EXPERIMENT 1: The Physical Effect of an Explosion on Porosity.

DUE: MONDAY AUGUST 18 BY MIDNIGHT.

ASSESSMENT WEIGHTING: 25% (marking schedule)

EXPERIMENT OUTLINE

TIMETABLE: Weeks 1 - 4, 25% of final grade.
ARCHITECTURAL CHALLENGE: To test and document the physical effect/s of an explosion on a 3 dimensional field of objects.
REFERENCE TEXT: DOCUMENTPHOBIA AND MIXED MODES: MICHAEL MOORE’S ROGER AND ME, by MATTHEW BERNSTEIN, in DOCUMENTING THE DOCUMENTARY, B. GRANT AND J. SLONIOWSKI ed's  
SOFTWARE: Blogger, GMod, Fraps, Premier, Vegas (trial).
TECHNIQUES: Blogging, Repurposing Computer Games, Machinima, Video Editing.
OUTPUTS: 2 x 30 second video clips, 1 x Blog.
PREMISE: The combination of the physics engines in contemporary computer games with video capture devices provides an opportunity to capture and critically reflect on complex interrelationships between objects, catylists and space.

PROCEDURE

Using GMod, and the 2 dimensional grid supplied, structure a 3 dimensional field of objects ranging in size from small to large. Carefully place explosive devices and record the interrelationships between objects, the explosive catylists and space as they are triggered. Compile video captures into a custom Machinima showing several different versions, or views, of the interrelationships into one 30 second clip with titles and captions as necessary. For a discourse that will reflect on the custom Machinima students will collect and compile found Machinima from online video databases. The found Machinima should represent the intersection between the EXPLOSION and POROSITY and be composited with titles, captions and references as necessary.

USEFUL LINKS

http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php (video downloader, and conversion if necessary)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unreal+3+fluid+demo&search_type = (Unreal Engine Material Effects)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=crysis+editor+demo&search_type = (Crysis Editor Demo)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gmod&search_type = (GMod for HL2)
http://www.fileplanet.com/ (See Top 50 Hottest Files > Movies)
http://www.gametrailers.com/previews.php (See the different Channels)

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

In addition to the overall course assessment criteria students will be assessed on the level and extent to which they engage with the criteria listed below:

THE 3 DIMENSIONAL FIELD_ Does the 3 dimensional field bring small, medium and large elements together to suggest a distinctive and significant approach to notion of Porosity?
THE CUSTOM MACHINIMA _ Does the Custom Machinima demonstrate a distinctive and significant approach to notions of Explosion and refiguring Porosity?
THE FOUND MACHINIMA_ Does the Found Machinima demonstrate a distinctive and significant approach to notions of Explosion and Porosity?
THE TITLES AND CAPTIONS_ Do the titles and captions make a distinctive and significant contribution to the video clips?
REFERENCING_ Are the video clips fully and properly referenced?