Some Technical gumph.

Projection Calculator

Found this online; which is good in one respect, but if you have a look it puts us at the very limit of the projectors capabitities.

There may be a way to maximise the space we have by matching the surface area to the aspect, in this case just to turn the projector on its side.

Atm i am just starting to make an absract model to show the way the method works. This is a short vid of a speaker i mapped; i was not too happy with it; but it will get better. (Believe me!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npWv0xRIP_w

Update on the pitch...

As i have not had access to the projector i am wanting to use i have put a back-up plan into action. This will take the form of an installation rather than a  performance; and will be on the side of the building. It will be based on a year in the life of the house. It will make use of the plants already growing on the building; simulating the plants growing and flowering with 'brass' flowers. This will be set to music derived from Cornish Brass Bands; so it looks like the brass flowers are playing the music.
I warmly welcome Oddne onto my team; and as i have worked with him before i know  this is a very positive thing. The next thing i am working at is the 'WOW' shot; hopefully this will spur interest from anyone else who wants to come on the team; and get the project the go ahead.

Update on the pitch...

Have been asking peoples opinions on the possibility of involving a live performance along with our animation. The reaction has been good; with the idea put forward of a piece of music derived from the building. On the same account; we can model other bits of the university on a less grand scale for just one off instillations. These will be run as loops; continuously playing.
For the pich i am making a model one tenth the size of Tremough house to give the guests some idea of what we are proposing. This will also give us the chance to play around with the geometry and create some digital effects.
We have also got an old cinema  projector which needs testing in situ; and more exciting than that the use of  a robotic 3d scanner (apparantly it is controlled by a ps2 controller!) this is being borrowed from Cambourne School of Mines.
All in all the reaction from staff and my peers has been really positive; and i would like to take this chance to introduce some Second year students to the project after they replied to an email sent out  by myself. Scott, Brian, George and Insa all have different interests in the  project and i thank them for their interest.
Till next time....

So got a major pitch coming up...

And on that count i have to get a working example of the work i am intending to produce. After more research and some practical experiments i have found out a few things about projection techniques and its limitations. This includes the ammount of alteration to geometry where the effect is believable; and what kind of surfaces accept the projection best.
I have begun to work on using normal maps as projections. This involves exporting normal maps from image data and having it interpreted in After effects.
I have had some success with a projector borrowed from the Uni; but unfortunatly; i can not show you the results as i am waiting for a camera....long story.
The main idea i have is to map Tremough House.

As you can see the middle bit with the nine windows could be a real possibility. On failing that i may approach the theatre dept and see if i can do anything with the staging crew to tie in with a performance. This is not what i really want to be doing; but it may open up other avenues or possibilities.

Ac/dc thingy....

An awsome bit of motion graphics set to the rock noise of AC/DC

This is cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pclc_v8xdNM&feature=player_embedded#!

Would love to do some projection mapping for the next year. As the masstransiscope idea has hit a stone cold wall. The research was good fun tho and time well spent. Looking to the future and plans of travel i feel projectionist work and mapping installations could be the way forward. Have spent some time looking at the method behind mapping and the problems people have come up against in the past; nw i cannot wait to get back into a more creative environment and put some plans into action. I am thinking of modelling my own house and getting a projector from somewhere just so i can have something to show; ifnot setting up some geometry as in the link and modelling that.
Now to find a projector...

Hello all...

After the flurry of activity around the time of the last posting i am glad to say that i am still making time for some animation related tasks. These involve getting a new tripod; some after effects tutorials; a bit of drawing (any art materials in our house are at a premium; everyone wants a pencil), and some painting field trips.
I have been trying to capture light with watercolour paints, with varieing degrees of sucsess.
I am still researching into the masstransiscope; and a phone call plus some field research could be on the cards.