PP3: Living and Alive!
Posted: October 19, 2023 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Inspired by Csuri’s use of feedback, duplication and circular repetition, as well as the ‘Nervous Tick’ animation, I continue developing the idea of living typography with an added sound-reactive element.
In addition to the motion sensor in the first scene, there is a sound trigger that leads us into the next scene. This was an idea I had for the first iteration but could not achieve without Alex’s help (thanks Alex!) So, the motion sensor triggers a text that says ‘Clap Clap Clap for me!’ which tells the audience to make sound, which in turn triggers the next scene to enter.
The sound element was an exciting new element to work with. Unlike the motion sensor, a clap is very energetic. Suddenly, the room was filled with life, which fueled the appetite of the creature. In scene 2, claps (or the sound-reactive element) altered the size of the creature, allowing it to emerge from the depths each time sound was detected. After watching it with the class, I had hoped I re-exported the video clip to be on black background and added a fade to the movement so that there was an overlapping effect between each clap and the rectangular edges wasn’t so clear.
In the next scene, I introduced a new sound-reactive only animation. Built using heavy feedback, I wanted to create a portal that also activated based on claps or sound engagements from the audience.
Programming-wise, the new elements in this scene includes an audio-reactive shapes actor and double feedback through ‘Get Stage Image’ using text. I’m not sure exactly how I created this look, so there was a lot of experimenting going on. In this scene, I felt visually creative for the first time using Isadora and would like to explore the combination of these actors further.
To finish off, we use ‘come closer’ through audio detection to return to ‘See you in your dreams’ which goes back to motion detection. Overall, I’m very satisfied by all the rabbit holes I managed to hop into with this project. It felt like a cohesive piece and each experiment was really fun and exciting!