My video wasn't projected with sufficient brightness today, so I hope anyone interested in actually seeing it will either follow my youtube link, or, if you have a few minutes of free time in class I'll gladly play a full res copy from FCP on the computers. Just ask.
There were details that discussion couldn't touch on in class due to the viewing conditions. Nobody mentioned any of the optical effects, so I'll outline them here:
Scene 1: In the first shot, a large negative meniscus served as a fish-eye lens. The candles from the birthday cake are the only light source.
Scene 2: The camera aperature is changed on the fly, in order to shift the exposure to a range that reveals the robot.
Scene 3: UV light is the only light source. The glowing liquid is tonic water, which contains quinine, a chemical that fluoresces under blacklight.
Scene 4: 30fps is more than twice the strobe rate of the dream machine, therefore the camera is able to sample it without a quantization error. Yet the camera's image still possesses motion unlike viewing the dream machine with the naked eye.
Also, I welcome any comments on the narrative from people who watch an adequately bright version of it (youtube, etc.)
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