1. Chicago Skyline

2. Notascript

3. AR353

4. 6 Minute Crosswalk

5. Three Things

6. Bridge

digital video

high-definition video

independent research project

miniDV video

short film

digital photography series

Joyce LeeBerkeley Fall 2007

M.Arch/MCP Candidate

C H I C A G O S K Y L I N Ertvf394: experimental filmmarch 16, 200500:01:01;00 total running timetime-lapse photography digital video

An exploration in looping, repetition, and superimposing the same source material to inspire an alternative view of the Chicago skyline.

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S T E P 2Digital photographs through the sunroof of a moving car

p e r s p e c t i v e

.Around the Loop

.Capturing the tempo

.One element at a time

.Deconstruction to Reconstruction

.Seeing the city from another view

S T E P 1c o n c e p t

S T E P 3Removing hue, saturation, and luminosity elements over time

Background Plate:1 Plate Per14 Frames

Foreground Plate: 1 Plate Per2 Frames

Difference Ratio: 1/7 Frames

Only here, at 00:00:39;14, does the back-ground plate change.

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S T E P 4Superimposing two sequences of footage to mimic the fl ow and rhythm of the city

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Loop: 1. entire series of photographs (180 total)2. the path of Chicago’s elevated train downtown

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S T E P 500:00:41;18 to 00:00:41;29

p l a y

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A view from underneath Chicago’s ‘El’ Loop and back out again.

0:28Suddenly, a car comes out of no-where, speeding down the street

0:02We’re in the sky, seeing planes, clouds, pulling back back back...Into a GIRL #1’s room - windchimes swinging, she is looking out the window - we keep moving back back back, down the hall, out of the apt, through trees, over kids’ heads, across the street, pause...

.surreal & stylized

.layers that pop out

.no story, no script

.quick day in the life of.quick day in the life of

0:28Suddenly, a car comes out of no-where, speeding down the street

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.music videos by The Saline Project

.South African performance artist, Robin Rhode.’Kid A’ by Radiohead

surreal & stylized.layers that pop out .no story, no script

.surreal & stylized

.layers that pop out

.no story, no script

2004 Studio22 Multimedia Grant2004 Chicago Motion Graphics Festival Honorable Mention2004 Around the Coyote Arts Festival Selection2004 Chicago Motion Graphics Festival Honorable Mention

N O T A S C R I P Trtvf379: compositingjune 5, 20043:03 total running timehigh-defi nition video

Over 4000 digital cut-outs, one 7-hour greenscreen session, hundreds of hours logged on Photoshop and AfterEffects. The result? An animated music video transforming 2D layers of space into a 3D reality.

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A look at the various techniques used to create movement and depth perception in two-dimensional space. Illustrated with original image captures from the fi lm.

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Opening Shot:An airplane fl ies between clouds through the air. This provides the original back-drop layer, before we pull out through the window into a girl’s room.

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0:34Fast forward to oncoming car comes, covers screen, car turns left - into new neighborhood

Side view: drives by houses, trees, other cars.Back view of car: Car pulls to stoplight at busy intersection. People cross.

SLOW: CU of two people’s profi les as they pass each other, people around them walking...

Opposite Angle, see driver waiting at the wheel, another car driving by in the background intersection

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0:47Front view of car: speeding through, buildings/trees passing by on sides rapidly.

Cut to DRIVER’s face, sunglasses, a cool smile, turns head from side to side.

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In this series of shots, the changing scale of the red buggy tricks our eye into seeing movement, while the backdrop remains the same throughout.

In this series of shots, the changing scale of the red buggy tricks our eye into In this series of shots, the changing scale of the red buggy tricks our eye into seeing movement, while the backdrop remains the same throughout.seeing movement, while the backdrop remains the same throughout.

In this series of shots, the changing scale of the red buggy tricks our eye into In this series of shots, the changing scale of the red buggy tricks our eye into

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We follow someone into the bookstore

Go through front window, weave through shelves with different types of people, stop at one girl

SLOW She’s looking at the bookshelf intently (see her face straight on)

POV: See what she’s looking into

Z-axis

X-axis

Y-axis

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We come out in grocery store, in the face of someone else looking through aisle

Fast-forward, takes canned corn off the shelf, (new light is revealed)

From aisle view: see the person put it in fi lled cart, they begin to push it down

From the cart’s POV: past other people shopping, one person talking on their cell phone

B A C K G R O U N D M U S I C I N C I T Y C E N T E R S O F T O K Y O : H A R A J U K U V S . G I N Z A

ar353: architecture, urban planning and development in modern tokyoresearch proposal, video & powerpoint presentation

december 12, 2003

A pilot study on music and the urban commercial space.

