Programming Annie's Projection
Annie is fully redundant. At least from a projection point of view. Let me explain what I mean. Theatre is all about repeatability and redundancy. In order to protect the show against every reasonable trouble it may face, we develop systems of redundancy.
Projection Design For Annie
Wendall K Harrington's projection design for Annie, working with associate designers Daniel Brodie and Michael Clark, and programmer
Paul Vershbow.
Turning Sondheim On Sondheim Into A Regional Production
For the past six months, I’ve worked with video designer Peter Flaherty on converting the massively video-heavy show Sondheim on Sondheim from its original format of numerous moving video screens into something that can be produced by regional and smaller theatres.
d3 Introduces d3 Designer
I'm a fan of offline editors, and that's why I was happy to see a recent announcement for a new "software only" version of United Visual Artists' d3 system called d3 Designer.
Closer Look: MadMapper
I finally got to check out MadMapper, a program from the makers of Modul8 that automates a lot of the process of projection mapping.
Prepare Ye For Y4K: A New Year's Resolution
Just when you were getting used to 1080p resolution being the standard, I'm here to tell you that 2012 is heralding the coming of the next big thing: 4K or "four thousand pixel" resolution.
Resolume Avenue 4
I used to use Resolume heavily but had to move on to more stable and functional tools. However, having been greatly improved, Resolume Avenue is looking a lot better, and possibly ready for serious use in production.
Troika Ranch's loopdriver
A PBS half-hour special goes behind the scenes of loopdiver: The Journey of a Dance by choreographer/media artist Dawn Stoppiello and composer/media artist Mark Coniglio, also known as Troika Ranch.
The Junkyard Jumobtron Project
The Junkyard Jumbotron project allows any number of internet-connected devices with a screen to be joined together and form one large video composition.
Choosing The Best Screen Setup
It takes just as much care and planning to execute a beautiful looking show, no matter how much visual information there is
