====== Interactive Video - Course Outline ======


// part of Emily Carr [[Emily Carr: Interactive Video - online module]] //

===== course title  / dates=====

DESN-350-SU01: Interactive Video (ONLINE)

Summer Term I (May 11–June 26)

Prerequisite: Completion of 51 credits



===== Description =====


We are all getting pretty familiar with live video - using tools such as Skype, Zoom, and Twitch (to name a few) most days. Streaming is the portal through which we access both culture and companionship. We are all broadcasters. In this class, we will explore ways to engage with video creatively and in real time, from VJing and video mixing, to chroma keying and camera tracking. We’ll be using both found footage and live video inputs to create generative and moving digital text, graphics and video mixes, live camera environments, and playful interactive applications.

Students will get to grips with Isadora (https://troikatronix.com/) - a simple but powerful toolkit for working with real-time and interactive video design. You’ll be introduced to the principles of generative design, systems thinking and interactive design as applied to real-time video. These have applications within the world of environmental graphics (supergraphics / interactive wayfinding), theatre (projection mapping /set design), live music (VJing), broadcast (video mixing) and interactive art.



===== Required Equipment and Supplies  =====

  * mac / pc with webcam
  * Isadora software + license (1 month = $17.50) https://troikatronix.com/get-it/
    * please install this BEFORE the first session. any problems, contact me - smeech@ecuad.ca
  * materials - coloured paper / card / tape / fabric



===== Schedule =====

Please refer to the Moodle page for a complete and most
updated schedule.


==== Key Dates ==== 

sessions on Wednesdays & Fridays @ 8:30am

:!: DATES TBC :!:

// "last class 26th June" //

  * Week 1 - 13th May / 15th May
  * Week 2 - 20th May / 22nd May
  * Week 3 - 27th May / 29th May
  * ????Mid-term Process Book Due (Moodle Upload)
  * Week 5 - 3rd June / 5th June 
  * Week 5 - 10th June / 12th June 
  * Week 6 - 17th June / 19th June 
  * ??? Final Process Book Due (Moodle Upload)

===== Evaluation Criteria =====

  * Research 20%
  * Process 20%
  * Form & Presentation 20%
  * Criticality 20%
  * Agency 20%
  * <hi magenta> Total 100% </hi>

==== Evaluation Criteria Definitions ====

**<hi blue>20% Research:</hi>** Collecting, identifying and generating information relevant to practice.
Investigate and appraise various strategies to gather and generate a broad range of information.

**<hi blue>20% Process:</hi>** Application of iterative design methodologies in relation to conceptual and formal development. Apply a variety of appropriate
methods to test ideas, generate solutions and inform practice.

**<hi blue>20% Form and Presentation:</hi>** Technical and applied practice in relation to production and presentation of course outcomes. Produce and present final outcomes
in well-executed and organized manner, demonstrating appropriate technical skills to an intermediate level of ability.

**<hi blue>20% Criticality:</hi>** Appraisal of practice and learning in relation to contextual, cultural and sustainable factors. Evaluate thinking and ideas with basic
analytical strategies within the context of culture, community and sustainability.

**<hi blue>20% Agency:</hi>** Engagement with studies and independent responsibility for learning within and beyond class. Exercise problem finding and


===== Process Document / Assessment Portfolio =====

Over the course of the semester you will create a process document that details your work for each project and the outcomes of the workshops and exercises conducted over the course of the semester. It is advised that you work on the document throughout the semester. At the mid-semester formative evaluation you will
be asked to show your progress on the document and will receive feedback on you progress. The final document will be submitted for evaluation at the end of the semester. The document must contain the following for each project:

**Reflective statement** — two or three paragraphs describing your
process, the challenges you faced, how you overcame these
challenges and what you learned while working on the project.

**Supporting Research** — Include all material that you gathered that
helped you in making the project. This may take the form of images,
articles, essays, quotes, etc.

**Ideation Stages** — document each stage in your making process.
Include initial sketches, thumbnails, all drafts, prototypes and final
iterations.

===== Learning Outcomes =====

  * navigate isadora interface
  * basic understanding of node-based programming
  * develop concepts for time-based and generative graphics narratives
  * develop concepts for interactive interfaces
  * understanding of live video as a creative medium / audience context
  * solve problems through iteration
  * solve problems through research on forums, video tutorials and manual
  * move between technical and creative thinking
  * learn to play and waste time
  * collate research questions for further use.
  * document, iterate and comment on process
  * understand versioning, file-naming protocol, file structures etc.

==== Broad aims ====
 
  * get students thinking about LIVE VIDEO SYSTEMS, broadcasting and interactivity
  * what can they do with a webcam?
  * understand contexts for video


==== Core Skills ====

  * Chromakeying
  * masks
  * systems thinking
  * video mixing
  * camera tracking
  * real-time video design - VJing
  * control interfaces
  * maniuplating time
  * triggers
  * calibration and scaling
  * documention, versioning



====== JON'S ORIGINAL ======

===== Process Document / Assessment Portfolio =====

Over the course of the semester you will create a process document that details your work for each project and the outcomes of the workshops and exercises conducted over the course of the semester. It is advised that you work on the document throughout the semester. At the mid-semester formative evaluation you will
be asked to show your progress on the document and will receive feedback on you progress. The final document will be submitted for evaluation at the end of the semester. The document must contain the following for each project:

**Reflective statement** — two or three paragraphs describing your
process, the challenges you faced, how you overcame these
challenges and what you learned while working on the project.

**Supporting Research** — Include all material that you gathered that
helped you in making the project. This may take the form of images,
articles, essays, quotes, etc.

**Ideation Stages** — document each stage in your making process.
Include initial sketches, thumbnails, all drafts, prototypes and final
iterations.
