May 2012
3 posts
I don't know why I tried Safari in the first...
The last video wasn’t uploading, so I installed Google Chrome after it failing a few times. It still took a few hours but it’s finally up.
I’ve been doing Max tutorials and am working on my own patch, still. I’m actually trying imovie instead of jitter, since I’m not editing the footage playback but just sequencing the clips. Then I should be able to troubleshoot...
April 2012
12 posts
references.
Been shooting. I got an actor/voice kid a few days back, and so I’m planning on doing the live action introduction, etc scenes Wednesday around 5:30 PM.
Found out shooting after dark is a no go since there are a lot of scenes with windows. And I had some camera supply problems, but rented a lower quality one from WCL. It just pops AA batteries like candy.
Anyway, I’m posting some...
Watchre-blogging from Emily’s blog — movement test for our scarf’s mechanism. The servo pulls it up & down. We had to increase the range of motion for the servo by adding on length to the diameter of the wheel (two tooth picks). It still doesn’t move as much as we’d ideally like, but as a prototype it’s spot on.
emily-vist206:
Movement test for weather scarf....
March 2012
9 posts
will servo work?
header etc:
#include <Servo.h> //TMP36 Pin Variables int sensorPin = 0;
Servo myservo; int servPos = 0; void setup() { myservo.attach(9); delay(500); }
if statement
if (temperatureF > 70.00) { for(servPos = 0; servPos < 180; servPos += 1) { myservo.write(servPos); delay(15); ...
new code.
we found more reliable code from a site that a classmate found! It’s on the site below.
new temperature sensing code
just temp sensing code
//TMP36 Pin Variables int sensorPin = 0; //the analog pin the TMP36’s Vout (sense) pin is connected to //the resolution is 10 mV / degree centigrade with a //500 mV offset to allow for negative temperatures #define BANDGAPREF 14 // special indicator that we want to measure the bandgap /* * setup() - this function runs once when you...
yabber: testing for temperature sensing + servo →
I posted the wrong place. again.
yabber:
we worked in class on getting the servo to rotate in response to temperature change. We did get the Lilypad to sense temperature, but it was a little unreliable (varied between 70 & 80 degrees). I spliced together sample code but we were getting a communication error (my computer kept complaining…
physical computing reading
Physical Computing by Daniel Sullivan & Tom Igboe
Our next project is geared toward creating a wearable, electronic device that responds to some human interaction. In order to prepare, we read chapter 1 & the introduction of the above text.
It was basically an overview of circuitry, and went over the ways to measure electricity in a circuit and explained that you need ample resistance in...
February 2012
10 posts
project 2 design & concept
All right, so the last post took up most of my tumblr page. I’ll try to keep this one more concise.
concept
Interactive, mystery-driven game where you, the user, must try to make clever, but quick decisions to escape from a villain who has already gotten to your friend. The layout should be similar to classic text-based adventures & “choose your own” books, but we’re...
interactive research & preparation
We looked at some in class examples: “Disconnected” & “A Lost Cause” — both of which were narrative collections where you could switch between perspectives of characters as the story moved along.
A Lost Cause: You can see the video here. I am going to ignore the, um, thematic elements and talk mainly about the temporal composition of the piece. You have three...
responses to required readings, february 8th
In preparation for our next project (an interactive narrative), we were assigned two readings:
Interactive Narrative, Plot Types, and Interpersonal Relations (Marie-Laure Ryan, UC Boulder) : This paper fleshed out the characteristics of three main narrative forms: the epic, where “heroes” achieve goals and overcome obstacles; the drama, where the focus is on the stream of...
Watchbefore shooting, I made a quick SWF to play with ways the bunnies could move. I was going for goofy, but fluid motions to give them more personality (especially since the bunnies we’re using are cotton balls with pipeline ears).
January 2012
6 posts
Inspiration for Project1: Stop Motion
stop motion as a stylistic choice: OK Go’s video for “End Love” Instead of animating objects, they used combination of post production edits, camera movement and choreography to make dance moves that would otherwise be impossible. It’s not overly complicated, but it’s interesting to watch and fits together. Rymdreglage “8-bit Trip” I don’t...
