Having used the SoundBooth for the week and having the luxury of hearing and seeing the piece both 'big' and 'loud,' today i filmed my a/v piece off the huge moniter. This was the 'dodge' around the export issues i have been having with Quartz. Filming a screen, using a camera that has the ability to decrease the 'flickering' that happens when screens are filmed from A/v, and sync the audio with the visual in Final Cut.
With Matt Burtons help, this method should have worked fine, and in terms of clarity and detail, it did. However, in the filmed piece, colour balance was off. Everything felt cold and has an offensive blue hue over it all. I have attempted to amend this in After Effects by using the RGB balance and the Gama settings. This helped and it looked far better than it did straight off the camera.
However, because of this, the piece now has a completely different feel to how it does when observed in 'real-time.'
As a result, the output for the piece has been chosen for me. I do not see this as a problem, however fortunate it is. It feels much more right when it is experienced 'real time,' however i would like to write it to disk for hand in and show reel.
Annabeth Mike and Matt Burton have all suggested that this would be an effective method of output, and i feel an installation piece is a fitting way to exhibit this medium of art. It also aligns with whats happening in industry much more, as many practitioners exhibit their work as installation, live environment such as club or festival, and there can be more control in terms of 'site specific' compositions.
I am still determined to figure the export issue out. I just fear it will not be in time for hand in.
So still more work to do - export and formatting, evaluation and Analysis.
For hand in, i will be putting the HQ (bad colour) version in, synced with the audio and colour adjustments from After Effects as a REFERENCE to the LIVE PERFORMANCE that will be done on thursday 2nd with Annabeth and/or Mike and/or Matt smith.
--- UNLESS i manage to obtain decent enough video capture software that doesn't drop as many frames per second. In which case it will handed in as a DVD.
-- Unfortunately, the dates of submission for ONEDOTZERO and Light Night have gone, which would have been ideal events to exhibit at...I am still awaiting a response from Test Space..
Also, Annabeth revealed that an industry contemporary of hers, Jon Harrison ran a company at lovebite.org. that specialised in motion graphics.
I will be getting in touch with him of advice and guidence on places to exhibit and am hoping to ask about INTERNSHIPS. Annabeth suggested this might be a potential.
Excited about new developments and the prospect of Industry opportunities.
I am really enjoying this project and am looking forward to continuing developing my skills over summer and into next year.
The Soundbooth is a hidden gem. It is rarely used, full recording studio set up with double moniters, mac pro, firewire with 8 inputs, great speakers and fully soundproofed.
I will be using this newly found resource to its full potential in my final year. It is a huge asset that will assist productivity and workflow immensely. The advice of tutors and the a/v department are a great source of knowledge and have helped my project reach an optimum conclusion.
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