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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.

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Projection Sammy Homer

For my experiment I decided to do a projection of a car ride to RMU specifically when it rains for more immersion in the dome. I also wanted experimented with direction by turning the camera. I used my phone camera because I already had a specific spot for it and thought a circle around it would fit it on the dome. I didn’t realize my video was still not the right size until trying it out and it also made me realize that I need to consider length as the load time was very long.

I did another experiment that could have been a transitioned from the last experiment as it was me walking around RMU specifically going from Business School to the Gazebo. I realized only after that I recorded way too much and had to trim it done and speed it up. I also noticed that the camera was very unsteady compared to the other one (probably because I was holding it in this one) and the circle I tried to create turned to a weird oval that warp the image somewhat at the center.

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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

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    Week 12

    I unfortunately did not get to work on this much more over this past week because I got sick. I did however come up with a few more ideas. Adding cards to slow down or speed up other players.

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    Week 11

    So the last game ended up way better than the first, the only problem I ran into was the material of the cards. The cards got ruined very easily and had to be replaced within a week or two. Other than that, I am trying to work on another drinking game. I know its not original for me but the reason I enjoy making drinking games is because thats what me and my friends and family enjoy playing when we are all together. So far the idea is gonna be a bank heist theme. Still working out the details so no physical copy is made yet. The concept is that the player draws cards and works towards a goal. (Not Sure What That is Yet) You win the game by getting into the vault. The vault is a drink of choice from each player playing. So think of it more like gambling. Its a board game but you essentially wager with a can of White Claw for example. I think its a cool concept, just need to figure out the smaller things.

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    Week 10

    Similar to last week all I did to update my game was changing the way some of the questions are asked. Other than that I continued to come up with new card ideas.

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    Week 9

    I fixed a few mistakes I made with spelling on some of the cards. I also renamed some of the cards so its more fitting with the game. A big request instead of having a card where its called story time, they recommended to just call it two truths and one lie. I personally like it a lot better