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SM2202 Micro Narratives / 4th Nov, 2015
WORKSHOP BRIEF: Expanded Video Experiment (prepared by Wong Chun-hoi)
****Extremely important notes: PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THROUGH THIS BY
MONDAY LATEST****
A 90-minute on-site collaboration to turn the multi-media theatre into a Multi-video
theatre …
Followed by a 30-minute exhibition: viewing session [4:50pm - 5:20pm]
Run-down:
2:00pm - 3:00pm Preparation / **We need all kinds of strong hands to assist Hoi9 to
transport the bulk of equipment to the MMT. See the list below. Please contact Hoi9 if you
can help: <[email protected]>.
3:00pm - 3:15pm Briefing / Brainstorming / Warming up
3:15pm - 4:45pm Discussion, negotiation: matching resources (your image files), sorting out
treatment (projection strategies), clarifying purposes / Spatialization: setting up, trial-anderror, final formation
4:50pm - 5:20pm “open door” exhibition: invites friends and classmates and your favorite
professors; note-taking session for class members
5:20pm - 5:45pm discussion & critique
5:45pm - 6:00pm dismantling, packing up
Specification of the venue:
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***Please do your own observation: spatial study.
Reserved Equipment List: Default System in M1080 Multi-­‐media Theatre
● PC x 1 ● Big Projector x 1 ● Floor project x 1 ● PA system Notebook computers:
● MacBook Pro 15" (with Final Cut Pro Studio X bundle + Adobe Creative Suite) x 6
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Projectors:
● [2 default projectors at MMT, see above]
● 3M Super Close DLP Projector (Model: SCP740), with remote x 1, VGA Cable x 1, Carrying Backpack x 1
● Panasonic HD LCD Projector (Model: PT-­‐AE4000EH) x 2
● Optoma DLP Projector (Model: EH1060) x 3
Camera
● SONY HDV CAMCORDER (HVR-­‐Z5P) x 3 ● Manfrotto Video Tripod (Model: 055PROB) with Tripod Head (Model: 128LP) -­‐
Without QuickLock x 3 ● Sony Compact Flash Card Video Recording UnitT x 2 Speaker:
● Genenic 8082B active monitor x 6 Others
● ARRI 40" Century Stand with Gobo Arm & Grip x 4 ● DVD players x 4 ● Sony CRT TV monitor (with BNC-­‐>RCA adaptor) x 4 Accessories:
● power extension x 10 ● RCA cables (male to male) x 6 ● RCA -­‐> TRS adaptor x 6 ● VGA cables ● HDMI Cables ● Minidisplay -­‐> VGA adaptor ● Minidisplay -­‐> HDMI adaptor Projection Screen:
● some cloth
● some paper
● some board
● some thing else you can think about in the theatre
About the file you are going to prepare.
***This is not as easy as playing a single channel video in a default cinema. I’m pretty sure
you will get a lot of troubles. It will lead us into another course that deserves at least half a
semester. So here are some survival tips for this workshop. Don't be afraid of the technical
terms. They are definitely part of the medium of video, and they are fun to play with.
We have around 13 sets of playback system in the maximum case.
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Please be affirmative with what you need and also be generous enough to share your videos
on the same screen with other class members. The ideal case is you take into consideration
all the video material you have all together as a group, and think on behalf of the projections
as ONE work rather than just taking care of your own stuff. Seek dialogue among your
pieces. This is a way to stretch the potential of your work. The fact that you more or less
know each other’s pieces is an asset. (Linda)
The possible playback devices and their output:
● Desktop PC in the multi-media theatre x 1
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Apple MacBook Pro 15” (with mini display port ->VGA /DVI / HDMI adaptor, sound
comes out from a 3.5mm stereo mini-jack)
DVD player x 4 (with RCA output for video & sound [red white yellow chord])
Sony Z5P camcorder (yes, it can do playback with the Mini DV tape! [with HDMI
output / AV out]. This is a CAMERA and you can play what you just shot, or
even play live what your camera is looking at probably a good way to play with
site-specificity]
Formats for your video material for “playback”:
1. Digital file – for playback on a laptop or PC with media players
2. DVD disc - for DVD player. The good thing about doing a DVD is that it allows
automatic LOOPing – either by choosing “looping” in your DVD output, or by
pressing the “looping” button on the DVD player.] ***if you want to play back your
video in the traditional CRT TV, The only possible solution is to burn a DVD disc for a
DVD player.
3. Video footage on mini DV tape - the Sony Z5P camera is your “playback”
device, and will play on site]
**In your preparation, it is most desirable to have your works available in different
formats. Make this decision and make the due preparation in advance before class.
***Please be reminded that DVD is a SD format. If your video requires super high resolution,
and file size is super big, you may consider the following…
Useful tips:
1. The compression guide for Vimeo has become a kind of standard streaming
playback format and codec in 2015. See: https://vimeo.com/help/compression
Please use it as a reference and imagine your are now offline and playing a video
directly from your super computer with ridiculous CPU power.
2. To Burn a DVD… There are many ways to do that. Some experience to share here:
a. Among the consumer level software, Toast from Roxio makes the best result
of the burning quality http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/titanium/
b. DVD studio Pro (in the bundle of Final Cut Pro Studio X, available in SCM
lab) - and some tricks to make it loop itself without using a remote control of
the DVD player:
http://www.geniusdv.com/news_and_tutorials/2010/05/making_a_dvd_loop_
with_dvd_studio_pro.php
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A draft for some possible signal routing options:
WONG Chun-hoi (Hoi9)
30 October 2015
For SM2202 workshop on 4 November 2015
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