Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art

2009-03-22 Thread Victoria Hughes
Thanks for clarifying. We neophytes, we know what we see, but we need to be educated to know what it means. Got the big sheep issue. I wiki'd 'viral video ad'; once that's in the mix the rest is obvious. Certainly was entertaining though. You know - art, entertainment, function, advertising -

Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art

2009-03-21 Thread Stephen Guerin
BTW, Doug, this is a perfect screen saver for my android phone! Ewe get it? http://tinyurl.com/y86l4c -Steve FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscrib

Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art

2009-03-21 Thread James Steiner
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote: > A neophyte question: > What indicates so clearly the fake animation? Some of it seems fabricated The one scene that I most suspect is fake is the giant walking sheep animation. Pay close attention to the legs... "chunks" of sheep retain

Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art

2009-03-21 Thread Stephen Guerin
Okay, okay, 73%. :-) -S On Mar 21, 2009, at 10:36 PM, Robert Holmes wrote: Particularly as the sheep herders are led by Gerry Lewis, who you'll remember from the Welsh ISDS events a couple of years back. Robert On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: Yeah, some "fake anima

Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art

2009-03-21 Thread Robert Holmes
Particularly as the sheep herders are led by Gerry Lewis, who you'll remember from the Welsh ISDS events a couple of years back. Robert On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > Yeah, some "fake animation." But I've seen sheep dogs do jaw-dropping > things with a herd when the only

Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art

2009-03-21 Thread Hugh Trenchard
Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art Yeah, some "fake animation." But I've seen sheep dogs do jaw-dropping things with a herd when the only command is the shepherd's long-distance whistling

Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art

2009-03-21 Thread Owen Densmore
I used to ride, amazingly in Palo Alto CA, the middle of silicon valley. I actually got into roping as a present to myself (and my horse too!) and got interested in how dogs, horses and riders coordinated to do tasks. I went to a workshop, lead by an ancient "horse whispers" sorta guy .. t

Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art

2009-03-21 Thread Tom Johnson
Yeah, some "fake animation." But I've seen sheep dogs do jaw-dropping things with a herd when the only command is the shepherd's long-distance whistling. Ergo, I think it may well be less than 90% animation. -t On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Stephen Guerin wrote: > pretty cool idea even if 9

Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art

2009-03-21 Thread Hugh Trenchard
t obvious that it is "90%" animation. - Original Message - From: "Victoria Hughes" To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art A neophyte question:

Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art

2009-03-21 Thread Victoria Hughes
A neophyte question: What indicates so clearly the fake animation? Some of it seems fabricated or heavily edited, that's clear. But what are you all seeing? Very curious about how things are made, and what reveals that. Thanks- Tory It was still a hoot and a half, however it was made.

Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art

2009-03-21 Thread Stephen Guerin
pretty cool idea even if 90% of it is fake animation. It should work as a viral ad, though, like the faked one-wing killathrill plane landing video from last year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVxe8Nm2w8I -s On Mar 20, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: Imagine the creator/artist tryi

Re: [FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art

2009-03-21 Thread Hugh Trenchard
tational patterns occur in penguin huddles, but it would be interesting to confirm the pattern in other biological aggregates. Hugh Trenchard Victoria BC - Original Message - From: Tom Johnson To: fr...@redfish. com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 4:10 PM Subject: [FRI

[FRIAM] YouTube - Extreme Sheep LED Art

2009-03-20 Thread Tom Johnson
Imagine the creator/artist trying to initially explain to the sheep ranchers what he was up to and what he wanted them to do. But I love the emergence of it all, given that the only major rule for the "sheep agents" is "Move away from the dog. Quickly." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw