This week I decided to look at some audio visualization videos, because of what we did in class on Thursday. I think audio visualization is a really interesting art form for a few reasons. The main reason I think that is because audio visualization is a really weird and complex blend of both random and calculated factors. You have the ability to control what you want the audio to control and how you want it to be controlled, but you don't really know what the final product will be. this can and does lead to a lot of unique art. The first video accompanying this post contains some clips from some different audio visualizations. I think some of these are really neat, the third one in particular. The first one is a really good example of how you can mesh controlled and non controlled factors.

http://vimeo.com/groups/soundvis/videos/72643050

This next video is another example of intricate and varied art of this kind can be. It's also a really cool blend of controlled and "randomized" factors. I really liked this video because it doesn't really rely on colors as much as other audio visualizers do. The shapes and shadows are also a really cool aspect of this video.

http://vimeo.com/groups/soundvis/videos/57589053

3D Cube Tutorial

If you are having trouble with creating a 3D cube, here is the tutorial I used to figure it out!  As far as the gaps in between the solids, just play with the anchor point.

Smoke and 3-D ball effects for opening project

I was searching around video copilot and looking for some good tutorials to let me perhaps “enhance” the visual aesthetics of my project. I first found this tutorial for smoke. I thought it would be relevant for class since we were discussing how we could make small amounts of smoke with the particles that we played around in class earlier. This tutorial though a little more complex shows in my opinion a more realistic way to show smoke. So I thought if anyone wanted to use this it would be very helpful.
I couldn’t find a way to get the embedded link for the video for some reason

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/smoke_trails/

Lastly when searching some more, I found this tutorial which I am debating using for my final scene of my project in which the name of the movie shows up. I really like the effect, but feel that it may be too “technical” or “ scientific” for my movie, so I thought I would also offer it to the class to use.

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/3d_ball_dispersion/