Content Creation for Green Hippo Media Servers

This is a video taken of a Grasshopper workstation used in the media server lab. This particular lab session was dedicated to creating content for a 48' x 14' LED video wall in the Live Venue at Full Sail University. This venue presents the final concert lab for the students in the Show Production and Touring program. The artist for our final student show was Rushour, a Rush tribute band. I introduced the concept for the introduction of the show that is reminiscent of Rush's "Time Machine Tour". I created the audio content using a MIDI keyboard, loops, and effects in Logic Pro. I created the media server content using a Creative Commons photograph (the power plant) and video content and effects that are available in Zookeeper. The various layers were locked to the audio in the timeline. This concept was presented to the Video Wall Director (I was the Lighting Director). The finished product did not turn out exactly as I designed it, but I was able to take a video of my content on the test monitor with my phone.

This video shows some of the final results of the concept that I presented to the Video Wall Director. Communication issues with the band resulted in the need for this video clip being edited, losing some key elements from the original concept. The Video Wall Director also had technical issues with interfacing the Hippotizer with the 1st generation MA console, so the sequence of video layers and effects that were programmed in the Zookeeper timeline ended up being controlled manually with a MIDI interface. The Video Wall Director also selected a different font and look for the band's introduction.

Content Creation for Intelligent Digital Disk Recorders

This is an edited version of a video loop that presented the students' credits for our final concert lab. The artist was a Rush cover band. I chose a retro motif similar to the that of Rush's "Time Machine Tour".

Time and access to the Adobe Creative Suite in the lab room was limited. I had to use the tools that I could afford at home. I used Vectorworks (educational version) to assemble the image, Gimp (free/open-source) to retouch the image and Sony Vegas (software I have been using for years) to add the text and video effects.

This content was projected onto two large projection screens that are hung from the ceiling on each side of the stage. It was played in a loop during the pre-show as guests walked into the venue. The playback device was a Grass Valley IDDR.

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While I did not operate the Green Hippo Hippotizer for the Barco LED wall, I did assist the LD during the lighting programming sessions by loading the media in the Zookeeper interface and setting levels and playback speed as the LD requested. 

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I was given the opportunity to "busk" on the Green Hippo Hippotizer media server with the Zookeeper software. The media outputs to a Barco 48' X 14' LED wall. The Hippotizer is capable of mixing eight different layers of media to two outputs. Realtime effects can be applied to each layer, which gave me a lot of room to create unique visuals for each act.