Multiscreen

Perspective is always something that has interested me very much, especially when it comes to video art. With that being said the act of smoking is also something that tends to come up alot in my work. The project idea that I have set in my mind now will involve 3-4 screens. They will all be focused on me at different angles and one will be focused inside an ash tray. I intend to smoke a cigarette in front of all the cameras. As time goes by I will ash into the ash tray and you will see that from a different perspective stretching into a different monitor from a top down view. Im shooting for around 6-8 minutes depending on how long it takes me to smoke. I also intend to loop the piece at the end so that it constantly plays. The biggest challenge that I think I will face is setting up the cameras to a point where they will capture different angles but not see each other. In other words no cameras will be seen in frame. Although I think that I may also want to try a couple shots with the cameras in frame to see what that looks and feels like. For my screen support I intend to just use the monitors in the class room. I have worked on a multiscreen project before and they worked just fine. In order to pull the project off I believe the subject/content matter needs to be exactly synced I hope that the free ware program does this efficiently of I may have to change my idea.

Untitled by Joe Laskowski

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Digital Video