitely start the show with a projection of the building as it normally is:</span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Then the sign swings,falls off, bounces off the lower colonnade, and crashes to the ground with a big noise:</span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Strange things start happening to the brick facade, with the blocks sliding in and out with the beat of the music, flying off and turning in space,falling to the ground with a thump, flying up like balloons, etc... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">At the same time, things can appear in the doors and windows, drive by, fly by,colors can change and flash, just about anything is possible...</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">We could as evening comes tear a hole in the facade, and show dancers performing inside:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mI_L8TDwueA/TkRMURq_rEI/AAAAAAAAAYg/-dMh1V77_Q8/s1600/011HOLE-IN-WALL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="394" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mI_L8TDwueA/TkRMURq_rEI/AAAAAAAAAYg/-dMh1V77_Q8/s640/011HOLE-IN-WALL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Or we could open up a larger stage and have any kind of performance we please:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Gop4EMScKM/TkRM0Mj1NeI/AAAAAAAAAYk/6koZqyC8dS4/s1600/013-FRACTAL-CURTAIN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="394" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Gop4EMScKM/TkRM0Mj1NeI/AAAAAAAAAYk/6koZqyC8dS4/s640/013-FRACTAL-CURTAIN.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The whole building could become a stage with a red curtain:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wqJfMmMtfYc/TkRNOPa7JMI/AAAAAAAAAYo/YuwISqvloc8/s1600/012OUTDOOR-STAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="394" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wqJfMmMtfYc/TkRNOPa7JMI/AAAAAAAAAYo/YuwISqvloc8/s640/012OUTDOOR-STAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Or we could have crazy performances taking place in front of the building. Motorcycles are one of my passions, and I have already talked to Mary Foshee about possibly choreographing an acrobatic "Bad BiKer Dance" on top of my big Victory Vegas:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GsdKws1VhkY/TkRN5TaBwRI/AAAAAAAAAYs/cgdjKBO7trE/s1600/009MOTORCYCLE-DANCE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GsdKws1VhkY/TkRN5TaBwRI/AAAAAAAAAYs/cgdjKBO7trE/s640/009MOTORCYCLE-DANCE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Once we are over playing with the real building, we can make it into another building by stacking the colonnade, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-518IOplwcGY/TkRKCdlFXGI/AAAAAAAAAYM/vHEEC8s_AHA/s1600/004BASIC-STRUCTURE1080BLACK-BACK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-518IOplwcGY/TkRKCdlFXGI/AAAAAAAAAYM/vHEEC8s_AHA/s640/004BASIC-STRUCTURE1080BLACK-BACK.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">changing colors, etc... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c0Tc-VKC21c/TkRKOoP5u2I/AAAAAAAAAYQ/lYWKpu9yWnI/s1600/005BASIC-STRUCTURE1080BLACK-BACK%253DCOLORS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c0Tc-VKC21c/TkRKOoP5u2I/AAAAAAAAAYQ/lYWKpu9yWnI/s640/005BASIC-STRUCTURE1080BLACK-BACK%253DCOLORS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> We could burn it:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QpAKRDGdhus/TkRKfVP25jI/AAAAAAAAAYU/F7zVMLuyFSo/s1600/006BASIC-STRUCTURE-ON-FIRE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QpAKRDGdhus/TkRKfVP25jI/AAAAAAAAAYU/F7zVMLuyFSo/s640/006BASIC-STRUCTURE-ON-FIRE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> We could have an antique set of tarot cards flip and rotate and fly around in the openings:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UbY11z3cCH0/TkRK-mdhhUI/AAAAAAAAAYY/3hbO_yYG5rc/s1600/007FLIPPING-TAROT-CARDS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UbY11z3cCH0/TkRK-mdhhUI/AAAAAAAAAYY/3hbO_yYG5rc/s640/007FLIPPING-TAROT-CARDS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> We could make it into a 17th Century Spanish Vargueno, and have stuff jump in and out of the drawers as they open and close:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8a5IzGuP7AE/TkRLmmXZCgI/AAAAAAAAAYc/LRbEeph7B8Y/s1600/008VARGUENO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8a5IzGuP7AE/TkRLmmXZCgI/AAAAAAAAAYc/LRbEeph7B8Y/s640/008VARGUENO.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Stay tuned. More ideas to follow later...</span></div>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-75890510219746762972011-08-10T16:57:00.000-07:002011-08-11T08:49:49.768-07:00Post 37: A Trip to the "Festival of Lights" in Lyon, France next December<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P1yHLScUwSs/TkPq79-WjbI/AAAAAAAAAX0/J9X5RGJBya0/s1600/110401_121840_21+-+perspectives+lyriques+-+place+des+celestins+-+fabrice+dimier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P1yHLScUwSs/TkPq79-WjbI/AAAAAAAAAX0/J9X5RGJBya0/s640/110401_121840_21+-+perspectives+lyriques+-+place+des+celestins+-+fabrice+dimier.