Interactive and Physical Computing 1

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Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The course aim is to acquaint students with the potential of interactive applications in audiovisual arts.

Students are to be able to link and use simple control elements (sensors, controllers) for sound or image.

At the beginning important works and productions using interactive elements will be presented. Their pupose and definition of various treatments will be discussed.

Subsequently, basic commercial tools used for the control of multimedia content using MIDI and OSC protocols, commercially used available sensors and controlling units and microcontrollers will be presented. An important part will be devoted to a demonstration of the basics of electonics.

The course links interactivity and Physical Computing 2-3, which is consultations over student component projects.

Mode of study:

Explication, Introduction to issues, Group detailed implementation.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

General computer knowledge.

Recommended optional programme components:

Public presentation of the implemented work.

Course contents:

1. Introduction to interactivity in art (Vojtěchovský)

2. Tecnical treatments of interactive systems (Guštar)

3. Commercial MIDI controllers in relation to software for controlling sound and image (Blažíček)

4. MIDI Internal communication protocol, OSC network communcation, video player sychronization (Blažíček)

5. Remote control - Apple Remote, Wii, iPhone, iPad, iPod... (Blažíček)

6. iCubeX, Arduino and video control (Blažíček)

7. Basics of electronics - circuits, signals, analog, digital (Guštar)

8. Sensors, recorders, input circuits, transducers - samples, examples (Guštar)

9. Input circuits, transducers - samples (Guštar)

10. Arduino-Wiring - overview of architecture, simple code (Guštar)

11. Microprocessors Atmel . overview of architecture, simple code in an assembler (Guštar)

12. PC, USB and MIDI - communication, simple code in Python (Guštar)

Recommended or required reading:

The Complete MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification. MMA, 1997.

Daryl Harms, Kenneth McDonald: Začínáme programovat v jazyce Python. Cpress, 2008

Milan Guštar: Elektrofony. Uvnitř, 2007/2008

References:

Sound and image equipment

http://cas.famu.cz/wiki/index.php/N%C3%A1stroje_pro_pr%C3%A1ci_se_zvukem_a_obrazem

IcubeX - http://www.infusionsystems.com/

Arduino - http://www.arduino.cc/

Atmel - http://www.atmel.com/products/avr

Wii - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Remote

MIDI protokol - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midi

MIDI kontroller - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midi_controller

OSC - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Sound_Control

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

lecture, exercises

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit will be awarded based on the development of the project. The project must contain the following items:

1. Title

2. Leader

3. A brief description, sense and aim

4. Detailed description

5. Proposed treatment technique

6. Budget

7. Implementation schedule, completion and demonstration deadlines.

The selected project may be executed during the Summer semester in the Interactivity and Physical Computing 2 course. Selected projects will receive financial support.

Course web page:

http://cas.famu.cz/wiki/index.php/Nástroje_pro_práci_se_zvukem_a_obrazem

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Further information:

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Animation - Master (optional subject)
• Documentary Film - Master (optional subject)
• Documentary Film - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Animation - Master (optional subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Master (optional subject)
• Film Directing - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Film Directing - Master (optional subject)
• Cinematography - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Cinematography - Master (optional subject)
• Production - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Production - Master (optional subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Bachelor (qualification subject, optional subject)
• Editing - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Editing - Master (optional subject)
• Sound Design - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Sound Design - Master (optional subject)
• Photography CZ - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Photography CZ - Master (optional subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Master (qualification subject, optional subject)
• Restoring of Photogrphy (optional subject)