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  1. 08-05-2013, 22:03 #1
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    Default New Abstract/Graphic show "Geronimo"

    Just wrapped up my last show for SELEM.

    This is an abstract show with digitized video sequences.

    The native american hoop dancer is Nakota LaRance, a six-time World Championship winner who recently toured with Cirque du Soleil for the "Totem" show.

    Nakotah-Loarance-in-Totem.jpg

    the dance footage was shot (not by me) in the sand dunes.


    geronimo-screenshot.jpg

    I did the video manipulation and sequencing in Final Cut Pro Studio, the video to ilda conversion with Lasercam, and the show sequencing and abstracts in LSX. Played through an Etherdream DAC and my homemade projector.

    enjoy!

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    Fantastic work Chris , thanks for sharing.
    Quote: "There is a theory which states that if ever, for any reason, anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.”... Douglas Adams 1952 - 2001
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    Not normally a fan of graphics but fantastic show Swami. In fact dare I say it, best I've ever seen.

    BTW, been meaning to ask you as I saw pictures in the other thread of your studio set up. Do you do professional dance video for a living or is it just a very posh home studio?

    Also, don't know if you'd consider releasing the uncut version of the footage of the dancer alone as an lasercam ILDA, but it would make a great rave dancer cue in its own right.
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    Good lord!

    When my sons and I visited SELEM two years ago we enjoyed it, but when we saw the show "Rhythm is a Dancer" we all agreed that was the best show we had ever seen. Since then I have built a lot of hardware, but my family has grown a little board with the limited selection of shows that we have been able to display. At some point it doesn't matter how many watts you have or how tight your beams are if the content is limited. And then this! The video, the graphics and even the light touches of lumia here and there are wonderful. We all agreed, now even my wife, that this is the best show yet. Kudos!
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    thank you!

    there was actually very little footage that was of the right nature to feed through lasercam (roughly one minute). unfortunately, i don't have permission to make it available.

    i didn't shoot the footage, so the rules aren't mine. ;(

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    Not normally a fan of graphics but fantastic show Swami. In fact dare I say it, best I've ever seen.

    BTW, been meaning to ask you as I saw pictures in the other thread of your studio set up. Do you do professional dance video for a living or is it just a very posh home studio?

    Also, don't know if you'd consider releasing the uncut version of the footage of the dancer alone as an lasercam ILDA, but it would make a great rave dancer cue in its own right.
    suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.
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    thank you planters!

    i hope that my work inspires other people. there are some inexpensive and really excellent laser show packages and dacs available these days, and i've love to see a resurgence of original and interesting shows.

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    Good lord!

    When my sons and I visited SELEM two years ago we enjoyed it, but when we saw the show "Rhythm is a Dancer" we all agreed that was the best show we had ever seen. Since then I have built a lot of hardware, but my family has grown a little board with the limited selection of shows that we have been able to display. At some point it doesn't matter how many watts you have or how tight your beams are if the content is limited. And then this! The video, the graphics and even the light touches of lumia here and there are wonderful. We all agreed, now even my wife, that this is the best show yet. Kudos!
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    Champion work mate (as usual)!

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    I did the video manipulation and sequencing in Final Cut Pro Studio...
    Out of curiosity, what version of Final Cut are you using?
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    Final Cut Pro 7.0.3

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    Champion work mate (as usual)!



    Out of curiosity, what version of Final Cut are you using?
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    All I can say Chris is Wow!!!... And still picking my jaw up off the floor...

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    Chris, you should enter this in next year's ILDA award competition. Seriously.

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