Searching for Exceptional Multimedia Productions? 210
ContinuousPark asks: "My local college has asked me to participate in a 120 hour course on multimedia production. I proposed that one of the modules should be called something like 'Multimedia Appreciation'; I will be teaching this one. During this 10 to 20 hour period, I intend to show students several examples of multimedia productions so they can get an idea of what's possible; what's has been done; and what's original or too common, so they can formulate their own projects, later. So I'm looking for interesting websites that could inspire students, that could help them understand what is a good multimedia production, what kind of effort goes into it, etc. In fact, I'm not just looking for websites, I would also like to include videogames, movies, opera productions, and any other work of art that uses multiple channels to convey a message. What are the most effective multimedia productions you've seen through the years? Examples easily available so that I can show it to them are of course preferable, I'm willing to buy any CD, DVD, book or whatever though. Thanks for the advice."
scene.org (Score:1)
I-CubeX (Score:1)
http://jsteinkamp.com/html/stiffs.htm [jsteinkamp.com]
http://home.earthlink.net/~miho_san/img/ [earthlink.net]
http://www.elkabong.com/ [elkabong.com]
Hands-on demo (Score:2)
Get yourself an iMac (or better) Mac system (on loan from a friend, or maybe even your local Apple rep--they love this sort of things) and load it with iDVD, some movie clips, stills and sounds. With the built-in library, you'll have plenty material to show them where DVD authoring is going to: the best multimedia support.
Not only can they be viewed on computers, but any home DVD player to. THAT's impressive.
Of course, I'm biased being a Mac propeller head; this could be don on hardware other than Macs, but Macs and iDVD are readily accessible.
Bring a couple of off-the-shelf DVDs to complement what can be done (without having yourself to build something very convincing). The Cell is a nicelly-put DVD, and so is Aliens (widescreen platinum edition).
Karma karma karma karma karmeleon: it comes and goes, it comes and goes.
Some suggestions (Score:3)
Lessons taught:
Other games: Deus Ex Machina [zzap64.co.uk], Starship Titanic [starshiptitanic.com] (disclaimer: I worked for the company that made it), Shenmue.
Sites: Metababy [metababy.com], Unweb [milclan.com], Heavy [heavy.com], Placing [placing.com], DIRK [interconnected.org], Requiem For A Dream [requiemforadream.com]
VR Experiences: Char Davies's Osmose [immersence.com]. Probably the most affecting thing you can don a head-mounted display for. If you ever get the chance to try it...
-- Yoz
The Residents - Bad Day On The Midway (Score:1)
First post of the day.... 9 *more* to go if I want to be offered to moderate. Na, never mind...
reternity, a really well designed product (Score:1)
The technology used i probably old, but nevertheless it looks really good.
/d
Re:Reflect the job market (Score:1)
Besides, the person posting the requires was talking about multimedia. If you thing the need for multimedia is going to reduce in the future than you are living on mars. As we are more able to Tivo our viewing in a pay-per-view type of ordering, the demand for content will be greater than it is currently.
Learn something new. You rarely regret it.
Home Grown Animations (Score:2)
It is a good example of what your average Joe can come up with.
Try finding some *real* multimedia (Score:1)
The most impressive display of the show was from Volvo (I am pretty sure Volvo, could have been Saab though) which included a bank of a couple hundred Kodak 35 mm slide projecters, 60 - 80 Hassalblad medium format slide projectors and a 35 mm motion picture projector. To top it all off the show contained some amazing feats of driving prowess!
My whole concept of multimedia changed that week.
Problems and Suggestions (Score:3)
Curating a multimedia show is difficult. It tends to "day" rather quickly. Even if the project is burned to a CD which can last for 30 years, the platform it is built on is unlikely to be around in five years. Because of this, all of NYU Interactive Telecommunication Program [nyu.edu] thesis' are recorded to VHS. Sure, you lose a hell of a lot putting a digital project on video, but its better than losing everything.
A lot of multimedia work falls through the cracks. It disinterests both engineers and traditional artists. It also tends to be installation work. This means that the museum piece is not wrapped up in a form useful in your PC.
As for suggestions...
The Whitney Museum of American Art [whitney.org] is featuring a show called BitStreams and Data Dynamics. This is one of the largest showings of multimedia art.
