Re: [Frameworks] FrameWorks Digest, Vol 62, Issue 7

[Alex Balkam]

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> What do people use these days to run multiple monitors for a video
> installation?  In art school 5 years ago, we had a Mac Pro and we used a
> program that I can't remember the name of to sync up all the video on the
> different monitors.
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> What are the minimum specs to show 1080 video on multiple monitors?
> Can cheaper computers than a Mac Pro support more than 2 monitors?
> What software is currently used to keep the videos in sync?
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> Hi Chris,
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> I'm sure you're thinking of Zach Poff's multi-screener.
> http://www.zachpoff.com/software/multiscreener/
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> Zach seems like a generous soul. He also wrote some scripts to run Bright
> Sign synchronizers on Macs a few years ago:
> http://www.zachpoff.com/software/brightsign-video-sync-scripts/
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> Depending on how synchronized you need to be, I've had pretty good results
> from using identical, cheap, media players and hitting play on one remote.
> It isn't frame-synced but it's not bad. But, I bet there's some other DYI/
> homemade software and hardware out there that does it.
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> good luck,
> Warren
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> > What do people use these days to run multiple monitors for a video
> > installation?  In art school 5 years ago, we had a Mac Pro and we used a
> > program that I can't remember the name of to sync up all the video on the
> > different monitors.
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> > What are the minimum specs to show 1080 video on multiple monitors?
> > Can cheaper computers than a Mac Pro support more than 2 monitors?
> > What software is currently used to keep the videos in sync?
> > What's the limit of monitors these things can support?
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[Frameworks] Call for Entries: 54th Ann Arbor Film Festival

[Leslie Raymond]

The 54th AAFF (March 15-20, 2016) will provide $21,000 in cash and film
stock/services to more than 20 filmmakers, and serves as a qualifying
festival for Academy Award® nomination in the short film category and
provides touring opportunities for select filmmakers.

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the longest-running independent and
experimental film festival in North America, founded by George Manupelli in
1963. Internationally recognized as a premiere forum for independent
filmmakers and artists, the six-day festival presents 40 programs with more
than 180 films from over 20 countries of all lengths and genres, including
experimental, animation, documentary, fiction, and performance-based works.

Early Deadline: Aug 1, 2015 - $30 Shorts / $40 Features
Official Deadline: Sept 18, 2015 - $45 Shorts / $55 Features
Late Deadline: Oct 10, 2015 - $60 Shorts / $70 Features

http://aafilmfest.org/news/entry/54th_aaff_call_for_entries




Leslie Raymond
Ann Arbor Film Festival Executive Director
217 North First Street / Ann Arbor MI 48104
office: 734-995-5356
fax: 735-995-5396
who am I? 

54th Ann Arbor Film Festival
March 15 - 20, 2016

aafilmfest.org
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Re: [Frameworks] Multi-channel video tech requirements

[Zach Poff]

 

Zach here (responding to the digest so apologies if I missed some of the
newer emails). 

My MultiScreener software hasn't been updated in awhile, but seems to
work fine on the machines I've tested recently. I would recommend it for
people who already have a bunch of computers. However it's much easier
and more reliable to use a BrightSign HD222 or older HD220 player for
each channel (About $300-$350 each). They play directly from SD cards
using a simple text script for setup. No daily startup/shutdown rituals
required and no risk of some stupid MacOS software update notice
appearing in the middle of your show! 

Feel free to try MultiScreener. There is a guide on the site with full
setup details. You can run multiple channels on one computer. It's
clumsy but it has worked well in practice. I modern Mac Mini would
probably keep 2x 1080p videos in sync, but test everything to find out.
I listed lots of similar software on the Multiscreener page. 

Summary: If you have a budget I'd go for a fleet of BrightSigns. 

http://www.zachpoff.com/software/multiscreener/

(One note: There are some Applescripts in the MultiScreener download
that were compiled in the Pre-Intel Mac days, so they need to be opened
in Script Editor and re-saved.) 

http://www.zachpoff.com/software/brightsign-video-sync-scripts/ [1] 

Feel free to get in touch via email if you have specific questions. 

