====== sessions: PERFORMANCE ======

=== Session 09 - Wed 10th June ===


===== SESSION SECTIONS =====

==== PART ONE ====

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<note> **TECH SUPPORT - PERFORMANCE PREP**

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drop-in session for students with specific tech questions

(1 hr)


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<note WARNING> **PERFORMANCE - VJ**
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(45 mins) 

Students take turns to share the screen as part of a collective VJ performance

songs submitted beforehand - convert to AIFF


audio streamed via ListenTo plugin




<hi cyan > Listen To link - setup https://listento.audiomovers.com/ </hi>

<hi lime > Tracks from students </hi>

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==== PART TWO ====


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<note important >**DEMONSTRATION - ???**
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Make a simple VJ interface




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<note tip >**EXERCISE - CRITIQUE / FEEDBACK FORM**

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DURING:

Vote here - https://www.menti.com/zc2wbptq7f


DURING: Make quick notes for each person on their performance:

**WWW (What Works Well...)**

**EBI (Even Better If...)**

- be specific, be critical, be supportive


Consider:

VISUALS -  Aesthetics, media

MIX - the performance,  syncronisation, mood


POST: DISCUSSION: Ask the group

- What did you think was effective?

- could you work out technically what was going on?


QUESTION: Looking at the performances as a whole experience, including your own, what have you learned? 


<hi cyan> LINK - FORM  - https://forms.gle/qR8zn6KeDBBV5nDF7  </hi>

<hi cyan> LINK - MENTI https://www.menti.com/zc2wbptq7f </hi>

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==== PART THREE ====


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<note>**ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK**
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- update the students on the assessment feedback - when to expect grades

- invite them to contact you (by Friday) if they want some 1-to-1 feedback on Monday - I will make slots

- :!: ask Katie to stick behind to go over a technical problem I've spotted :!:

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<hi yellow> POINTS TO CONSIDER:


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**BASICS

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- **file_naming
** naming files properly - 'unitiled' vs Surname_FirstName-Project_Name-v1



- **File Sizes
** - try and be efficient 30mb max per project - upload your videos to vimeo / youtube / gdrive - make sure you compress pdfs for screen - dependencies videos - double check they are compressed / size - or link me to a google drive to get them



- **Deliverables** - 
have you sent the requested files? - izz file, dependencies, documentation, statement

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**IZZY BEST PRACTISE

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- **Scene Naming
** - give your scenes a name - descriptive/ evocative / useful

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Comment Actor** - 
use the comment actor - to help make notes



- **Tidy Your Patch
** - less like opening a bomb - at least re-order the patch to make sense - think also about the media needed in your final version - get rid of unnecessary movs



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**DESIGN DECISIONS**

- **Iteration, Iteration, Iteration** -  test, try-out, do many versions

- **Design Layout** - (eg, proposals) - simple - be specific - don't include unnecssary information. most important info FRONT AND CENTRE

- **Value Scaling** - Limit Scale Value actor - not many people attempting this, and only a couple doing it well - everyone needs to get a hang of this concept

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**CONTEXT**

**Research** - research beyond the specific 'generative art' task? - process document is a chance to show it in context and give your perspective

**Critical thinking** - provide a statement on your work - can be simple be give your thoughts, what you were aiming for, what you learned

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<note warning >**ASSIGNMENT - SCALING**
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complete the 10 scaling tasks in the NEW ACTIVITY PATCH

- submit your patch to me

consider reviewing the previous videos on SCALING


<hi magenta> PATCH - Activity Patch - Scaling Exercises </hi>

<hi yellow > VIDEO - SCALING VALUES - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuPpy461cIo</hi>

<hi yellow > VIDEO Troikatronix  - VALUE SCALING - pt 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoPw9c4XZCg </hi>

<hi yellow > VIDEO Troikatronix - VALUE SCALING - pt 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GEpgHlvgSo </hi>


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<note warning >**HOMEWORK - ELECTRIC BOX**
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play this game to help bost your systems thinking


<hi cyan> Electric Box - http://www.engineering.com/GamesPuzzles/ElectricBox.aspx </hi>



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