Blue Man Group [blueman.com] is probably the only long running theatrical show heavily based around multimedia. Beyond the eye candy, it makes lots of commentary about the art world and the digital world. Oh yeah, they do those Intel commercials as well, but I always figure that they just confuse the average home viewer. : )
Explore NYU'S Interactive Telecommunication Program [nyu.edu] site. MIT's Media Lab and NYU's ITP are the two top programs in their field. The Media Lab does things because they can. NYU does projects on a much more human level.
Rhizome [rhizome.org] tends to be a center of net based art.
And there's no way you can pass up the old standard - Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan. While it was written well before "multimedia" its commentary on more traditional media is easily extrapolated to digital media.
How about "Citizen Kane" (Score:2)
Call Apple. They'll help. (Score:2)
Check out MacShowLive.com and contact Shawn@ MacShowLive.com. They'd be interested, I'm sure.
You could make a multimedia project with iMovies and stream with QuickTime.
Laurie Anderson's "Moby Dick" (Score:3)
Laurie Anderson [laurieanderson.com] has a multimedia performance called "Songs and Stories from Moby Dick". She uses various hi tech devices, including some powerful DSP hardware/software that allows her to pitchshift her voice in realtime (including 3 part harmonizing with herself). The show also includes miscellaneous visual effects/props. Two high powered projectors "paint" the set through the show.
It's slightly offbeat, but I enjoyed the show.
Movies... (Score:1)
For style, and improvement over The Killer Bean.
In fact, a comparison between the two would be keen...
Warriors Of The Net [warriorsofthe.net].
For an example of how to convey the general idea behind technology in an easy to comprehend format.
And finally, 405 [405themovie.com].
As an example of how computers don't have to produce things that look like they were produced on computers.
Later,
Blake.
ayb2.swf (Score:2)
yawn... (Score:1)
Please do my research for me. Thanks!
Internet Serials (Score:1)
I'm not sure what multimedia means anymore. It used to be cdroms, and while there certainly was a 'bad games' component, most of them were very interesting, back before we had the world wide web.
Now apparently multimedia means 'flash' to most people. Fair enough, though I've not seen much that really exploits the medium in the original sense of 'multimedia'. Flash's heritage is of course as a tool for multimedia cdroms, but most designers seem wrapped up it its vector and animation capabilities. That's great and more power to them. OTOH, that's a new medium, not multimedia.
No doubt the lack of reasonable open standards for audio and video compression isn't helping with this. And of course the advantage of vector graphics are their miniscule bandwidth requirements.
Rants aside, I've seen some interesting work content-wise out of amateur film sites--a sort of online version of the bonus materials. crewoftwo [crewoftwo.com] is a good example: they made a short film, but most of their website is background and behind-the-scenes material. Everything a fan could want. Some friends of mine are working on a project (blaze xpd [blazexpd.com]) to produce video, audio, and prose fiction serials all set in the same universe, and tie them together as seamlessly as possible through their website. I wish movie and tv websites were as free with their content.
good flash work (Score:1)
Underworld DVD (Score:1)
Underworld [dirty.org], one of the most well-known House/Techno/Electronica groups, is often considered to be one of the best performers in the genre because of their concerts are such intense, high-energy multimedia experiences. They recently released a highly interactive DVD entitled "Everything, Everything" [amazon.com] to coincide with their incredible live CD [cdnow.com] of the same name, intended to recapture the concert experience. Not only does it manage to bring the essence of their shows to a new medium, but it's also an impressive interactive multimedia experiment on its own.
-spc
Flash animation (Score:4)
C-X C-S
ASCII is multimedia, too... (Score:1)
'Nuf said.
two that I know of.. (Score:2)
He did an exhibit at the national museam of art when the van gogh exhibit was there. It was called exploring edo. They had touch screen computers that allowed you to go throught a 3d representation of Japan during the edo period where you could see a gesha show and more things like that. They also had artwork from that period in other parts of the exhibit.
Lastly look at blaxxum.com. They do 3d worlds as well look at pulse.com. They also do 3d multimedia. pulse does some really cool things.
I don't want a lot, I just want it all!
Flame away, I have a hose!
Interactive Training? (Score:1)
The first programs at the time (1996ish) was a disc for doctors on decisions and interactions with AIDS patients (from initial visits to test for the disease to advanced stages and treatment). The disc used live actors, branching decisions, and other media to help teach doctors how to deal with patient interaction and decision making.