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ginza銀座2 Visits30 Different Stores

45 Songs HeardTotal Time: 03:10:00;00

harajukuharajuku原宿3 Visits

20 Different Stores27 Songs HeardTotal Time: 02:30:00;00

Background music affects consumer behavior.

Shopkeepers care about this effect and will use it to their advantage.

Various shopping districts will play background music that caters to its general demographic of shoppers.

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I chose these two city centers of Tokyo based on their contrasting fl avors. Ginza is known for its ritzy, older LV-bag carrying population, while Harajuku is the local hangout for goth, punk and party fashioned teens.

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CONCLUSIONMore than the musical genre, the regulation of ambient noise and the diversity of sound in a city center serves as a greater indicator to each locale’s respective culture and demographic.

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How does background music reflect the urban fabric of commercial areas such as Harajuku and Ginza?

Harajuku

Ginza

Harajuku vs. Ginza:A Comparison of Background Music

MOST POPULAR1. Adult Contemporary (10)2. Oldies, Elevator, Classical, Christmas

10. Rap, Folk/Blues (0)

Noted: A surprising number of fashion boutiques played no music at all, and non-fashion stores (i.e. book, music, stationary shops) seemed to play the most classical. Overall, there was a definite trend towards music that appealed to “older” clientele vs. “younger.”

GinzaHarajukuMOST POPULAR1. Top40 (4)2. Rap, Urban/City, Club/Trance, Elevator10. Adult Contemporary, Oldies (0)

Noted: Although most of the genres played are associated with younger demographics, there was no one “genre” that was played significantly more than the others. Living up to its reputation, Harajuku has a variety of stores, a variety of styles, and therefore, a variety of music.

In Harajuku, the traffic, yelling, music, and pedestrian noise blended together, and was more pervasive. Instead of being in the background, music often blared from boomboxes, hoping to attract customers. Shops were not too concerned with preserving or keeping their soundspace separate from other stores next door. Ginza was the opposite. Each boutique maintained its own space by keeping all merchandise, personnel, and music enclosed behind its front doors. The volume of music was soft and difficult to hear. The homogeneity of the hushed atmosphere of Ginza’s shops in comparison to the cacaphony of sounds heard in Harajuku paralleled each urban center’s reputation.

WHAT ABOUT SOUND?

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everything else was

the mood, texture, accents

standing: he was the the only

constant, providing contrast to the chaos around

effusion: the overfl ow of people pouring across the street; the

chorus was the crossing

impatience: the ones waiting were

the build-up, a swelling mass

ready to overfl ow

urban rhythmsS I X M I N U T E C R O S S W A L K

I sat on this Harajuku streetcorner, taking a break from my research project, curious, unsure of what I would see.

lost: she was searching, pausing,

looking for an answer

S I X M I N U T E C R O S S W A L Kharajuku, tokyo, japannovember 12, 20032:06 total running timeminiDV speed 300%audio: ‘pilot’ by the notwist

C R O S S W A L K C R O S S W A L K C R O S S W A L

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I sat on this Harajuku streetcorner, taking a break from my research project, curious, unsure of what I would see.

A look at urban rhythms; how people move in public places.

But as the people moved around me, a pattern and tempo to the space began to emerge.

P H A S E 1 : a portrait without its subject

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There were 3 things in his life that he loved

And it was as if I wasn’t there. Cause part of him was always far away from me.

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There were 3 things in his life that he loved T H R E E T H I N G Srtvf180: media construction Ifebruary 23, 20021:37 total running timestill images, voiceover

P H A S E 2 : a one and a half minute narrative

he loved

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What became my fi rst narrative short started as the study of an individual through his surroundings. The medium of turning photography (stills) into fi lm (movement over time) continues to infl uence my work.

s h o r t f i l ms h o r t f i l m

S o m e t i m e s h e w o u l d g e t w r a p p e d u p i n h i s m u s i c ,

P H O T O G R A P H Yjuly 27, 2006osaka, japan.digital series

b r i d g e

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