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I happen to have family in Lyon, and I remember the "8 Décembre" since my days as an engineering student there from 1963 to 1967. It was not much back then, except candles in the windows and a few illuminations. I have not attended it since, but I will be there this December 8-11. It has become the premier Architectural Mapping Projection showcase in the world, with fabulous shows on all the main public buildings and churches all over town. It now last 4 nights, and is called the <a href="http://www.fetedeslumieres.lyon.fr/">"Fête des Lumières"</a>. Architectural Projection is only part of it actually, there are many other types of light shows and luminous Art also, and I am expecting to learn a lot there. I have found a number of often low quality hand held amateur videos of previous years shows on the Internet, so it will be nice to shoot my own with a tripod this time.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Here are some examples of what I have found:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa4MOCQ1hjY">Example 1</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqCev0LpVfo&feature=fvsr">Example 2</a> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPkZVfmlSSY&feature=related"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Example 3</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I was contacted a month or so ago by the Events Coordinator at UAB's Alys Stevens Center for the Performing Arts about the possibility of doing an Architectural Projection on the facade either for the opening or the closing of the 2012 Season(September 2012 or April 2013). The idea is to reach out and try to get interest for the Arts and draw in a public from the community at large that would not normally come inside the building for shows, and hopefully make them new spectators for the rest of the season.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Obviously, I am very interested in doing this, even though the building is a little underwhelming architecturally to create this kind of show. It is a big challenge, and that is what I live for... </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> There are a number of technical problems to deal with: the large expanse of plain red brick, the curve of the wall, the rather ugly sign, the asymmetrical design, the rotating sculpture in front of it, and the solid awning on the right side(that could cast a black shadow). Also, not so much can be done with the building itself in terms of "transformations". I could obviously not make it into a bronze clock, a pipe organ, a wooden cabinet of drawers, a curiosity cabinet with loaded shelves, or a church choir like I did for the Red Cross Show on a symmetrical columned Art Deco downtown building. But then I wouldn't want to repeat myself anyhow! I can come up with a different kind of show, invent more, go further afield...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> To get good varied clear and bright images, the brick would really have to be covered with some kind of light colored fabric. The main projection would have to be limited to the main facade, with possibly an extra sideways lower definition projector on the side building to the right for color effects. The main HI DEF 1920 x 1080 digital projector would have to be placed right at the foot of the sculpture with a wide angle lens capable of covering the main facade. I have a meeting lined up with my projector guy Mat next week to see about that:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Ideally, the fabric "screen" should be stretched straight in front of the curved brick wall on some kind of frame, and the glass areas and brick recesses in the lower colonnade filled in with panels stretched on wooden frames as I did downtown back in April:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">That would give us a projection area on which to both recreate the actual building, make it move, shake, open it up, tear it down and rebuild it, but also invent new buildings and make all kinds of things happen totally unrelated to the architecture of the building.</span>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-4407554067228189792011-08-10T15:46:00.000-07:002011-08-10T15:46:10.817-07:00Post 35: The Lyric Theatre Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NNVNinj2l2s/TkMGPSOgRiI/AAAAAAAAAXg/7YBveIQrA4M/s1600/FROM-TOP-BALCONY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NNVNinj2l2s/TkMGPSOgRiI/AAAAAAAAAXg/7YBveIQrA4M/s640/FROM-TOP-BALCONY.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> There is that old run down abandoned Vaudeville Theatre right across from the Alabama Theatre in downtown Birmingham called The Lyric. It was donated by the owners to the organization that restored and runs the Alabama, and they are trying to raise funds to bring it back to its former splendor. It is decayed, but not in real bad shape actually except where there was a leak in the roof. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> It is a wonderfully atmospheric/surrealistic place, and I proposed to do an Architectural Projection Show on the stage area that would both " restore the curtain, proscenium and stage area, as well as bring back former performers on stage such as the Marx Brothers, Roy Rogers and Trigger, etc... The idea would be to use it for a fund raiser, may be have a black tie dinner in the theatre, and cheaper public performances.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The problem is that there is lead paint and asbestos in the old place that needs to be cleaned up before a public can be admitted, and although there is talk of some grants to do that, there is no time frame or guaranties it will be done, so I cannot very well invest 500hours or so in benefit show that might never happen. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I shot a series of HDR images of the place, and will make a short demo of possible effects and animations.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> My friend Randy and I have also been talking about a short surrealistic movie shot at the Lyric, recreating a crazy vaudeville show in front of a sparse "Felliniesque" audience scattered in the remaining seats, broken boxes and bleachers among the dust and cob webs. We are toying with the idea of bringing as "star spectators" in an aging Zelda, Tulluhla, Capote, etc...</span>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-438031063046418992011-08-01T19:59:00.000-07:002011-08-01T20:31:51.428-07:00Post 34: Better Late Than NeverSorry it took me so long to post a small movie of the show, I tried repeatedly, but Facebook does not seem to process vertical format videos, and I kept getting an error message. I put it on my me.com Gallery, and you can hopefully download it from there if you are interested in seeing the show "sort of as it should have played" had I gotten the proper projector:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> The last few days getting ready for the show were harrowing because I got major computer failure, but I did somehow manage to deliver twice what I had committed to: a 30 minutes Architectural Projection show mapped to the façade of the building. I trusted blindly I would be supplied with the proper equipment for projection and audio, which I had clearly specified to the tech people in charge of procurement.I will never do that again. I do not have a completely clear explanation of what happened, and probably never will, but the fact of the matter is that instead of the single 20000 lumens High Definition 1920 X 1080 Digital DLP Projector with a Zoom lens that was necessary to play the material, I got 2 x 10000 lumens analog low definition projectors with mismatched lenses and no signal splitter, that could not fit the image onto the building, much less align the image with the architectural features. I was livid, and almost pulled the plug and went to bed. My friends, who had showed up early and paid their 15 bucks for the event, and been waiting for hours while the technician was desperately trying to make it work (I knew all along he couldn't) insisted that I play the show anyway, and give something to the sparse public </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">anyhow, so I did play the show in the worst possible conditions: the image was dark(only one 10000 lumens projector), low resolution, analog quality, smaller than the facade, and of course, the most crucial thing and what I had put so much effort and time into achieving, the images were not lined up with the architecture of the building. The columns of the cabinet, clock organ, the rebuilding, everything was way off. It was awful, but somehow was enough to impress the dwindling public and give them a very poor illusion of what the show should have been. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I have been in recovery mode since, and just today came out of a quasi catatonic state induced by overwork, exhaustion, and a huge let down. I have been sleeping and napping a lot.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> My computer is in the shop for a week and they are supposed to pretty much replace everything in it... They ordered over $3000 worth of parts for it! No wonder I had problems...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I will be posting a movie of the show as soon as I get my machine back. Check back next week.</span>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-63370285814250393272011-04-10T10:10:00.000-07:002011-04-10T10:10:55.927-07:00POST 32: Last Stretch<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I had not posted in weeks because I felt I could not divert any time from the work at hand, and have been working 12 hour days trying to get this show together and polished up. After Effects is a wonderful piece of software, but I think I am stretching it to the limit, and keep encountering numerous bugs and problems. If it wasn't for the time wasted because of bugs and crashes, the show would be ready today. I did managed to solve most of them, or at least coerce the software into doing what it is supposed to, and will be at it till Thursday.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> An article came out today in the Sunday paper with a lot of pictures, this time I am really sitting out on a limb, and hoping everything will get chewed, and digested, and that the show will play well on the "big screen" Saturday... </span></span>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-63277755961795928822011-03-13T08:01:00.000-07:002011-03-13T14:38:40.838-07:00Post 31: Plodding Along<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> The week has gone by very fast, and I have been working hard on several sequences. I have made good headway on the Cabinet of Curiosities, the Church Altar, and on the Time Travel Sequences. I have also made a simple Title Sequence, and am now trying to work sequentially, so everything does not have to be moved in the final Premiere edit when sequences length change.