The second disc I saw less of, but was made for treatment and actions in combat medical situations - stuff like setting priorities, setting up mobile hospital areas, limited resources. Again, a mix of live actors, commentary, decision branching, and other presentation tools.
I think these are great first stage tools for jobs where people tend to get thrown into new situations - the use of live actors and decision making pulls you into a continuing story, letting you learn from mistakes and obtain a bit of the benefit of live interaction at reasonable cost. Better than class lectures, less risk than being tossed into real life.
Quake: The Movie (Score:2)
Triton Films [planetquake.com], a group of machinima/CGI artists, have made several movies already and are now working on their Magnum Opus--a fully CGI piece called "Quake: The Movie". They've got a couple of trailers out already, and they're really something to see!
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Requiem For A Dream movie page (Score:1)
Probably the only really good use of flash for a webpage I have seen, usually it just gets in the way of finding the information.
the1 (Score:2)
check out the1thatgotaway [the1thatgotaway.com]
Lots of tasteful flash work.
SXSW Interactive Winners, Design Annuals (Score:2)
1) You may want to check out the SXSW Interactive Winners [sxsw.com]. Some of them won awards for interesting design/good flash usage. Some of them won for just being creative or having a whole lot of chutzpah.
2) I was once dating a graphic designer, and she had a bunch of books called "Design Annuals". They were collections of well designed ads (radio, television, print), presentations, sculptures, and later, web pages. I can't remember what they are or how to find them, but they exist. Maybe another slashdotter will add the info.
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Re:It might be the wrong kind of multimedia.. (Score:1)
Multimedia or Media Convergence? (Score:2)
Unfortunately this is just beginning to take shape now. For instance, being able to access the IMDB [imdb.com] on your TV based on information fed from you DVD or DSS would be Media Convergence. The article [slashdot.org] yesterday about "Who Wants To be A Milloinaire" actually allowing people to compete at home for prizes is almost there.
Its about different mediums being able to send hints to each other on what content to display, and not the packaging of pre-defined content.
In my opinion its a lot more exciting than "Multi-media" which really, everything is. Sight, sound, and words nothing special about that.
good dhtml site (Score:1)
Re:It might be the wrong kind of multimedia.. (Score:1)
Demosceners: The original multimedia artists! (Score:1)
Recent productions in the demoscene european demoscene should definitively be an interesting multimedia movement to cover. Demos and the demoscene have been around since the early eighties, and the repertoire of quality productions for every platform you can dream of out there should make for interesting viewing.
For people who've never heard of the demoscene before, it's a movement dedicated to building real-time multimedia production, usually with small memory footprints, with the aim to astound and show off a demo groups coding, graphic and music composition skills. Demos and intros (the main type of production of the movement) vary in size between 6-7 Megs (for recent productions) and 64k, (sometimes even being as small as 4 kilobytes !!) and can be described as the computerized equivalent of a "live performance". The scene has it's roots in the old Commodore 64 game cracking groups. Those groups usually attempted to show off their coding skills by adding small animated musical clips to cracked videogames, often accompanied by colorfull self-complimenting scrolling text.
It has since evolved into a huge European movement. Over 20 huge gatherings called demoparties now take place in different countries troughout europe, where demo groups compete with each others for prizes and recognition. Those parties are often lavish affairs, and are similar to raves with a bit of psychedelic computer trade show thrown in. The bigger parties 24 hours a day for 5 to 6 days non-stop, and are attented by thousands of computer programmers, graphic artists and musicians.
Demos have, over the course of the last few years, seen tremendous improvements, and can usually be described as "mindblowing". (For a good example of this, go download the VIP2 "invtro" [scene.org], it will *redefine* the way you look at realtime 3d rendering.) You can learn more about this whole movement by visiting the following sites: You will find the cream of the crop in demoscene productions at demoo! [calodox.org], where reviews for the most influential demos and intros can be found. For those wishing to learn how to create demos, cfxweb.net [cfxweb.net] is a great place to start, you will find there tons of source code examples for 3d and openGL realtime 3d rendering. error-404.com [error-404.com] is the definitive source for music creation using trackers, the scene's favored format (remember .mod and .s3m files?) For scene news and group lists, chat, etc, see pouet.net [pouet.net] and ojuice.net [ojuice.net]. And as a last reference, my site, naid.net [naid.net], also concerns itself with the demoscene but also covers anything related to the use of new technologies in the arts.
Re:Komplex, Demoscene (Score:1)
And go take a look at vip2 invtro [scene.org]. Trust me, you'll stop using past tense to talk about the demoscene.
Cheers!
Puppet Motel by Laurie Anderson (Score:1)
It is used in the multimedia aesthetics course at my department.
karma whore (Score:2)
another would be snarg.net [snarg.net] for its uniqueness and total lack of conformity to any consistency.. Its amazing it actually pulls it off.. congrats to the author (i can't remember his name)..
tomato (Score:1)
just my opinion of some good multimedia that isnt necessarily in the mainstream but is worth looking at for its vision and concept
latre
Two critical sites (Score:1)
Mint! (Score:1)
Bjork's 'all is full of love video' (Score:1)
check it out here [adobepremiereworld.com]
The demoscene might be a good place to start (Score:4)
- CFX Web [cfxweb.net]
- Scene.org [scene.org] - especially the viewing tips [scene.org] section
- Assembly 2K [assembly.org]
Some demos are classic "real-time" calculated, others have to fit within a size limit like 64k, still others are wirtten in Java. A study of the scene as a whole would show you some interesting trends e.g. the move to hardware accelerated effects over the last couple of years.Very specific subject but.. (Score:1)
A very well done tutorial.
Re:Some good flash animations (Score:1)
I second this one. Heavy.com does a really nice job with the Flash stuff. The only complaint about them is that they do not stream real media. So I can't watch it on linux without VMware.
Shorts (Score:2)
Some of the best stuff I've seen came from the NFB [www.nfb.ca] here in Canada. I highly recommend checking out Norman McLaren [www.onf.ca]'s work. He was obsessed with the use of technology in animation and had a tendency to inspire people to experiment in their own creations. Neighbours, which uses stop motion animation with live actors (yup, it's pretty freaky) and a soundtrack which he drew directly on the film, won an Oscar. A lot of the other NFB stuff is amazing to eyes and ears as well. They're selling DVDs now, too, including a pair of animation collections which I highly recommend. The first one has Getting Started, which is the story of my life.
I also recommend a series of DVDs out there called Short Invention. They're really cool and I've been finding them in the Future Shop, which is even cooler, so you might be able to buy them off the shelf locally.
But, please, please, do not focus on computer animation and the like without showing the works of Norman McLaren first or your students will definitely miss out on something very important.
25th Anniversary Rocky Horror Picture Show DVD... (Score:1)
My personal research (impromptu focus group of one) suggests babes really like guys who throw rice and weiners at 30,000 feet, so give it a go dudes! Just be careful where you aim your water gun.
quick (Score:1)
once-upon-a-forest [once-upon-a-forest.com] -another site by praystation
gorillaz [gorillaz.com] -band, animation, music, good good good
The Residents (Score:1)
They've been experimenting in multimedia for about 30 years, and many of their works (One Minute Movies, Freak Show, Bad Day on the Midway) are pretty innovative for their time.
The Icky Flix DVD has a collection of their videos (all of which have a 2nd audio track with new music recorded for the DVD) as well as some footage from live performances. Many of the videos were created specifically for the DVD for songs from many years past. There are also some very bizarre computer animations shown between videos if you watch them all sequencially.
cool non-game interactive site (Score:1)
www.gaijin.com, especially the abyss.
its autobiographical and artsy.
By the grandmaster himself (Score:2)
Work of Todd Purgason @ JuXT Interactive. [juxtinteractive.com]
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Cool Flash Stuff (Score:1)
Especially cool are the movies, personally I prefer the 1st over the 2nd (not for any obvious reason or anything coughlinuxcough...
Neil.................
Since you'll be teaching creators ... (Score:2)
DVD may be a wonderful format for storage of multimedia works, but if it is burdened with CSS locks, it is far less useful for playback -- another artist cannot use excerpts from the work in his own creation or juxtapose them for comment or criticism, even when those are clearly fair uses. He is technologically (and possibly legally, if those fighting to uphold the DMCA are successful) barred from sampling, creating montages, or adapting earlier works. Further, the locks burden audiences for the work, who may be unable to watch them on a given machine, in a chosen sequence, or to view DVDs imported from another region. In fact, you yourself may experience these difficulties if you wish to prepare several DVD movies for classroom comparison. (If you do, please let us know.)
