The inspiration for my midterm project comes from the research I did for the Research Project. Using the work of Stan Vanderbeek and Ken Knowlton, I want to use bright, contrasting, and flashing colors to simulate and Electronic Dance Music (EDM) stage backdrop.
While I would ideally like to have the stage be mapped to an input of sound, for now I will use the keyboard and mouse. The stage will light up according the the height of the mouse on the y-coordinate and change colors according to keys pressed. I will need to create objects and loops to print ellipses, and functions and loops in order to create the flashing and fluid motions of the colors as the user moves the mouse.
The goal of the project is to mimic the screens present at a music festival with flashings lights, whose position on the screen is based on the mouse’s locations, and colors are based on key presses. The lights will also stretch to the location of the mount giving it a rising mountain peak look with flashing colors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwk-XskXCI4