About Me

My name is Sean Clarke. I am currently a student at Salford University studying visual arts. Before I started university, the main focus of my work was film based. Focusing strongly on analyzing the structure behind film language. The main goal being to get a greater understanding of how this structure, affects us the audience. As my understanding of the subject has grown, my work has changed also. Stepping away from narrative based film making for the moment; I made the distinction to focus on what some people may call Live Cinema. Where by instead of creating a narrative based story for the audience to get they’re meaning. Live cinema focus on creating an environment; where by the audience become immersed in elements of sound and image. With enthuses on the stimulating of the human senses. Which builds a greater awareness and invokes ideas with in the audience watching. By starting this blog, I want it to act as an online sketchbook. For idea development, into understanding more about this subject, and to meet other people how are also interested in the same area.

Tools

One for the main focuses this year in uni, while trying to create a live show and installation, is to learn the software that will allow me to do this. I have had to completely start from the bottom up, in my understanding of the software that i will need. Thats why i fell it is inportant to dedicate a page to the tools i am learning to produce my art, because i have spent so much time finding and learning the correct software to use.

VDMX
VDMX was one of the first programs I came across, while searching for a suitable software to start my work. It is basically a live video editing program. One of the great functions within VDMX is the ability to create your own layout, for what ever project you maybe using it for. The program also has a large range of effects, that you can add to the videos and control fully or link them up to the in coming sound.




Quartz Composer

After discovring VDMX I needed away to create my own visuals, to play within VDMX. Unlike creating motion graphics in a postproduction program. When you create them within Quartz composer. You are able to make a program around the visuals, which enables you to export functions from the program into VDMX, Where I can control what ever functions i have made for the visuals. through sound input or midi controls.






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