I hope you will encourage the artists, whose work these controls are supposedly protecting, to reject locks that prevent their audiences from making use of the works they create.
More information on the DVD case, Universal v. Reimerdes, is available at Openlaw DVD [harvard.edu].
Thanks!
Any Good DVD will do... (Score:2)
Mission Impossible2, Matrix, Saving Private Ryan, etc...
With all the extras, bonuses given, its chock full of multimedia goodness.
I'm sure that I could make a case for multi-angle-director-commentary pr0n dvds too.
A little somthing I did a year ago (Score:1)
Maybe you could use it as an example of bad flash...
Blast! (Score:1)
The show Blast! is pretty cool too. It's kind of like a drumcorps show on a theatre stage. The variety of music is good. The quality of the music is excellent. All of the props, costumes, choreography and "special" effects are very, very simple but come together in interesting ways. A wonderful, wonderful example of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts.
I found the website here [blasttheshow.com].
for what it's worth,
Michael
Re:You Don't Know Jack (Score:1)
If it's true that it's implemented in flash, does that mean it's possible to port YDKJ to run in netscape or something similar? I have a lot of old YDKJ disks here and no way to play them any more because none of my boxes run winders
SquareSoft (Score:2)
Wild Tangent (Score:1)
There are some new options... (Score:2)
What it does is "throw out" a URL to the browser and allows you to have information brought in from the web at certain keyframes.
The demo that the Adobe rep showed me was a brief clip on BMX. When they introduce a rider they update a frame with biographical info.
Of course there are security implications...
Here [zenera.com] is a write up I did on Premiere 6, while it was still in beta.
I don't know any other tools that allow this so easily...it might be worth it to make a multimedia presentation of your own.
Pushing Flash to its limits (Score:1)
IMO multimedia on the web has come a way in the past few years but there still is a lot of room for improvement, even with today's technology. It's good to see courses that show multimedia appreciation, but to me it's a matter of getting the graphic artists understanding the technology that's available for them so they can push it as far as it goes. Designers need a bit of the coder inside them.
Re:For Video Game segment... (Score:1)
Good music media (Score:1)
Check out www.ninjatune.net [ninjatune.net]. Lots of good flash microsites created for their artists. The Amon Tobin microsite is especially good. Coldcut (the guys who started Ninjatune) have also released a software package called VJamm, which is used to sequence video clips to make music. Apparently it can be used in realtime to great effect, although I've never tried it.
Also check out the flash site for Requiem For A Dream [http]. Makes more sense if you've seen the movie, but a very impressive site either way.
Fuck dance. Lets art.
Cool Flash stuff (Score:2)
Simply Amazing work, kudos!
The Final Task [newgrounds.com] (Short Movie)
EYE4U [eye4u.com] (German Multimedia Company Corporate web-site)
Hielscher [hielscher.de] (Done by EYE4U)
nrg design [www.nrg.be] (Corporate site)
Beatstream [beatstream.com] (another company site)
Renegade Cartoons [renegadecartoons.com] (cartoon site / Corporate)
Dude Studios [dudestudios.com] (makers of the infamous "Dude Wars")
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Antiorp (Score:1)
...disintegration.
Try google by Antiorp...
Re:Laurie Anderson's "Moby Dick" - DSPs (Score:1)
Now I would agree with you that the original "powerfull" sounded a bit like extraordinaire exoctic hardware, which it is not.
Prime Ministers of Canada CD (Score:3)
There is an excellent CD production made at Simon Fraser University in BC, called The Prime Ministers of Canada [rogers.com]. The website is a great example of the use of Flash and standard HTML, the CD was produced using Macromedia Director and uses some very innovative and complex Lingo programming (a friend of mine was the chief Lingo programmer on the project which why I know about it). It forms part of the Canadian Encyclopedia World Edition and can be purchased online at Chapters.ca or Indigo.ca
I would suggest you check out the site and decide what you think.
