[Course] VIST206, Summer 2013 : Embodied Immersion: Art/Design/Research

[Course] VIST206, Summer 2013

 

Meeting times and location: MTWRF. 10 am – 2pm, C306B

Instructor Information
Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo, Assistant Professor, Visualization Dept.
hwaryoung@tamu.edu
office hours: Wednesday 2:00-3:00 (By appointment)

TA: Morgan Jenks
email: mjenks@viz.tamu.edu
office hours: Wednesday 2:00-3:00 (By appointment)

Syllabus

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Week 4 (Day 3)

  • Project 3 pdf

Week 4 (Day 2)

  • Arduino exercise

Week 4 (Day 1)

  • Sensory System  for Human Computer Interface pdf
  • A very simple LED circuit pdf
  • Studio Activity: Design a simple LED circuit
  • using PAPER + Switch + LEDs
  • Consider aesthetic qualities of your circuit
  • Interaction 
  • Light Pattern, Reflection

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Week 3 (Day 5)

  • Project 2 Presentations

Week 3 (Day 4)

  • Tech Rehearsals

Week 3 (Day 1)

  • Project 2 Announcement pdf
  • Max Tutorial

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Week 2 (Day 5) 

Motion sensing + Visual/Sonic output pdf

Assignments (Indivisual)

  • Find 3 interactive projects that inspire you. (Camera sensing tech and bodily interaction)
  • Create an interactive piece that uses a simple motion tracking tech and video/sound output.

Week 2 (Day 4) MAX Tutorial

Max6 trial link

Week 2 (Day 3) Project One Presentations

  • Intro for Interactive Narratives
  • Reading Assignment pdf

Week 2 (Day 2) Workday

Week 2 (Day 1) Team meetings/Workday

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Week 1 (Day 5) Team meetings

Week 1 (Day 4)

Project 1: Stop Motion Animation

  • Music or Sound Effect
  • Length: 30-40 seconds (15 frames per second)
  • Light change is limited in Studio B
  • Play with camera angles, movements
  • Try experimental materials
  • Title, Artists, Copyright 
  • Storyboard template
Schedule
  • Thursday (June 6): Project 1
  • Friday (June 7): Group Meetings (Concept, Storyboard, Schedule)
  • Monday (June 10): Group meetings, Work-session (Schedule with Morgan)
  • Tuesday (June 11): Workday (Schedule with Morgan)
  • Wednesday (June 12): Presentation 

Week 1 (Day 3)

Pixilation presentations + Dragon Frame Demo

  • Studio Activity: Countdown video (3-2-1-0)
  • 4-5 seconds countdown video
  • 10-12 frames per second
  • Due: 9am tomorrow
  • Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4

Week 1 (Day 2)

facebook group 

Stop motion Intro slides

Studio Activity: Pixilation

  • Examples 1, 2, 3, 4
  • How to get from Point A to Point B video
  • Requirements
  1. Dynamic speed: Ease in/out
  2. 10-12 frames per second
  3. 10 seconds
  4. Due: 9am tomorrow (Blog)

Week 1 (Day 1)

Introduction_slides

Class Activity

  • Create a blog for the course (http://www.tumblr.com or http://wordpress.com/)
  • Introduce yourself with an image
  • Prepare a short presentation (10 slides, 20 seconds each) on yourself and your artworks
  • Post your slides on your blog
  • Email your blog address to Hwaryoung (hwaryoung at tamu.edu) and Morgan(mjenks at viz.tamu.edu)
Assignment
  • Browse blogs and other sources to discover three stop motion animation projects by other people that you haven’t seen before
  • Explain the project in just a sentence or two;
  • Explain what inspires you about the project;
  • Consider visual styles

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