Make it live
A conference spectacle where the landscape becomes the protagonist
In groups of 3 to 4, you choose a landscape, a place or a story. You explore it through video, sound, scanning and writing. Then you build a piece together in which one person performs on stage while the others run image, sound and light. At the end of the six weeks, each group presents its piece to an audience.
Monday
GuidedInputs, workshops and exercises with the tutors.
Tuesday to Thursday
IndependentGroup and individual work, in the field or in the studio.
Friday
PresentationProgress presentation and group feedback.
Text and performance
Writes the text and carries it on stage.
Image
Films, animates and prepares the projections.
Sound
Records, edits and plays back the sound.
Set and light
Builds the space and lights it.
Show control
Runs the cue sheet and triggers the cues.
The Adobe suite is for making content. Show control software is for performing the piece live.
Image and mapping
Mapping and video cues. Free, Mac and Windows.
Generative and interactive. Free for non-commercial use.
Simple mapping. Open source.
Sound and show control
Sound and video cues, the theatre standard. Free version, Mac.
Sound, video and OSC on one timeline. Open source.
Remote control on a phone. Free.
Making content
Projected animations.
Video editing.
Sound editing.
Mapping masks.
Free extras
Editing and grading.
Sound editing.
3D and scans.
Converting to ProRes or HAP.
Image
Projector of 3000 to 5000 lumens, short throw if the room is small. Long HDMI cables or an HDMI over Ethernet extender.
Sound
USB audio interface with 2 inputs and 2 outputs, two active speakers, a small mixer, a headset mic if needed.
Control
A simple MIDI controller or a presentation clicker, so the performer can trigger their own cues.
Surfaces
Tulle, rear projection screen, cardboard, white foam boards, objects painted white.
Four rules to keep everything in sync
One GO. VPT8 triggers the image and sends an OSC message that starts the sound in QLab or ossia score.
Photograph the set from the projector's position, then animate on top of it in After Effects.
Export videos as ProRes and convert to HAP if the software supports it. Keep sounds as separate WAV files.
Front light washes out the projection. Light the performer from the sides.