Out with the old, in with the new

Who know's if anyone is looking at my blog still! I like to think so but it appears that most of my ex-classmates have abandoned the use of their blog proving it to be more of a university thing!
Despite this I will try to keep an update on my goings on and thoughts on the digital world, at least this way I may feel like a Student again and it helps me to keep up to date with the fast moving technological improvements around us. I will make a plea to my ex classmates to keep using their blogs as facebook and myspace is continuously loaded with dare i say it "crap applications" and so forth and communication between is seems to be fading!

Anyway it's good to get things of your chest and this in a way is my digital therapy! I recently became a 'project manager assistant' for a company called Virtusales (http://www.virtusales.com/) whom hold a perfect publishing track record with some of the biggest publishers in the world such as Penguin, Random House, Faber & Faber, Dorking Kingsley and more. I have to say I am enjoying it so far and the impressive Biblio range of software/products that we use and promote to our clients is enough to rival any publishing methods around the globe! I am very excited about meeting clients and getting involved with some real hands on work. Meeting Egmont next wednesday who I believe have contracts with Disney and other very popular famous childrens sectors. This will be my first Client meeting under my new role so fingers crossed and very excited...

Track created for AV Wars simulation - Exam project

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/8/1059701/track%20for%20exam%20project.mp3

Here is a link to my exam project track I created using Garageband (despite having reason, fruity loops, able ton live etc.). I just thought this would be an easy and quick to carry a beat with 4 layers, representing the 4 different visuals triggered by DJ's in my AV wars simulation I am currently finishing for tomorrow's deadline.

kristos animal nets

Online Communities - Metaverse

Courtesy of my exam project research, here is an interesting link about what makes a good online community:

http://www.digital-web.com/articles/building_an_online_community/

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhction Script 3

I am finding Action Script 3 a bit of a chore every time I use it, and considering that I creating the final artifact in this exam project with the latest Flash CS3, I have to start understanding code in this language. Here's a useful video for any beginner:

White glove tracking

http://whiteglovetracking.com/downloads/source_code/yelllow_box_WEB.mov



A quality new project which I have thought about incorporating into my exam project, recording the DJ and projecting that onscreen with other audiovisual imagery.

Exam Project Idea - Audio Visual War Logo Idea

Im sure you all remember the Budweiser Frogs, this advert is a great influence on my Exam project logo idea. I am entitling my project Audio Visual Wars , abbreviated to AVW; my idea involves around animating these three letters in a similar, diagetic sound based animation as the Budweiser frogs. This will also give a clear hint towards what the concept of the game is:

"Visuals triggered by audio, audio triggered by a DJ, all of which add up to an exciting audiovisual experience. DJ's must combine their mixing skills together, with each DJ representing a specific layer of a song e.g. Bass, Drums, Riffs etc.

Together they produce semi random visuals via the complex coding in Flash and as each layer is brought in, visuals representative of the audio layer are brought it also. 

As well as visuals being triggered by the audio, a rhythm slowly forms and the DJ's work together, improvising, to create an interesting track, this is the new era of digital and musical jam bands"

FROM SKETCHBOOK!

Also see this previous blog post for more on diegetic sounds:

http://danstoneman.blogspot.com/2008/03/diegetic-sound.html