For my Video for New Media final, I wanted to create a warped 3D character. I liked the glitch aesthetic, and in asking around about current adaptations of glitch video, Todd Bryant suggested that 3D models and worlds have many interesting corollaries with glitch videos. Here’s the end result: Kiss & Yell [VFNM] from Zach Coble on Vimeo. The documentation gods blessed me with a new type of glitch starting at :27 that I haven’t... Read more
Our projection mapping assignment involved creating a video to project onto the building across the street. Jasmine came up with the concept for the video - something about Eraserhead and anti-intellectualism. I haven't seen Eraserhead and after making this video I'm not sure I want to, but I was sold on the idea of anti-intellectualism. Popcorn & Vomit [VFNM] from Zach Coble on Vimeo. We used Mapmapper to get a calibrated image of the building... Read more
Our second assignment for Video for New Media was to use the Ricoh Theta to transport the viewer to a new world. I brought the viewer into the captivating world of austerity fiscal policy. The film serves as an intro to and critique of austerity policy, but also plays with the concept of place as an idea by using different “scenes” (in public and in the home) to illustrate that economic policy is a theme... Read more
Our first assignment for Video and New Media was to meet someone new and create a portrait of them using only still frames, music and voiceover that gives us an idea of who they are in the world. Still Portrait [VFNM] from Zach Coble on Vimeo. I spent too much time learning the settings on the Canon 5D Mark 2 camera and didn’t have the energy to meet someone new, so instead I just creeped... Read more