Wierd Japanese Treats (Score:1)
urbanentertainment.com (Score:1)
www.urbanentertainment.com [urbanentertainment.com]
Re:How about "Citizen Kane" (Score:1)
The Complete Maus (Score:2)
http://www.voyagerco.com/cdrom/catalogpage.cgi?
Re:U2 PopMart concert tour (Score:1)
EBN [tvtrecords.com]'s website at TVT Records.
Voyager! (Score:1)
Who Built America?
Puppet Motel
The Residents Freak Show
The Day After Trinity
http://voyager.learntech.com/cdrom/
Digital Multimedia by Chapman & Chapman (Score:1)
The book contains a wealth of info, and is very well written. Of particular interest to the ask slashdotter is the last section on Multimedia Practice. It contains a variety of ideas for multimedia projects, illustrating what is possible.
King Crimson DVD "Deja Vroom" (Score:1)
Swiped from Amazon:
Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
Color, DTS Surround Sound, Box set, Dolby
7 camera angles during "Vrooom Vrooom"--the full band plus an angle for each of the six band members--plus 7 Dolby Surround mixes to choose from, highlighting each instrument.
Two camera angles available during "Frame by Frame," "Three of a Perfect Pair," "Indiscipline," and "People"
"21st Century Schizoid Band" - A revolutionary interactive musical game, where the player may compile their own version of "21st Century Schizoid Man" by choosing one of four rhythm sections, vocal tracks and soloists from any of various incarnations of King Crimson
"Tony's Road Movies" behind-the-scenes footage from bass player Tony Levin
Excerpts of written commentaries by Robert Fripp
Another nice bit is in the Criterion Robocop (or was it Starship Troopers?) DVD where you can use the multiple angle feature to view original storyboards while the movie is running.
Finally, I haven't seen it (yet) but I suspect there may be fun stuff in the Residents' "Icky Flix" DVD.
Three greatest pieces of multimedia ever created (Score:2)
Tunak Tunak Tun [uor.edu]
Hatt, Baby [tninet.se]
Re:Laurie Anderson's "Moby Dick" (Score:3)
http://www.zzounds.com/searchresults.music?z=102 25 94483414&l=1&b=p&w=vocal
Shakespeare (Score:2)
Multimedia [dictionary.com] is SUCH a stupid word.
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PaxTech
joecartoon (Score:2)
The best definition of "Multimedia" I ever heard: (Score:4)
I've forgotten who said that, but s/he pretty much nailed it.
EBN, ZooTV, Blue Man Group...just to name a few (Score:2)
This CD is good, but what was better was the multimedia and the VHS production of the album. They managed to show video clips from that time in sync with the music in a very creative and effective manner. I will reply to this post with info on where you can get the video once I find it.
EBN also helped U2 with the ZooTV production. It turned out to be a great success and any video of ZooTV would help out as well.
Depending on where you live, you could try to see Blue Man Group (as seen on Intel commercials). They also have a CD out now that is really good.
I will post links off of this thread in a little while..
Links (Score:2)
Brief lowdown on EBN [cyberden.com]
EBN page on TVT Records site [tvtrecords.com]
Blue Man site [blueman.com]
Anyone know where I can find the Telecommunications Breakdown VHS tape? I can only find the CD.
Oh, and I almost forgot KIMBLE [kimble.org]
Re: (Score:2)
Damn good Flash. (Score:2)
http://www.flashfilmfestival.com [flashfilmfestival.com]
Some of my personal favorites are:
And here's one that I *coded* (I'm a programmer, not a designer) for a company I used to work for... it's won a few awards and was all done in Flash 4.
Rand Interactive [randinteractive.com]
The company I work for also has a Flash web page, but I wasn't as involved in it:
Fig Leaf Software [figleaf.com]
A good flash site? (Score:2)
The site is unfortunately in norwegian (which might restrict your appreciation somewhat, unless you happen to speak it), but you should get the idea anyway. It's on www.boyzvoice.com [boyzvoice.com].
The site is for the norwegian band boyzvoice. The band was originally created for a short tv-sketch attempting to make fun of boy-bands (not too unlike Ali G making fun of gangsta' rappers).
Somehow, the idea took off. They made a full-length movie, and have probably sold more records than most real boy-bands in Norway. All the songs and lyrics are there, which of course are in english, as no boyband would ever sing in norwegian anyway...
It's all about spoof, karaoke and flashy graphics, has no purpose whatsoever (except getting the authors wildly rich), but is quite enjoyable.
