The video was run through the ASCII filter and edited via Gamma, Contrast, Font, Reverse, RGB. [Ignore Bear Grylls int' background]
The aesthetic of the film attained through this filter adds a perfect dynamic and furthers the conceptual traits.
Id quite like to do another film but purely ASCII animated. It can be altered and effected in so many ways that with masking, patience and time could add refined texture, not necessarily always in an abstract fashion.
Its Minimal and simple which appeals to me a lot. Clean.
The fader and slider functions are slightly unbalanced but all in all its an easy interface to gain instant results from.
Has been great fun setting up with midi controllers and mixing video together. Obviously edited in the final film but all the vid-caps are short bits of exploration.
This will be great material for VJ and future projects.
Audio created in Ableton:
Once again making music with Ableton 8 became the Highlight of the whole process. But having visual material to act as a directive for the tone of audio was another new challenge. I really enjoyed it. It meant that all the sound was a reaction to a direct stimulus, making it far more exciting and momentary.
The video was exported from Final Cut and layered into Ableton. The audio then created around. Having the foresight to work out BPM and arrange accordingly saved so much time and allowed me the opportunity to focus more on the manipulation of effects and filters. The funnest bit and the part that actually adds humanity into an other wise mechanical, methodical, rational process.
Used VST Plug-ins for synths (MS 20, Juno, Jupiter, Phosicon [arpeggiated sounds]), and sample packs for the subs hits. Midi instruments for the more ethereal sounds.
There was a lot of automation with this project. Using these sorts of sounds, dynamic is essential. Using Ableton's automation function in the arrange view, this is simple as you draw in nodes across the track, and adjust accordingly.
The video window in along with the BPM allowed for some assemblence of a rhythm and a flow a simpler process. As the Decadent 'Vice' section comes in the abstract beat set in an 80's disguise emerges an example of such an issue.
Really feel i have stretched my limited knowledge of audio/visual content.
I will definately be re-editing the video to make a full length in the coming months.
The sub hits juxtaposed with the glitchy computer sounds really worked out good.
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