Class 2: Theory and Practice¶
Thu. Mar 21, 2024, 5:00PM to 6:20PM, GHC 4301
The essential objective for today is a crash course in techniques for creating content for the bridge.
Theory and Practice¶
Jessica: ColorGraze fixture demonstration
Cindy: essentials of light and color theory
Garth: introduction to the bridge hardware (see Pausch Bridge User Guide)
Garth: introduction to Pharos Designer 2 (see Pharos Designer 2 Installation, Pharos Project Template)
Garth: Pharos Function Demo Videos
Garth: case studies in bridge animation workflow (Case Studies)
Garth: introduction to the Python tools (Sample Python Code)
Project Group Meetings¶
Administrative question: will one or more students in each group be available for nighttime show testing?
Time permitting, we will briefly check in with each group in breakout sessions.
Assignment 2¶
Due: 2PM on Thursday Mar 28
The project handout is on the Project Brief page. As per the brief, next week all groups should present a well thought out concept for the project with a storyboard of visual research and/or sketches depicting each major design idea for the show.
Deliverable: one Google Slideshow per group placed in the Assignment 2 folder including the following:
concept description in a concise paragraph of text
visual storyboard depicting the plan, including
visual research as embedded images and video
sketches (hand-drawn or digital) showing each major design idea