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My role in the Empower Media User was to create a programme or show for a channel that we are building. The channel we are building is student based television show under the name of Ground Zero TV. I created three episodes of the show which will be shown online through Ground Zero TV Vimeo Channel.The programme I created is called AUT Features. This show is meant to feature courses that AUT has to offer. The thinking behind this idea is that because Ground Zero TV is a channel made for students by students. It is to show that AUT has the many courses that of AUT students themselves do not know a whole lot about or at all. Another reason is that when students are studying in their own field they dont really know what is going in other courses. The last reason is that they can be used to showcase AUTs courses to potential students that would like to study in AUT and see a preview and the comments made about the courses.I have made AUT features to be around the 5min mark because it is going to be posted online and TV on demand style. The fact that it is online is why I tried to time the show to not be too long because people usually dedicate a small amount of time to watch something online. The video has quick transitions, sound effects and upbeat music to appeal to the target audience which are students. This is was done to make the video more interesting rather than just having a long clips and making it tedious to watch.Another thing I found out is that sound effects really make a difference to the whole video. I added a swoosh sound behind the animation I made and it really makes the animation feel more alive.On the video I asked the person being interview simple and general questions. So that the viewers of the video will easily understand the content even if they are from another field of study. This was done again to showcase the shown degree and make it easy to comprehend.The number one technical issue would be sound, even when using an external microphone it is difficult to achieve clean and sharp sound from the interviewee. There will always be unwanted and background noise taken from the shots without being in controlled studio. But being in a studio kind of defeats the purpose, because I wanted to capture the students being in their zones, this is especially the case for the art and design students. I think it is possible to remove the unwanted noise with postproduction editing. I have tried this approach and have been able to reduce but not completely remove background noise. I think that AUT Features has served its purpose which is to showcase the course to AUT students and potential students that are interested to study in AUT.
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Music Visualiser
The goal was to create a music visualiser that ties in with the speed and tempo music controller, to give the audience more control on what is going on the audio and visuals. The idea is that the audience controls whats on screen by moving ones hand or body part in the camera will generate other visualisation on top of the other and also inputs on the sound level of the music visualiser as it uses the microphone. In the recent years, there are many different tools and techniques that have been created to generate animated imagery of music, songs and sound. There are different kinds of visualisation techniques, they range from simple such as a simulation of an oscilloscope to more sophisticated ones which often include composited that combine different visual elements sources into single images. One of the most common examples of software for sound visualization is the one used in media players. Some of the properties used as an input in visualising music are change in the audio volume level and frequency spectrum. They translate sound frequencies to shapes and colours on the screen. Theyve been used extensively for leisure, relaxation and dance parties and we try to incorporate these qualities into the visualiser. The aim of realtime visualsing ties close to VJing . VJing is a term made popular by the connotation with MTVs Video Jockey, but it actually originates from the 70s from the New York club scene. It is a term for realtime visual performance which in combination of other performance art and takes place at events for example nightclubs, music festival and concerts. It is in a way the same as DJing that both use manipulation, but the key difference is that one uses audio and the other uses visuals. Back to the video synthesis, and its ties to a "real time performance" and to design a beat tracking device that will control a video output to provide interesting sequences of light and colour, essentially a music visualizer. The synthesizer captures sounds from the microphone and generates the visualisations realtime. It is made using flash using some coding through the actionscript feature it defects beats and made to live through a program Arkaos GrandVJ.
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Conceptual Statement
The main goal was to create a viral video for a local web design company ‘Twiik’. There are several different tasks assigned to different members of the group, however each member can input ideas and thoughts on what other members are doing. My primary job is to animate the video using Adobe Flash.
The aim of this assignment was to create a video that would have a lot of people watching and talking about on and offline. This effect is called viral marketing, where word of mouth plays an important role.
A viral video needs to deliver important information but also humour and entertainment. This causes the viewer to spontaneously remember the information given in the video. When a viral video is successful, viewers can easily remember the content that that was in the video.
The result of the animation we created was all but viral. This is I think due to the constraints that our client made. While when our group mate Josh thought up of funny over the top content that would have been more successful. But nearly all of the ideas thought up were overrun by our client with the limitations he has put up.
Consequently our group has made a spin off series to the original animations. Instead of animation we have made it live action. The result video is humorous and comical which was essential for it to be viral. It is also well received by people that have viewed the video.
All in all it was a great learning experience. I have improved my skills on how to use Adobe Flash and other programs.
Bio
Dhiaksa Adiwyakto has been at Auckland University of Technology since 2008, currently at Bachelor of Creative technologies. Before this course he was previously graduated from Certificate of Art and Design which is also in AUT.
He has an interest in design since he was in college and was doing all of the design subjects such as graphic design and web design. Move over, he now has an interest in animation and film since studying in university.
When he has time outside of his university commitments, he enjoys playing computer games, spending time with friends and surfing the net.
