“DIGITALSNAPSHOT: Minute Manipulations of Space, Place, and Time” by Lo Iacono
Conference:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 09
Title:
- DIGITALSNAPSHOT: Minute Manipulations of Space, Place, and Time
Length:
- 5:00
Director(s):
Description:
“DIGITALSNAPSHOT” is similar to music-video animations that deal with the correlation of digital manipulations and candid documentary shots. It was produced as part of a media design diploma thesis from the Univerty of Applied Sciences, Mainz ,Germany in 2003. Discreet combustion and REALVIZ ReTimer were used to produce this clip.
What does a moment look like? Can snapshots freeze a moment in time?
In “DIGITALSNAPSHOT,” motion fragments were captured and rearranged in a new visual context via unconventional digital manipulations. A long-take camera-movement cycle generates a unique “digital painting” that enables the viewer to experience a virtual walk through a beautiful park in summertime.
Hardware:
HARDWARE: PC/Intel single 2 GHz CPU, 1.5 GB RAM. Rendering farm: 6 CPUs.
Graphics card: Geforce 4 (gainward).
Software:
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Compositing: combustion 2. Additional software: realviz retimer. OS:
Windows 2000.
Additional Contributors:
Director & Producer: Lo Iacono
Concept & Compositing: Lo Iacono
Camera: Schuchardt, Zimmerman, Mohr, Mustatic, Meyer
Music: Michael Kadelbach
Additional Information:
PRODUCTION
Some rotoscoping used. Average CPU time for rendering per frame: NA. Total production time: six months (two months preproduction, six weeks shoot, three months post production). Production highlight: “DIGITALSNAPSHOT” is a kind of “doku-animation” that plays with the correlation of candid documentary shots and digital manipulation. Motion fragments were captured and rearranged in a new visual context. Ninety percent of the clip is based on candid documentary shots.
