Please read:
A selection from Postmodern Currents and The Exercise of Interactive Art.
Also we will be playing with the Kinect so if you have one bring it to class.
Also remember to email the three artist/artworks you will be researching and presenting.
The event object for FLVPlayback is fl.video.VideoEvent
This would be the script to loop video when it comes to the end
myVideo.addEventListener(fl.video.VideoEvent.COMPLETE, onComplete);
function onComplete(evt: fl.video.VideoEvent) {
myVideo.playheadTime =0;
myVideo.play();
}
Next week we will discuss the readings and have work time in class. The tentative due date for project 1 is 2/23. That means the project is ready for critique.
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/
Here is the flash file we were working on in class.