VJing is a type of performance that combines the visual possibilities of filmmaking with the improvisational pleasures of jazz. This book-and-DVD package provides how-to’s, software and inspirational interviews so that others can join the new, subversive movement.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad for the first real book on VJing,
By Katrina Black "aka Kat Black of Touchstone an... (Perth, Western Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The VJ Book: Inspirations and Practical Advice for Live Visuals Performance (Paperback)
There's been so much discussion online about the development of a VJing book, but this one wins the prize as the first - or at least the first to make it into our letterbox. As a trailblazing tome on such a complex and rapidly growing and changing field, I can certainly forgive it a few errors and omissions.
The DVD is just OK - all the best material on it has already appeared elsewhere, such as the Eyewash Sessions, and there are some inclusions that I can't for the life of me see as VJing in any way. Calling something VJing isn't an excuse for a badly made music video clip. But hey, even without the DVD, the book's good value so just consider it a bonus. The book is short and covers some complex technical topics a little too flippantly at times - eg, as a PC/Resolume user, my guess is that their criticisms of that program's poor performance were due to use of incompatible codecs with their clips. Perhaps if they'd got user reviews by professional VJs for each of the main packages it would have been more accurate and balanced. Having said that, this book isn't about technicalities. The writers' and interviewees' passion for what they do is palpable. The main message of the book, at least to my mind, is that it doesn't matter HOW you do what you do, and that there is no right or wrong way to VJ. It's an art, and no instruction-book is going to make you any good at it, if 'it' isn't inside you. There is a fairly American focus, but that's fair enough. The European, Australasian and other regional cliques can write our own books. This is a great starting point. If we Aussies want to claim credit for modern VJing thanks to the Fairlight CVI, that's another whole book to write. The most wonderful thing about the book (and the reason I've bought 8 copies to give away already) is the historical contextualisation. I knew there were some early experiments with Colour-Music, but I had no idea they went back to the 1700's, when clavessins were made with precious stones, mirrors, lenses and candles to project coloured light. I want one! A quote from the book that I think applies equally to anyone considering buying "the VJ Book": "In writing these pages, I have felt myself to be addressing two classes of readers, namely those who know something of the art of Mobile Color, its past history, its hopes and its aims; and others who have never even heard of the subject...from the latter, I would ask for as open-minded a consideration of the subject as they can give me." AW Rimington, Colour-Music (1912). Here, here. VJ kattyb, VJzoo.com
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
book is awesome, DVD is a waste of attention,
This review is from: The VJ Book: Inspirations and Practical Advice for Live Visuals Performance (Paperback)
book was very inspiring, really broad introduction, with lots of glimpses into what it really takes.
DVD was a total letdown, but then again not if you knew the useless airhead who compiled it. would have been five stars without the DVD (although it does include some tasty demos of software)
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Easy to read... lots of interesting information.. a must for any VJ interested in the bigger picture... Only let down is they failed to mention anything about the SDI video signal. I would have liked something about it... Yet it's still a very interesting 'and easy' read plus the price is fantastic. :)
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WHAT IS VJING? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
matrix routers, motion dive, video synthesizer, color organ, performance cinema, video mixer, performance ensemble, distribution amplifiers, digital projectors, video effects, video feedback, video artists, live camera Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, San Francisco, Win Price, Bernard Klein, Nam June Paik, Burning Man, Thomas Wilfred, Wallace Rimington, After Effects, Digital Stage, Los Angeles, Color Make, Grand Wizzard Theodor, High End Systems, Jackson Pollock, The Electric Company, Bruce Conner, Free Name, Griffith Observatory, Henry Hill, Pink Floyd, Quicktime Player, Schuman Resonance, Steina Vasulka, Walter Wright New!
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WHAT IS VJING? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
matrix routers, motion dive, video synthesizer, color organ, performance cinema, video mixer, performance ensemble, distribution amplifiers, digital projectors, video effects, video feedback, video artists, live camera Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, San Francisco, Win Price, Bernard Klein, Nam June Paik, Burning Man, Thomas Wilfred, Wallace Rimington, After Effects, Digital Stage, Los Angeles, Color Make, Grand Wizzard Theodor, High End Systems, Jackson Pollock, The Electric Company, Bruce Conner, Free Name, Griffith Observatory, Henry Hill, Pink Floyd, Quicktime Player, Schuman Resonance, Steina Vasulka, Walter Wright New!
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- Improvisation for the Theater 3E: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques (Drama and Performance Studies) by Viola Spolin on page 178
- Technique of Film Editing, Second Edition by Karel Reisz on page 171
- Music and Morals by Hugh Reginald Haweis on page 187
- Architecture and Democracy by Claude Bragdon on page 188
- Visual Music Instrument Patents: Volume One by Michael Betancourt in Back Matter
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