St. Catherine's Animation

Interrupting the Screen Project: Video Reactions (Tests)

I used iShowU at first, but the watermark was too intrusive in the demo. I switched to Screen Mimic, although I'd probably use iShowU if I could get access to the full program.

The first video I recorded with Screen Mimic (which I won't upload because the file size is inexplicably big) is a recorded reaction of me watching a video on William S. Burroughs on youtube. (There's a time limit on recordings in the demo version of Screen Mimic, so videos will only be 30 seconds for the trials.) Also in this first recording, I didn't realise there was a watermark on the Screen Mimic demo recordings as well, so my position on screen isn't ideal.

The second video is a reaction to the first 30 seconds of Un Chien Andalou.



The third video is a reaction to the second recorded reaction.



The fourth video is a reaction to the third video.

Interrupting the Screen Project

Basically what I want to do with this project is examine the role the audience plays in creating the artwork. I'm going to take this very literally and make the audience the artwork.

I want to create an installation which consists of 3 or 4 'white cubes'. in these cubes, video loops will be playing, triggered by the viewer coming into the space. On these loops, recordings of reactions to another video will be playing. The videos on show will be 'placebo' videos; in one of the cubes, the viewer watching the loop will be filmed. His reaction will then be streamed into one of the other cubes, so as to leave the viewer unaware he was being filmed.

I'll be using isadora and final cut pro, but given the time limits, i probably won't be able to realize my idea in its entirety. I hope to have about 4 placebo videos shot, and optimistically speaking i'll be able to create a prototype of the white cubes.

Bubblewrap

The Epic Apartment Movie

Finally, it's finished. Well, I might do some more tweaking here and there, but in general I'm happy with it.