ARTS 3603/5630: Experimental Video

Intro to Mediamill:

• Mediamill and general help and a nice tutorial.


• Video Codec information and list.

To do for the next class:

Download the demo patch ...

1. Make a representative still image of your project using and the message.


2. Record a "performance" of your project in Jitter using the
   object.


3. Upload your video to Mediamill and create a Flash 640x480 derivative.


4. Post your video on the class blog, along with the still image.


5. Along with your video and image, post a 250 word reflection on your piece and your creative process.

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Everyone should now have card access to W123, W121 and W112.

Please let me know if it ain't working.

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Art Department Check website here.

Karen H. is our checkout manager, reachable at (612)-625-9532.

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We have to wait for karens' talk, before we can check anything out. Anyway, just a bit of info.

jason

NOt so sure about the catagories, i will take a guess and say course info. Please let me know if i made a huge mistake.

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We have an file server at the address:

afp://artserve.cla.umn.edu

username: momeni1
password: ******** (same as ever)

folder: momeni1

Within that folder, we have a folder for each week.

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Attendance and participation in the course is required and unexcused absences may result in failure. The overall grading scheme is based on a case-by-case evaluation of each student's growth and progress. As I expect a wide range of backgrounds and degrees of proficiency with software, I shall make every effort to evaluate each student based on their starting point and the motivation, effort, enthusiasm, time and energy that he/she contributes to the class.

Grading will be on a scale of 0-10:
9.5+=A; 9-9.4=A-; 8.5-8.9 =B+; 7.6-8.4 = B; 7-7.5=B-; 6.5-6.9 = C; 6-6.4=C-; 5-5.9=D; 0-4.9=F.

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Week 1: Introduction to Max/MSP/Jitter: Real-time control programming with an object-oriented data-flow language.
Weeks 2-3: The Pixel: Algorithmic control
Week 4: Project 1: abstract and generative video
Weeks 5-7: The Moving Image: Working with narrative or abstract video
Week 8: Project 2: narrative/abstract moving image
Weeks 9-10: The Instrument: creating real-time video performance instruments
Week 11: Project 3: performance video instrument
Weeks 12-13: The 3rd Dimension: projecting video on non-screens.
Weeks 14-15: Project 4: Final Project

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The course concentrates on abstract and generative software based techniques for experimental video. The primary tool for the course is Cycling 74's Max/MSP and Jitter.

The emphasis of the course is twofold: 1) mastering the Max/MSP/Jitter environment to the point of utilizing it creatively, 2) actual creative output in the form of three smaller compositional projects and one larger final creative project.

Office hours will be held on Tuesdays from 10-11am in my office, Regis W222.

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