I Suck

Sucky Drawing

Two days before hand in and I realize that I suck at drawing.

I want to be able to edit the colour and therefore need large empty spaces, but without all of the messy line work I realize my drawing looks like a couple of squiggles.

I will try to produce something on processing that isn't just an ellipse.

Cut Up and Agitated

Today I experimented with changing colours and images. I found that Images themselves cannot (as far as I know) change colour in processing, so I have cut up a picture of an eyeball and used the space behind it to have a shape created in processing underneath it that changes colour when the mouse is moved quickly, the eye turns red as if agitated.


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int size = 150;

void setup(){
size(500,500);
frameRate(15);
smooth();




}

void draw(){
 
fill(255,255-(mouseX-pmouseX),255-(mouseX-pmouseX));
ellipse (250,250,150,150);
  PImage green;
green = loadImage("Eyeball 2.png");
green.resize (size,size);
image(green, 250-size/2, 250-size/2);
 
}

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 I think that as far as eyeball picture goes, this is a sloppy method, it looks as if a two year old has attacked a picture of an eye with scissors, I will need to either do the pictures a lot better or create the image on processing as I had originally planned.

The good thing about this is that the colour changing as a result of the mouse moving works very effectively. I will incorporate this into my final design.

Stressing over arrays

I have read the array's section over and over, I have tried copying lots of examples, I still can not figure them out.

I tried and tried a lot to figure them out, and I couldn't.

I need to forget about arrays and create something that doesn't rely on them; this means no more multiple enlarging eyeballs.

Back to the drawing board or so to speak.

I'm stressed

Iamge from: http://thebookshelfmuse.blogspot.co.nz/2010/12/want-high-stakes-amp-up-stress.html

Interim Movie Storyboards.

 This is an illustrated storyboard of my movie.

The first shot is the guy at the bottom, we see the back of his head with headphones on.
next we see two of his friends fighting.
We see a close up on each of our four main characters faces.
a new scene, three of our characters wait for the last.
Beil comes off the bus dressed as a pirate.

The final scene is of the four characters on the bus after a full on night out.
in the background we see the cemetary that they ran out of,
we see the people running after the,
and we see a flashback of these people as Jonothan throws up on them.


This is the main plot line, intersperesed throughout this is Neil using the map navigation deveice. I aim to make this a large part of th movie's content.

Beat Tutorial

I have played with a couple of techniques that I have learnt from a tutorial on beats.

I am able to make images appear on the sound of a beat from a song using a simple snippet of code and by having the song appear in the same folder as the program.

///The following is the code I have used for beat practice.


import ddf.minim.*;
import ddf.minim.analysis.*;

Minim minim;
AudioPlayer song;
BeatDetect beat;

void setup(){
    size(400, 400);
    noStroke();
    background(255, 0, 0);
    minim = new Minim(this);
    song = minim.loadFile("Somebody That I Used To Know.mp3");
    song.play();
    beat = new BeatDetect();
}

void draw(){
    fill(0, 10);
    rect(0, 0, width, height);                beat.detect(song.mix);
    if (beat.isOnset()){
     
PImage both;
both = loadImage ("Eyeball 4c.png");
both.resize (160,50);
image(both,random(50,450),random(50,450));

    }
}

void stop(){
    song.close();
    minim.stop();
    super.stop();
}




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This is entertaining as I can play differnt songs that have different beats and they will all make the images pop up at different times.

Some interesting songs that I have practiced with are:
psycho killer by the talking heads,
throw down by tenacious d,
somebody that I used to know by Gotye ft Kimbra.

Array Problems and Help

I have talked to both of my tutors about my project and how I wish to have many objects appearing on the screen in different locations and different sizes.
To do this I am going to need to know how to create an array. This is going to be difficult as I do not know how to. Up until today I had no idea what an array is. I can grasp the concept of an array, I know that it stores many pieces of data in different 'boxes' that can be retrieved whenever you ask for them, I just have no idea of how to code it.

I have been told that if I try hard enough I will figure it out.

I have been to the library today to find a book that will hopefully help me in my quest in solving my array problems. The book is called 'Algorithms or Visual Design' by Kostas Terzidis. It looks as if it will help me, in the contents it says there is a section for learning arrays, it also assumes no prior knowledge which is always a good thing when beginning something.

I will have a read over the weekend.

Rough script

To Do:
I will need to find people who can act in the film and are comfortable to.

I need  to find a suitable material, potentially rubber.



Characters.

I need to have a  cool guy, who smokes and drinks. This character is responsible for leading the group into new, potentially dangerous situations.
I need a nerd who loves pirates and loves technology. This character is responsible for showing off the map.
I need a meek kind of guy who is usually very likable. At the party he gets really drunk and becomes a physical burden upon the group.
I need a small cocky guy who wants to be like (thinks that he is) the cool guy. He is keen for sex, he thinks that he is tough and he is desperate to fit in and therefore drinks alcohol in order to fit in.

1. Opening Scene,  The cool character is seen walking, we see the back of his head with headphones on and we hear some non-diegetic music (This could potentially be The Bunnyman by Mantra), when he takes the headphones off the music becomes diegetic.

2. The cool guy walks over to his friends as he takes off his headphones, he shoves two of them who are fighting (you will only see his arms at this point not his face). He begins to tell them of the plan

3. The event is a mafia costume party. The camera will show a closeup of each of the characters faces as the cool character tells them of the party, there is dialogue about what sort of costumes should be worn and then the cool guy says something about how awesome the night will be.

4. montage of each member getting on the bus, nerd is dressed as a pirate, all others dressed in suits. When they get off the bus they try to find out where to go, the nerd asks if his pirate map is needed, he pulls it out but before he can use it he is told that they don't need it because they know where to go.

5. At the party the cool guy is chatting with everyone, drinking, and generally being the life of the party, the nerd is explaining his outfit to people who make fun  of him, the meek guy is getting very intoxicated, and the cocky guy is trying to chat up girls who continually decline him and make fun of him.

6. The cool guy comes up with an idea to get back at the girls who have made fun of his friends, they fill up water bombs and cover them with cream before dropping them on the girls from above. The girls boyfriends come and get angry before chasing our four main characters into the cemetery.

7. In the cemetery our four characters hide, the meek guy is drunk to the extent of completely wasted, the nerd pulls out digital pirate map and although having trouble, as a result of being scared and intoxicated, manages to find a back entrance out of the cemetery and to the bus stop.

8. the four guys wait for the next bus which takes a minute of nervous waiting time to get there, cool, nerd and cocky say how awesome the night was, just as the angry boyfriends come around the corner the bus turns up and they get on and drive away.