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VJ'ing
M.W.Kauw-A-Tjoe15 december 2004, CWI, Amsterdam
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video art
• Pioneers (1950s)• Sir Whitney Sr.
• Early video manipulation gear• Video Synthesizers: analog devices from the
early '70s driven by oscillators, similar to analog audio synthesizers. Create and modify video in realtime.
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Rutt-etra VideoSynthesizer (1972);
black & white,with a 4 bitframebuffer.
FairLight Computer Video Instrument (1984)
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DJ/VJPop culture
DJ'ing• mixing records
VJ'ing• motion graphics
Dance Scene
DJ'ing• Radio Chat
VJ'ing• TV Presentor
Mainstream
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old vj approach
originated in the early nineties;• pre-rendered video sources (tapes)• manipulation through
• change channel opacities (blending of A and B)• apply blending effects
Mixer VCR-BVCR-A
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disadvantages
• limited degrees of freedom (compared to PC)
• pre-rendering takes high preparation cost• hardly any audio-visual synchronisation
possible
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nowadays
No more VCR's, PC or Mac is main source of visuals!
• video editing software (after fx, premiere)
• 3d graphics software (maya, blender)
• standard VJ software (resolume, midivid)
• modular software (pd, jitter)
• self-programmed stuff (kombinat, 'openvid')
• synchronisation signal protocol
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VJ vs. filmmaker
What are the main conceptual differences between expression through traditional film and through VJ'ing?
• live-interaction (instument-like manipulation)
• strong emphasis on integration with music
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audiovisual sync
Synchronisation enhances integration as well as interaction!
MIDI is often used as a signal communication protocol• originally for audio signals• much MIDI hardware available (keyboards,
drumpads, button controllers)
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PC-3
PC-2
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PC-1
Screen 1 Screen 2
VideoMixer
MIDI
Audio
Video
Kombinat(widescreen)
Midivid(stereo)
Logic(sequencer)
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PC-3
Keys DrumPads
PC-2
Screen 1 Screen 2 Screen 3
VideoMixer
3x3Matrix
VCRMIDI
'Openvid'(dual screen)
ResolumePC-1MIDI
Ableton(sequencer)
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technical analysismany ideas involved:
1 filmed footage versus animation2 realtime playback (hardware limitations)3 hardware & software interaction4 realtime manipulation and generation5 narrative and composition6 synaesthetics7 multiple screen display
many overlapping areas!
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Pro:• video played like an instrument (dynamic
manipulation)• complex abstractions possible through
software generationCon:
• merging the music and visuals conceptually can prove to be very hard! (sometimes they even interfere with eachother)
• sometimes too decorative effect, superficial (moving wallpaper)
art
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worlds collide theory• (generative) video/film art• traditional VJ'ing• computer graphics (vector, 3d, games)• (electronic) musicWhat is called VJ'ing nowadays floats
somewhere in between these domains
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conclusionVJ'ing mainly encompasses
• realtime visuals• interactive visuals• integration of sound and vision
There are many new technological and creative challenges in this domain ^_^
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