{"id":3352,"date":"2011-10-23T01:06:38","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T05:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=3352"},"modified":"2011-10-23T01:06:38","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T05:06:38","slug":"a-golden-straight-jacket-for-madman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=3352","title":{"rendered":"A Golden Straight-Jacket for Madman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not often I click on fractal videos these days.\u00a0 Video is just tricky with fractals, especially when you&#8217;re trying to combine it with music or some sort of meaningful sound.<\/p>\n<p>But when I saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/movies-showcase-%28rate-my-movie%29\/gluon-glitch\/\">Madman&#8217;s posting<\/a> on Fractalforums.com today, when he said, &#8220;This one took 10 days to render @HD quality, no anti-aliasing.&#8221; &#8230;I thought no one spends 10 rendering something for nothing.\u00a0 So I took a look.\u00a0 And you can too, right here, thanks to the embedding powers of YouTube:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qm3RXVlL91s\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The intro is amazingly well done and syncs with the music like it was made in movie studio.\u00a0 The spinning spokey top thing transforms in the weird way that 3D fractals often do and it usually looks distracting and disorienting but in this case it works wonderfully well.\u00a0 The small wire elements which make up most of the imagery look good all the time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3356\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3356\" title=\"gluon01\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/gluon01.jpg?resize=400%2C244\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"244\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen capture at 25 second mark<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is right were my mind went &#8220;wow&#8221;.\u00a0 I thought I was in a new Star Wars movie landing on an updated Kamino Cloning Center or in Bespin Cloud City.\u00a0 The best &#8220;shining&#8221; part of the video in my opinion.\u00a0 But there&#8217;s more I liked:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3357\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3357\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3357\" title=\"gluon02\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/gluon02.jpg?resize=400%2C245\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"245\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen capture at 1:05<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At this point I felt like I was flying as well as in a dream.\u00a0 In addition to watching it at 360p on my laptop I also downloaded the 1080p HD version (114MB) and watched it on my newly aquired 40&#8243; HDTV.\u00a0 Yes, that is a step up in venue, but everything good about the video is still there at 360p and small screen.\u00a0 The &#8220;action&#8221; in the video alone makes it impressive.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3358\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3358\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3358\" title=\"gluon03\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/gluon03.jpg?resize=400%2C224\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen capture at 1:16<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The color goes hyper and wild at this point and I really liked it.\u00a0 Rather than look broken or overexposed it was stylish.\u00a0 Even the golden flash added something.\u00a0 It took on a real Tron like look, the original version.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3359\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3359\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3359\" title=\"gluon04\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/gluon04.jpg?resize=400%2C224\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen capture about 1:35<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Someone on Fractalforums said the best part was at about 1:30 and they&#8217;re certainly right that it&#8217;s one of the best.\u00a0 We shoot suddenly out into space enroute to this ornate structure.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a lot of very nice still images to be found in this video.\u00a0 Just like one of those European art films.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3360\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3360\" title=\"gluon05\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/gluon05.jpg?resize=400%2C223\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"223\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen capture at 1:49<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here, almost at the end of the 2:11 video I get the Stanley Kubrik 2001 feeling.\u00a0 Maybe a few too many stars in the background, but they do help for perspective and showing movement.\u00a0 Nice orbiting space station.<\/p>\n<p>A few general comments:\u00a0 Firstly, what a thrill.\u00a0 I was genuinely dazzled in a couple places and I&#8217;ve seen my share of &#8220;wonder-filled&#8221; mandelbox videos this year.\u00a0 Madman has really accomplished something with this video.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly: he kept the length of the video short and tight.\u00a0 There was always something happening in the video and not just something moving or transforming, there was always something <em>captivating<\/em> going on.\u00a0 I think that&#8217;s the hardest part along with syncing the audio with the video.\u00a0 Making video seems to require juggling several things at once.<\/p>\n<p>Thirdly:\u00a0 The graphical picture looked unique and fresh to me.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never seen this sort of &#8220;steel staple&#8221; formation before and it transforms well during the spinning, zooming and rotating.<\/p>\n<p>Fourthly:\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know if zooming into little tunnels is always the best thing to do when you&#8217;ve got so much spectacular and panoramic other things to look at, but it does balance those &#8220;big&#8221; scenes with an alternate, close and confined experience.\u00a0 And the last tunnel zoom fit with the music exceptionally well.<\/p>\n<p>Fifthly:\u00a0 It takes great graphics, good planning and just the right selection of music\/sound effects to create a good fractal video &#8220;experience&#8221;.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a lot of work and maybe it takes some real talent for this sort of thing, too.\u00a0 Video is a different medium than still image work and simple fly-throughs in and over otherwise interesting imagery just aren&#8217;t enough to keep people&#8217;s attention anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Sixth:\u00a0 Let&#8217;s all watch it again&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not often I click on fractal videos these days.\u00a0 Video is just tricky with fractals, especially when you&#8217;re trying to combine it with music or some sort of meaningful sound. But when I saw Madman&#8217;s posting on Fractalforums.com today, when he said, &#8220;This one took 10 days to render @HD quality, no anti-aliasing.&#8221; &#8230;I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=3352\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/gluon01.jpg?fit=400%2C244&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1195,"url":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=1195","url_meta":{"origin":3352,"position":0},"title":"Fractals Don&#8217;t Have to be Fractals","author":"Tim","date":"14 May, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I often find myself preoccupied with justifying fractals (and other types of computational imagery) as art; trying to link fractals with the larger stream of visual art that has flowed and enriched (and provoked) our culture since pre-history.\u00a0 I don't know why it nags me so much.\u00a0 I don't think\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 3 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 3 comments","link":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=1195#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Trusses.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Trusses.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Trusses.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17,"url":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=17","url_meta":{"origin":3352,"position":1},"title":"Art with Fractals","author":"Tim","date":"8 August, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been thinking about fractals and art and that's what I came up with.Like the world's shortest email message, I have put everything into the subject line and now there's no need to add any message.Fractal art is commonly labelled \"Fractal Art,\" which at first glance makes sense, but in\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","block_context":{"text":"With 1 comment","link":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=17#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2848,"url":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2848","url_meta":{"origin":3352,"position":2},"title":"Rebooting Fractal Art: Part 3","author":"Tim","date":"4 August, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"What fractals fail to do... 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