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In week 15, we presented our final presentation using the slide below:

Filming Day In the filming day, we had a great time filming everything, following the list of shots. We were also able to film a continuous performance that lasts around 20 minutes. 　 Trailer: After we obtain all the footage, we put together a trailer that captures the essence of the performance. 　 Interview with Artists: We also conducted an interview with the collaborators to talk about the cultural significance of this work. 　 GIFs Read more…

Finalized Visuals We have finalized all the visuals and have packaged them into the controller that we built. Here is a list of the visuals: Act 1, Visual 1: Starry Bodies Act 1, Visual 2: ODU Pattern Tunnel Act 2, Visual 1: Dotted Outline Act 3, Visual 1: Pyramid (Growing Squares) Act 3, Visual 2: War (Bouncy Lines) Act 4, Visual 1: Tangled Lines Act 4, Visual 2: Snowy Here is a list of additional Read more…

Finished Visuals In this week, we finalized almost all the visuals and we are ready to go. 　 Collaborator’s Visit Mikael and Marques, our collaborator and collaborator’s producer, came visited us again to check our finalized visuals. They brought three tripods and marked the room with three different angles. We also took some test shots to figure out the proper ISO, Aperture, and Shutterspeed. 　 Finalizing Details of Filming Day The filming day is Saturday Read more…

New Visual Update: Updated Act Three Visuals: Updated Act Two Demo: 　 Finalized First and Second Act: Act One will include: Interstellar Dots Tunnel ODU Pattern Act Two will include: Dotted Outline White Cloud (will not be shot but will be put into the final package) Act Three and Act Four Act Three and Act Four are in the process of final adjustment and will be updated and finalized in next week.

Props: As requested by Mikael, we put together a new sets of props to be used during Act 3. 　 Updating Visuals: Based on Mikael’s feedback from week 8, we spent this week updating the visuals and eventually shot a series of demos with our dancer friend, Yuxi, an ETC student. Here is the LINK to the video demos. 　 New Visuals: 　 Wall Mount: We cut a few boards and filled the upper part Read more…

Since Week 9 is the week of GDC (Game Developer Conference), 4 out of the 5 members of our team is in San Francisco for both exhibiting and visiting. Therefore, we are not able to work during this week. But this has not interfered with our development because we have planned this week into our timeline.

Props: This week, we made a few props using white boards. They are in very generic shapes so that we can show to Mikael and his team what is possible. We believe that props such as will add some level of depth and dynamic to the dance. Here are some of the shapes we made: 　 Visual Updates: We also updated all the visual graphics to the client. Currently we have 12 sets of graphics. Read more…

Video: This week, we focused on shooting a video demo that summarize our current progress until this point. The video explore various aspect of our tests such as: Here is the demo Video: Halves Presentation: Along with this video, we also spend a lot of time improving Halves Presentation. 　 　 　 　

Testing Fluorescent Paint 　 New Sets of Graphics We also created new sets of responsive graphics such as the one below: 　 Halves Slides We also finished our Halves Slides after several iterations. 　 Projector Mount Dave helped us and made a Projector Mount which helps elevates the projector to the ceiling. This will help reduce the shadow of the dancers, but the bad side of this mount is that the dancer’s leg projection might get Read more…