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4D Final – Maria

My concept for the final projection was to illustrate the connection between our mind and body. To create this narrative, I projected the human organs and a skeletal figure onto myself, and interacted with the projection itself.

I wanted to tell a story about how external stressors impact the nervous system, causing us to become overwhelmed by daily life. A subtle choice I made while filming, that I forgot to mention while presenting, was the decision to wear a white button down shirt and white dress pants. I had more comfortable all-white alternatives to project onto, but I chose office attire to reflect the situations in which one would feel the kind of unease I wanted to convey. I believe that a corporate environment is unnatural to our way life and how we are meant to experience it.

I also created a 3D model of myself to aid in positioning my graphics, and found through my early trials that the projector had a pixelated effect on my visuals. I used this to further my story and pose the connection between humans and how computers operate, emphasizing how both can be affected by input and environment. I used animation, performance art, and light and space to showcase what I have learned in an experimental way.

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Dome Projection Trials – Maria

For my project, I chose to project various footage of cells and organisms observed through the lens of a microscope. The goal of this experiment was to be immersive, and test how some of life’s smallest structures could be displayed on a large scale.

First, I took all of my images and placed them over a black background via Instagram stories. This allowed me to quickly, and easily, crop the top layer image (through the microscope) into a perfect circle. I saved my creations back to my camera roll. Since I could not follow this same process for other forms of media, I used Adobe Premiere Pro to create a circular black mask around my video content. I then uploaded all of the media into iMovie so that I could arrange my content, add transitions, and adjust play speed. Since iMovie formatted everything onto a black rectangle, I utilized Adobe After Effects to crop my final into a square the size of my circular content and export as seen above. This would allow the footage to be compatible with RMU’s dome projector.