Beauty and the Beast !

Last night I went to the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (TNM) and I watched a piece using a lot of projection.

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Actually the most trilling part of the piece was to find how they do the media installation. Having a projection over an actor to put more to his play, or playing directly with a fake other actor. The actor play and the scenario was not that much spectacular. Unless the technical aspect have stolen the first place.

Have a look at the trailer!



You will find all the other information at this link

This kind of new theater with projection really start to emerge in Quebec with the creations of Robert Lepage.
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The Old Spice Guy

Like a lot of people already know, The Old Spice guy exist! ( YouTube channel : OldSpice ) This men smell like men could smell like is brilliant.

The marketing campaign work so well. Proof? I'm now using OldSpice male body wash. I should admit, this guy became a real passion for DJ Noyl and me.

You should go check is web page by the way
www.djnoyl.com

A couple of months ago, I watched ''Making of' interview'' From TWiT's channel.






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VJ softwares : Resolume 2 and 3 (quick review)

Lets talk : VJ software


Resolume 2.4

Right now I'm using Resolume 2.4  to make my projection. The soft is pretty simple for some one who already saw Photoshop and Premiere, and let say Fruityloop Studio. You play with your decks (20 video per deck) of short film trough tree layers. To merge and mix your layers just use the presents effects and play with the variation. It possible to synchronize most of the parameter with music or directly on the tempo.

I recommend it for your first trial. You do not really need a controller to fully use all the feature


Resolume 3 Avenue

I didn't fully test the new Resolume 3 Avenue yet. For what I saw it a little bit more complex...You can be DJ-VJ in same time by associating video and music sample together. So to do a good live set with this version you will need a MIDI or USB controller. If you just having an interest in vjing and want to try, it may not be the right fit... 

Web site: http://www.resolume.com/


Anyway I already try a lot of other soft like Arkaos and you can find a big list of many other vjing software here : http://www.audiovisualizers.com/toolshak/vjprgpix/softmain.htm


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Past Events

There, look that !

This is a couple of flayers from events I went too. I should take the time to put them in chronological order... Well, Kinda explain the last year.








I've been taking my time to adjust a little bit the design but a lot need to change.

I will drop something better soon but for now it gonna give me the time I need to put my new stuff on You Tube and share my clip with other VJ.
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Unreal Developement Kit

So I've started to learn more about Level Design. I try a lot of different softs and the UDK look like the best with the bigger community... and... well... it free.

There a link to the web site and for direct download of Unreal Development Kit
http://www.udk.com/
Download the February UDK Beta
For tutorial:

I Found this channel on You tube (raven67854) with a couple of tutorial on the unreal development kit.

Getting Started with the Unreal Development Kit Part 1 - UDK Tutorial



I should check the texture engine for future vjing loop


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Well ... so much news !!!

A lot of stuff happen in one year. I've started a weekly event with a friend and work on that for about seven month. (The 2nd Floor) It was lot of work : dealing with problems and personalities. Plus, a was experimenting video projection. I can say a learn a lot and I kinda find what i like.  Anyway, in the next weeks I will publish some of those things I made during the last years.

There a clip I made on the song Memories from Earthlift. Feel free to try the HD version.

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