Re:lionhead's black and white page (Score:2)
It's a pretty box, too, simple asthetics. Black and white, opens front and back. I have it in my hands, my hot little hands.
Watch out, btw. If you buy it, open it and check the cd before you leave the store. Some of them shipped with no CD key.
lionhead's black and white page (Score:5)
Lionhead has a shockwave/flash/whatever page that is reasonably astounding. I knew you could do all the stuff that they do, but I never considered putting it together like that. The scrolling landscape is particularly neat.
The link:
www.lionhead.com [lionhead.com]
Go to the shocked version, of course.
music/graphics (Score:2)
You can find it [amazon.com] on Amazon [amazon.com], or search elsewhere for "Inspired by Bach Vol. 1: The Music Garden/The Sound of the Carceri".
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SFMOMA Art in the Digital Age (Score:2)
The exhibit, of course, is better than the on-line version; the on-line version is a bit gratuitous in its use of neat flash techniques and new interface choices, but it's worth a view.
Re:You Don't Know Jack (Score:2)
Tell me what makes you so afraid
Of all those people you say you hate
Re:King Crimson DVD "Deja Vroom" (Score:2)
Tell me what makes you so afraid
Of all those people you say you hate
For Video Game segment... (Score:3)
As far as sound being important in a game, try System Shock 2. The sound in that game still scares the ba-jesus outta me. Especially the maiden mothers....
Along with use of cameras in video games, you may add the resident evil series. People would get frustrated about how the views are static, but the designer purposely did this for effect. And how homeworld has a complex 3-D dynamic camera, but it is simple to use and understand and makes the game more interesting (try viewing a battle from multiple angles... very cool).
Hope this helps for the video game section
Try... (Score:2)
U2 PopMart concert tour (Score:2)
DISCLAIMER: I AM A FAN
U2's PopMart concert tour (1997) was a ridiculous/amazing multimedia extravaganza of... well.. biblical, or at least stadium sized, proportions.
You can get a good tape of it at amazon [amazon.com] or a less offensize retailer of your choice.
AYBAB2U (Score:2)
Invovle Them (Score:2)
My best advice is to first see what the students are interested in. See what gets to them and look at why they think it is interesting. Kids are bombarded with media stimulus these days and there's no reason why many of them won't have a good and wide appreciation of what's out there for their senses.
You might also want to make a small project where they can use their own combination of media and let them explore it that way. Hands on is also hearts in, don't just have them sit there and watch. Those days are over.
yoink
I would have to say Club Mode (Score:2)
A brilliant experiment by Corel to produce interactive multimedia game sensory artificial intelligence cyberpunk buzzword buzzword buzzword something or other. It even has the patented, ground breaking MOOD TECHNOLOGY BAR, whereby you drag a little bar towards the left or the right indicating how warm or hostile you want to react to people, and get one of three responses based on the one of three movie clips that gets played back.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA sorry I couldn't say that with a straight face.
Slow as hell, buggy in places, pretentious and overblown, a pure example of everything that was wrong with the mid 90s multimedia craze. This was post shark-jumping attempts at art-student-turned-Macintosh-"content developer" cleverness. And considered THE WORST videogame of all time. And it's Canadian, too, so you know it's GOTTA suck.
but of course...! (Score:2)
Now you owe me $5 for doing your research for you.
Opera: Cosi fan tutte (Score:2)
Like most complete opera sets, it is not cheap. Maybe you can get it from a library. Along with the multimedia part, the production is highly recommended.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000I8
Cosi fan Tutte
Our Price: $52.97
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor: René Jacobs
Performer: Marcel Boone, Bernarda Fink, et al.
Ensemble: Cologne Chamber Choir, Concerto Cologne
Harmonia Mundi (Fra) - #951663 / March 9, 1999
Audio CD / DDD / Number of Discs: 3
You Don't Know Jack (Score:2)
naked news (Score:2)
www.nakednews.com that's some quality news. A good multimedia example
Some good flash animations (Score:3)
It might be the wrong kind of multimedia.. (Score:5)
But the Blue Man Group's [blueman.com] shows are some of the best use of multiple media I've seen. They use video, scrolling LED message boards, video tape, backlighting, electronic music, public address systems, water baloons.. It's quite the experience.