Concept:
The Ocean is a vast, mysterious dimension that takes a large portion of the earth itself.
Containing all kinds of life beings and ecosystems, it is a world of wonder and curiosity, and the deeper we go in, the question just keeps on growing.
Aside from that, the ocean also provokes various types of emotions, and this aesthetic is what I wanted to emphasize and implement in my project.
One of the forms of ocean we are most familiar with is waves.
Normally it has a feeling of Excitement, Joy, Refresh, and all kinds of positive emotions when encountered on the shores, but that's not all to this mysterious being.
Consisting of 3 Chapters(Cue), This project intends to concentrate on various types of deep and negative sides that the ocean is capable of offering in the form of waves. I wanted to visualize the chaotic synopsis that ocean waves are capable of expressing.
Hence, I named this project,
"Chaotic Waves."
Techniques:
After deciding the main theme that would go on for the overall cues, it wasn't difficult to come up with the shape that I'll be taping later.
What I felt drastically different from other projects was that my taping project needed to focus on more abstract and geometric shapes. A series of distorted lines with gradually either narrowed down or widened gaps and line width which resembles that of a wave.
Then I turned my design into line .svg format and implemented it in Madmapper.
The taping process was indeed interesting. Since my intended shape involves mostly curves, I tried to match the tapes precisely following every inch of curves in one go. This method resulted in tape lines that had three-dimensional textures that let each line "literally" pop out.
The most trouble I had with the project was figuring out the placement of the projector and getting the intended target surface to shoot the beam at. Because waves mostly happen on the surface of the terrain, I thought it would make sense the most if I shot the beam down the ground, and I had a huge, HUGE help from Professor Scott. Again, I want to thank him because if it weren't for him, this project would have been impossible to make it happen and I was so glad that I was able to express my ideas as intended.
Everything else after that was very intuitive.
Learning how to access audio control properly took a bit of trial and error since I had a hard time finding the preference section, to be honest, but after figuring it out, I had tons of fun playing around with them.
The project involves masking with lines, distorting the line layer with a noise animation effect so it would look like the wave is flowing beneath my very foot, and various ways of combining quads, footage and all sorts of effects in my taste.
Each cues has their respective audio source base that goes up to 1 minute or so, and I tried to maintain all 3 cues are based in monotone color schemes, and later I implemented a portion of the graphics that will portray each distinct highlighted color that will showcase the main respective theme each is going for.
Interpretations:
All 3 cues have their distinct themes of portraying different types of chaos the ocean waves offer.
Chaotic Waves Chapter One: Mysteriousness.
Getting inspiration from the Deep sea environments and a closed-in texture of various cells and plankton, I wanted to let out the magical, but scary scenery that the ocean can tend to let out and express the phobic side of it.
This cue symbolizes the Mental Chaos that the ocean waves could offer.
Quads and masks of circular cells with vivid color contrast that distort organically, and wave lines that respond to the music with intimidating shivering lines add up to the rather disturbing side of the ocean.
The music mainly lets out a shimmering synth sound and a distorted xylophone, expressing a calm, but psychedelic mood.
Chaotic Waves Chapter Two: Disorder and Chaos.
Getting inspiration from water particles when strong waves hit each other, the waves move more radically, distorting at a fast pace, and shattering recklessly, with color-inverted, extremely hue-saturated footage of waves masked outside the lines adding a more chaotic feeling to it.
This cue symbolizes the Physical Chaos that the ocean waves could offer.
The way the waves hit each other results in more chaotic waves that spread and layers each other until the calmness and the order of the waves are nowhere to be found and anarchy is all that's left for the ocean.
The main musical point I want to emphasize is the chaotic vibe that the saxophone solo spams you with. Alongside the watery echoey sound of the band, the saxophone will keep storming the music and it gradually gets even more crazier until the end of the cue.
Chaotic Waves Final Chapter: Reminiscence.
This cue symbolizes the Emotional Chaos that the ocean waves could offer, and among the 3 ques, this had the most emotionally hard time to develop through.
Colored footage repeatedly fades in the forms of slow-paced distorted waves according to sections divided by line masks transitioning to its monotone counterpart, trying to portray that behind gold memories, lays the sad reality that overshadows it,
The cue concludes by slowly erasing the memory little by little as time goes by, until it slowly fades completely at last along with the depressing musical score, Leaving a lingering impression and intended to let the hollow feeling stay with you in the end.
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