-Zach 

Links:
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[1] http://www.zachpoff.com/software/brightsign-video-sync-scripts/
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[Frameworks] VISIONS 07|15 - ROBERT TODD

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VISIONS in collaboration with the Double Negative Collective presents THE 
POETICS OF SPACES : THE FILMS OF ROBERT TODD (16mm, 55mins)

16.07.15 | 21h | Cinema Excentris | Filmmaker present | 16mm prints | no 
dialogue

"A specialist in lyrical 16mm filmmaking as well as a sound and visual artist, 
Robert Todd continually produces short works that resist categorization."

Trailer :  https://vimeo.com/106046032 | https://vimeo.com/107326247
...
http://www.visionsmtl.com/robert-todd.html
https://www.facebook.com/events/1624736511098584/
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VISIONS in collaboration with the Double Negative Collective presents MASTER 
PLAN (16mm, 2012, 63mins) by Robert Todd

19.07.15 | 21h | Cinema Excentris | Filmmaker present | 16mm print | English 
audio

"Master Plan portrays various strata of “managed” housing in America, from 
individual homes to prisons, mixing accounts of the planners’ rationales for 
their designs with residents’ testimonies concerning the quality of life within 
these structures." – Robert Todd

Trailer : https://vimeo.com/29761918
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http://www.visionsmtl.com/robert-todd.html
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[Frameworks] Applications for the 2016 Helen Hill Award (Orphan Film Symposium)

[Dan Streible]

Independent filmmakers & media artists!

Apply now for the 2016 Orphan Film Symposium's Helen Hill Award.
www.NYU.edu/orphanfilm/helenhill2016apply.php

Recipients are funded to participate in the symposium and screen their
work. NYU presents the next edition of "Orphans" April 6-9, 2016, at
the Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center's
Packard Theater in Culpeper, Virginia.

The Orphan Film Symposium biannually confers its Helen Hill Award,
jointly administered by NYU’s Department of Cinema Studies and the
University of South Carolina's Film and Media Studies Program.

Established in 2008, this award honors work that affirms the artistic
legacy, lived values, and everyday passions of the late filmmaker,
artist, activist, and educator Helen Hill. In a media culture
dominated by corporate interests and consumerist values, the Helen
Hill Award supports independent, innovative filmmaking of exceptional
talent. The award goes to filmmakers whose work celebrates and
embodies such things as creativity, self-expression, animation,
small-gauge film, homemade movies (and all things made by hand),
collaboration, generosity, liberal spirituality, activism, love, play,
community, and connection.

Recipients screen and discuss their work at the biennial Orphan Film
Symposium, attended by an eclectic mix of media artists, scholars,
archivists, curators, programmers, distributors, preservationists,
educators, collectors, and other film enthusiasts.

The award funds recipients' travel and accommodations at the four-day
event. Past awardees: James Kinder and Naomi Uman (2008);  Danielle
Ash and Jodie Mack (2010); Jo Dery and Jeanne Liotta (2012); andWerner
Nekes (2014).

To apply, e-mail a PDF file to Laura Kissel 

Include:
an artist statement (150 words or less);
filmography (noting awards and exhibitions);
a link to sample works viewable online.


Indicate HELEN HILL AWARD APPLICATION in the subject line.

DEADLINE: September 4, 2015

Questions about the award? Write to Prof. Laura Kissel (USC Film and
Media Studies)
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[Frameworks] Los Angeles Filmforum Change of Address

[Adam Hyman]

Hi all,

Los Angeles Filmforum is officially changing its office & mailing address.

Old:
Los Angeles Filmforum
143 N. Commonwealth Ave. #3
Los Angeles CA 90004

New:
Los Angeles Filmforum
6522 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90028

The phone number will change, for now from 213-386-8482 to the cell of
323-377-7238, but we might get a new land line soon.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Adam


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Los Angeles Filmforum
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+1-323-377-7238 (Filmforum cell)
+1-323-807-4202 (personal cell)
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