A focus on framing using the human body.

"The success of a picture often depends on capturing those fleeting moments"

An movement based algorithm exploring changing perspectives.

We repeatedly altered a simple movement algorithm in order to produce interesting patterns of generative movement that were indeterminate and emergent in the movement they produced. One of our main point was our use of looking down at cell phones as well as walking backwards to reflect the entropy and chaos seen when people look down at their phones while they're walking.

We experimented with different variations of the Pac-Man and ghost algorithms to generate movement on an irregular "playing field," the Number Garden.

To compare the results of three different compositions based on the constraints that we placed on them.

Using various algorithms (both computer-programmed and human-based), we experimented with varying levels of randomness in music through human error.

For our mixes, we decided to change the level of indeterminacy of the final mix not by changing the algorithm for mixing the songs, but by changing the original compositional choice of what songs we were going to play, with increasing levels of chance for each mix. For the first mix, we all chose the same song, for the second we all chose songs in prescribed tempo ranges, and for the third each person chose a song of their own choosing without the other’s knowledge. For the first, there is a low level of change and low level of indeterminacy. For the second there is a slightly higher level of chance, as we could pick any song within that tempo range, and a slightly higher but still low level of indeterminacy. For the third there was the highest level of indeterminacy, as it was more random for the final group mix, and a slightly higher level of chance than the first mix, as there were no prescribed tempo ranges, but still pretty low as it was our own choice. There was additional entropy in our recording sessions due to ambient noise from people and echo from CFA where we were sitting and recording, along with a laptop issue which affected one of the recordings.

We chose our own music each for our first composition. We talked over a little our plans for the second composition. We combined the two for our third composition.

Our goal in this assignment was to experiment with varying levels of chance, indeterminacy, and entropy in creating a composition mixing four songs. We did this by changing our methods for picking the songs, and also by changing the method for mixing. This resulted in very interesting compositions that did reflect our design choices. We hope you enjoy what we have created!

For this project, our group performed three compositions, each of which was made up of four different songs arranged in creative ways. We agreed that we wanted each of our compositions to be unique by playing with varying levels of chance, indeterminacy, and entropy. We were able to organize these factors within each composition through use of timers and random number generators. We hope your enjoy our performance.

The topic I chose to visually represent was the amount of money that production companies spend to create movies along with a comparison of their return on investment. The reason I chose this topic is because my brother is a walking factsheet on various movies and he would always tell me how large the budget was for a particular movie and I would always be shocked at the amount of money that was put into producing that movie. I wondered whether people were aware of how much money is being spent in the entertainment industry in creating movies and how much of this entertainment culture we as movie-goers are feeding into.