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I spent a good deal of time animation the ivory scrimshaw eyeballs in two different ways, and used them in the Church Altar Sequence.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Just to give you an idea, here is the Time Travel Sequence still a little rough, but close to completion: </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/PTTR/SEQUENCES/007TIMETRAVEL/007TIMETRAVEL3-12%20-%20iPhone.m4v?w=64cf29d2">TIME TRAVEL TEST 3-12-SMALL</a> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/PTTR/SEQUENCES/007TIMETRAVEL/007TIMETRAVEL3-12%20-%20Computer.m4v?w=15ef8aca">TIME TRAVEL TEST 3-12-MEDIUM</a></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is one of my favorite "Transformations" of the building, and I decided to start over the sequence based on my early test, adding a number of new ideas and colorful details. I made a musical "contraction" of the Presto Organ Finale of Saint Saens Organ Symphony, and and attempting to time everything to it's strong and dramatic tempo.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I added a second set of brass "Trompettes en Chamade" at the top of the case, a big drum in the middle with and arm and hammer beating it, a singing monkey skull, two veined black marble "bénitiers", home to a collection of green frogs("grenouilles de bénitier"), and the green snake. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> The body of the organist was reassembled in After Effects from all its separated parts so it could be animated, with 3 frames of hands pounding the keyboard as it sways back and forth. The sequence was divided in several compositions to keep the number of layers reasonnable. </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> It is rather awkward to work in After Effets, as one has to constantly use Ram previews to play the animation with the music and check the timing. It is rather slow, even with CS5, which still leaves a lot to be desired. To help wit the timing, I created a special null layer of beat markers, that was then duplicated into all the compositions. After a day of work, I still only have a very partial rough animation, but that gives a better idea of what I am trying to do:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> In the last few days, I worked on the organ sequence, which I started over from the short test, adding a set of trumpets and a drum beaten by an arm and hammer, green frogs bloating, a monkey skull singing, and animated the body of the organist. I also worked on the clock sequence yesterday, but both are very difficult to time,and I am not happy with the results yet.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> To change my mind today, I built all the drawers for the cabinet in 3D in After Effects, but am having some difficulties getting the camera to see them properly when they go in and out.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> To make me feel better, I got an e-mail yesterday from the lone student I thought was working for me on the ball sequence, telling me he was dropping out...</span></span>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520788958915180839.post-11881144087154706262011-03-02T15:58:00.000-08:002011-03-02T15:58:08.327-08:00Post 29: Getting this thing finished pretty much on my own <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> It took me way to long to finally recognize that I would have to do most everything myself after all. I tried and tried to find help and thought at one point I did, but in the end, nobody has come though with anything at all, so I am re thinking the whole concept. I was going for the most sophisticated animation possible, but it would probably be a waste of time. There are so many unknowns and things I cannot control: weather, ambient light, other shows nearby, degradation of image in projection.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I went to the technical meeting at the new Red Cross building Monday, and was told I would have a 20000 lumens projector and a big sound system, and will be able to use a scissors lift the day before the show to set up, but that I would have to find funding for the foam panels and tape to board up the doors and windows. I was also told we would have a dress rehearsal the night before with the projector, and that is a big relief... We should be able to get all the adjustments taken care of in advance, and be operational quickly on Saturday night.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Randall Crow, a local professional Photographer, Videographer, Movie Maker and Artist was just now recruited by PTTR, and is going to try within tight time constraints to come up with a short show to play on the same building, and share the projector with me. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I believe I will take a more cartoonish and stylized approach to the animation, and play up the strength and originality of the images, the surprise factor, the colors, the movement, alternating "mapped" sequences of the building itself in various guises, and fantasy images.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I will work up the main sequences to an adequate stage and put together a playable movie. Then, if time remains, I will go back refine the details, and possibly add more sequences.</span></span>Jean-Jacques Gaudelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117273226235650673noreply@blogger.com0