Category: Revised Concept

Revised Concept – Algorithmic Composition

I am fairly set on my first idea with algorithmic composition. I feel like the scope can be small or widened, depending on the progress I make.

Here are some of the responses I have to comments that came up:

Parsing the music will be hard – My idea for this is to transcribe the songs into MIDI sheet music, so that my program can take that as input. While it would be cool to have actual audio parsed, I agree that that would take too much work.

Possibly beyond the scope of time – I feel confident that I can start small and build up as much as I can. I have already started a bit of work on this idea in my free time, so I have a feel for the challenge and how long it might take.

Incorporating aspects of Idea 2 into this idea – I think this is definitely a cool idea! I could use vaporwave songs to generate new vaporwave songs. The only tricky bit I see with this is that some aspects of vaporwave can be glitchy sounding, which is more of an audio thing that can’t be transcribed into audio. For example, it might pitch shift a semitone off a normal key.

Instead of that, maybe I could use the visual aspect from Idea 2. The only question I see with that is whether or not the visuals would be generated on-the-spot, too. If they would be, I would have to see how much work would go into that, because I do not have the background to really know right now.

Initial Concept: I want to create a space using a physical built globe and projection mapping to show causes with the issues revolving recycling on the earth. I imagine using a showroom downstairs with the globe in the center of the room hanging from the ceiling, trash and garbage underneath it and around the area of the globe, heat lamps in certain areas of the room, and overall a dark atmosphere. On one wall there will be statistics, and on the other two walls there will be option A) if we continue to recycle and take care of the earth, and B) if we don’t take care of it what the planet will turn into. On the globe I want to project the earth and the amount of recycling in each continent possibly using visual graphs built into the globe along with projection mapping. 

Program: Lightform

Lightform | The design tool for projected AR

Similar projects:

• https://vimeo.com/41586724

Layout of room:

• globe hanging from the top center of the room
• trash around the bottom of the globe on the floor
• heat lamp in the top right corner of the room
• projection mapping on each wall and on globe
• wall 1: option 1 for the future – clean healthy planet
• wall 2: option 2 for the future – destroyed world filled with trash
• globe will be interactive being able to move the globe

Timeline:

October – December: Research lightform, learn the program, learn animation

December – January: Design layout of projections

Feb – March: Build globe/in room items

April: *hopefully* start testing project /get feedback

October – May: Figure out what I want displayed, research topic, get statistics, etc

Digital manga and Marketable material (Revisited)

(Previously)

Using the skills I’ve been gaining the past year (and while in Japan) for my thesis, I will create high quality chapters of a digitally created manga (using photoshop / clip studio paint & various techniques and digital methods) along with character sheets, cover, marketable materials such as Poster (photoshop), Video Advert (adobe after effects), Merchandise, etc.

(Revisited)

To make my manga idea more unique and innovative I have decided to work multiple elements into the project such as basing character designs on modern/ popular fashion, and unique combinations of story concepts combining western elements I’m accustomed to with eastern elements that I learned about while abroad. Ex. being the incorporation of elements from Japanese religions that I am learning about in my “Religion in Japan” lectures that I have every Tuesday and Thursday. I also want to explore how the digital medium would allow me to present the manga in different ways if time allows.

List of deliverables I would hope to present

Small Physical Booklet

• Manga content
• Character sheets / Turn Arounds
• Project info
• etc

Video Promo (with V/O)

High Quality Character Sheets (adaptation ready)  

Merchandise (based on Japanese  IP Merchandising)

Pin(s)

T-Shirt(s)

Poster(s)