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.

The Perfect Human

Obstructions

  1. Must have a bottle of coke.

    2) No dialogue

    3) Only one person at a time in the shots

    4) Have long shots/not a lot of cuts

    5) Person must have word written on forehead

    Video Crit Notes

    Emma

    Rules

    • shoot in 5 different locations
    • can only use one part of a song (can repeat it as many times as needed)
    • only one actor
    • no cartoons
    • can only use one song throughout

    Was the rules for the obstruction followed effectively

    • Yes

    What was your favorite part of the video

    • I Really like the transition from sharks to land texture (also liked the locations she went)

    What would you edit, shoot, etc?

    • Maybe change the song fading

    Was the video well paced? Did any parts feel too long or too short

    • It’s really well paced though when the song fades I thought it was done already but then it continues

    Mason

    Rules

    • No music
    • Only natural light
    • In color
    • Don’t show the actor’s faces
    • Each scene must be in a different location 

    Was the rules for the obstruction followed effectively

    Yes

    What was your favorite part of the video

    • I love the constant voice and more serious tone

    What would you edit, shoot, etc?

    • I liked everything

    Was the video well paced? Did any parts feel too long or too short

    • I say it’s well paced

    Bryce

    Rules

    • Form of slow motion
    • Black and white
    • Any type of filter

    Was the rules for the obstruction followed effectively

    • Yes

    What was your favorite part of the video

    • I really like the dancing effect where they dance and another them faded dances with them

    What would you edit, shoot, etc?

    • I liked everything

    Was the video well paced? Did any parts feel too long or too short

    • I say it’s well paced

    Aleah

    Rules

    • Don’t use one scene more than once
    • must hambone three times for 3 seconds
    • someone must do a cartwheel
    • eat a piece of cake
    • must play good feeling by flo rida in credit roll

    Was the rules for the obstruction followed effectively

    • Yes

    What was your favorite part of the video

    • I really like how the cake is important to the story and the effects

    What would you edit, shoot, etc?

    • I liked everything

    Was the video well paced? Did any parts feel too long or too short

    • I say it’s well paced

    Andrew

    Rules

    • Not using yourself
    • no audio
    • No interaction
    • Filming cat
    • Cat doing basic needs

    Was the rules for the obstruction followed effectively

    • Yes

    What was your favorite part of the video

    • I liked how how the cat is the main focus 

    What would you edit, shoot, etc?

    • Maybe more action

    Was the video well paced? Did any parts feel too long or too short

    • I feel like the licking segments are a bit too long

    Annabelle

    Rules

    • No dialogue (Narration or character)
    • Minimal amount of cuts/shots
    • The actor must have a word written on their forehead
    • One person at a time 
    • Must include a bottle of Coca Cola

    Was the rules for the obstruction followed effectively

    • Yes

    What was your favorite part of the video

    • A liked the guy dancing

    What would you edit, shoot, etc?

    • The coca cola seems like an afterthought (maybe add it more to the story)

    Was the video well paced? Did any parts feel too long or too short

    • I say it’s well paced

    Harmony

    Rules

    • Must be in black and white
    • No talking
    • Must be made outside

    Was the rules for the obstruction followed effectively

    • Yes

    What was your favorite part of the video

    • I liked the black and white

    What would you edit, shoot, etc?

    • Have it one orange instead of two

    Was the video well paced? Did any parts feel too long or too short

    • Maybe the orange segment is a bit too long

    Meredith M.

    Rules

    • no filter
    • shot outside
    • no sound
    • animals can be shown, only one per frame
    • only one person per frame

    Was the rules for the obstruction followed effectively

    • Yes

    What was your favorite part of the video

    • I liked the jumping segment

    What would you edit, shoot, etc?

    • I liked everything

    Was the video well paced? Did any parts feel too long or too short

    • I think it’s well paced

    Kaley J.

    Rules

    • 15 frames
    • theme of technology
    •  must be shot with older form of video (camcorder/ older phone etc)
    • told through music
    • black and white

    Was the rules for the obstruction followed effectively

    • Yes

    What was your favorite part of the video

    • I really like some clips being on a screen

    What would you edit, shoot, etc?

    • I liked everything

    Was the video well paced? Did any parts feel too long or too short

    • I think it’s well paced

    Angelina

    Rules

    • Black and White
    • No humans
    • Two Characters need to interact

    Was the rules for the obstruction followed effectively

    • Yes

    What was your favorite part of the video

    • I liked how the character seem to interact with music instead of audio

    What would you edit, shoot, etc?

    • Maybe less flashing lights

    Was the video well paced? Did any parts feel too long or too short

    • Some of the images take too long

    Norina

    Rules

    • two people never actually interact in the same scene
    • soft music, (barely hear it)
    • natural light 
    • two people

    What was your favorite part of the video

    • I like the music and calmingness of the video (also how different the characters are)

    What would you edit, shoot, etc?

    • I liked everything

    Was the video well paced? Did any parts feel too long or too short

    • I say it’s well paced

    James

    Rules

    •  can only film in not as professional clothing
    • no filters are allowed (cannot apply a color change to the film)
    • have one black and white scene as an exception from the no filter rule.

    Was the rules for the obstruction followed effectively

    • Yes

    What was your favorite part of the video

    • I liked how he visited different places

    What would you edit, shoot, etc?

    • Maybe interviews of people that you visited

    Was the video well paced? Did any parts feel too long or too short

    • Segments like the basketball and boxing are too long

    4d Video- Harmony Jablon

    Rules

    Black and white

    No talking 

    Filmed outside

    IF I would have subtitled the script would be: 

    “Here is the perfect human”

    “The perfect human gets ready for her day… keeping it simple brushing her hair, nothing crazy” 

    “The perfect human doesn’t like chaos”

    “The perfect day so far for the perfect human… no obligations, no chaos… just a simple and calm day”

    “The perfect human eats her snack, just a simple orange and some water… basic”

    “The perfect human enjoys her snack, along with a sip of her water”

    “The simple, calm, and perfect day for this perfect human”

    *the end