Computational rim illumination of dynamic subjects using aerial robots

Lighting plays a major role in photography. Professional photographers use elaborate installations to light their subjects and achieve sophisticated styles. However, lighting moving subjects performing dynamic tasks presents significant challenges and requires expensive manual intervention. A skilled additional assistant might be needed to reposition lights as the subject changes pose or moves, and the extra logistics significantly raises costs and time. The associated latencies as the assistant lights the subject, and the communication required from the photographer to achieve optimum lighting could mean missing a critical shot. We present a new approach to lighting dynamic subjects where an aerial robot equipped with a portable light source lights the subject to automatically achieve a desired lighting effect. We focus on rim lighting, a particularly challenging effect to achieve with dynamic subjects, and allow the photographer to specify a required rim width. Our algorithm processes the images from the photographer׳s camera and provides necessary motion commands to the aerial robot to achieve the desired rim width in the resulting photographs. With an indoor setup, we demonstrate a control approach that localizes the aerial robot with reference to the subject and tracks the subject to achieve the necessary motion. In addition to indoor experiments, we perform open-loop outdoor experiments in a realistic photo-shooting scenario to understand lighting ergonomics. Our proof-of-concept results demonstrate the utility of robots in computational lighting

Soft reboot : the making of Hard Reset

textDirector, Writer and MFA Candidate Deepak Chetty will discuss his history as a filmmaker from an early age up until present day as well as the entire process of conceptualizing, creating, producing and finishing Hard Reset. Hard Reset, a science fiction thriller is the first short film out of UT3D and the first graduate thesis film shot natively in stereoscopic 3D in North America.Radio-Television-Fil

Terra cotta warrior

I am kind of worried when I set about writing this paper, since there are too much things to select in this process to talk about and share with you. Filmmaking process is amazing and exciting like magic, and everything needs to be created from nothing like a dove suddenly appears on illusionist\u27s hand. However behind this glaring magic, so many people work deliberately and so many wonderful stories are going on, which are even more dramatic than our film itself. So I even have more enthusiasm to share our story than the story in the film. I want to consider this paper like an interesting manual for the people who interest and research Terra Cotta Warrior than an obscure technical treatise. There are so many people involved this story including the members of my committee, schoolmates and friends. Carl Battaglia, Stephanie Maxwell, Geoffrey Alan Rhodes, and Tom Gasek, as advisors, helped me build structure of this experimental film and supported the technique guide for visual effects and animation principle. Jason Mclagan, Linlin Si, Jordyn Ruth, Haoran Li, Hayden Blackmon etc., are my genii and the mainstay in Terra Cotta Warrior. They all did great job on their own special field. Without their contribution, Terra Cotta Warrior will not exist. Jim Toepper, who was kind of my producer. Because of his kindness and self-motivated personality, I can spent more time and energy on the creative things rather than odd jobs. I cannot list everyone here obviously, however, I want to show my sincere appreciation to everyone who worked for this film. They are amazing and they allowed my imagination come true. From the production of Terra Cotta Warrior, I grow up a lot on film-making experience, communication skill and even the personality aspects. Later, I will talk about how the Terra Cotta Warrior came out and how we created and solved the problems

Columbia Chronicle (04/19/2010)

Student newspaper from April 19, 2010 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 40 pages and is listed as Volume 45, Number 27. Cover story: Moving out, moving up Editor-in-Chief: Bethany Reinharthttps://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cadc_chronicle/1786/thumbnail.jp

Art and Medicine: A Collaborative Project Between Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar and Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar

Four faculty researchers, two from Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, and two from Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar developed a one semester workshop-based course in Qatar exploring the connections between art and medicine in a contemporary context. Students (6 art / 6 medicine) were enrolled in the course. The course included presentations by clinicians, medical engineers, artists, computing engineers, an art historian, a graphic designer, a painter, and other experts from the fields of art, design, and medicine. To measure the student experience of interdisciplinarity, the faculty researchers employed a mixed methods approach involving psychometric tests and observational ethnography. Data instruments included pre- and post-course semi-structured audio interviews, pre-test / post-test psychometric instruments (Budner Scale and Torrance Tests of Creativity), observational field notes, self-reflective blogging, and videography. This book describes the course and the experience of the students. It also contains images of the interdisciplinary work they created for a culminating class exhibition. Finally, the book provides insight on how different fields in a Middle Eastern context can share critical /analytical thinking tools to refine their own professional practices

Flyer News, Vol. 56, No. 18

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

Sandspur, Vol. 86 No. 06, January 25, 1980

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/2544/thumbnail.jp

The Design Process As Assistant Art Director For The Film National Lampoon\u27s Robodoc

In this thesis, I will detail and analyze the production design processes for National Lampoon\u27s RoboDoc, written by Douglas Gordon M.D., filmed and produced in Orlando, Universal Studios and Ormond Beach, FL, as experienced through the art department. The direction of the thesis will be based on how a background in architecture and theatre guides the design motivation(s) within a production team for film. My documentation will include a process journal written throughout the production of the film to include design meeting topics, research and design inspiration, sketches, budget and location concerns, coordination of scenic elements, crew team coordination, paperwork, and thoughts on working within the art department team as well as working with other teams of production. Photographic records will include pre-production allocation and storage, load-in scenarios, set construction, and final design in set and set dressing. Final comments will be based on a personal evaluation, evidence of my progression throughout the production, and how an advanced focus in design through education and practice affected the project

Columbia Chronicle (03/05/2012)

Student newspaper from March 5, 2012 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 52 pages and is listed as Volume 47, Number 23. Cover story: Love\u27s Blueprint Editor-in-Chief: Brianna Wellenhttps://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cadc_chronicle/1844/thumbnail.jp

Spartan Daily, May 1, 1981

Volume 76, Issue 62https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/6766/thumbnail.jp