Project 1: Recombinant Cinema

Create a piece in Flash that uses interaction to manipulate video.  This can take many possible forms: re-ordering and manipulating sequences of clips, as in the game Loop Raccord; an interactive movie; a combination game / movie like the laserdisc arcade classic Dragon’s Lair; or perhaps a VJ instrument for live performance.

You can use found footage or video you shoot yourself, or a combination of both.

The important element is the use of interactivity – so while there is no set amount of video required, in general a larger amount of video material will provide greater variety and opportunity for meaningful interaction and play.

For inspiration, look at:

Loop Raccord: http://pluralgames.blogspot.com/2010/09/loop-raccord.html

(also see Raccord Sniper, Low Bitrate Fighters, UFO on TAPE)

The Visionarium at the Centre for Interactive Cinema Research at the University of New South Wales: http://www.icinema.unsw.edu.au/projects/t_visionarium/

Christian Marclay’s Video Quartet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VmXoeZir7A

Christian Marclay’s Telephones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH5HTPjPvyE&feature=related

Dragon’s Lair: http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/pages/dl.asp

Mr. Payback, an interactive movie from 1995: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Payback:_An_Interactive_Movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tp8av0SesI

Archive of interactive movies (mostly games) : http://www.interactivemovies.org/