Music 250c Project: VertiGoing In

by Joss Saltzman

Motivations:

Augmenting synchronicity of audio and visuals in film - with an eye towards designing a compositional tool/interface for use by others. Use of color will parametrically dictate manipulation of effects; movement of visual objects will influence spatialization of audio.

I chose this clip from Vertigo because it uses color and space in really interesting, especially progressive (for its time) ways.

Examples:

#1: Explainer Video, #2: Original clip, #3: Transformed clip

In the individual transformations, each sample is shown first without, then immediately with, the relevant manipulation.

Some details

Current color mapping includes the following FX, based on an "intuitive" mapping:

blue: low-passed echo..."underwater"

red: tremolo..."intensity"

green: "brightening/livening" EQ

Best results using headphones.