You will find here the technical explanations of Monkey_Party DVD and some secrets of the authoring.



Monkey_Party considère le support DVD-video non plus comme un simple moyen de stockage mais aussi comme un medium créatif.

The DVD-video has several specifications:

- possibilities of having several video angles.

- pseveral sounds tracks and several subtitles tracks.

- DVD-video contains menus.

- The video tracks can be cut out in chapter by using marker.

- lThe video can contain scripts (small code lines which make carry out actions with the DVD player).

From these elements, by using them or by altering them, we developed interactives parts audiovidéo and/or with random generation. .



KEY :

Works KEY is built on a structure of nonlinear reading. The video is not read in continuity.

We made a video which connects trajectories in a space.

Then we cut out this video with markers. Each one of these cuttings received a name TD01… (for straight) G01… (for left) and D01. (for right-hand side).

Here is an example of cutting of the video track.

Here how we located the times-codes where we must insert markers.

We used the subtitles track of the video to insert there arrows on which we put buttons.
Each one of these buttons is linked to the one of the markers. One moves then in space but also in the “timeline” of the video.

Here the image which was used as a subtitle on which have positioned the buttons

Here “the tree structure” of works “KEY”

Random tracks: :

Many elements or links, are managed randomly by the DVD player.

The work “Brain” for example is assembled by the player with scripts. This work is composed of two tracks. A track is made up of video, sound and subtitle.

For “Brain”, each of the two tracks contains 3 videos, 3 sounds and 9 subtitles.
So, the player selected one of the two tracks.
Then, in the track which is selected, player selected 1 video, 1 sound and 1 subtitle before launching the reading.

Small diagram in order to explain more “clearly”
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For telling the player to make a random choice we wrote a script:

The player chooses the elements (audio, video, subtitle) then it assembles them in a single track which it reads in real time.





ACCESS structure: :

This work is compose by three types of elements. Small interactive plays. Videos. Menus.

All videos contain some interactive subtitles which, if it is selected, is linked to other elements of the work.
Texts present on the videos are invisible subtitles which it is necessary to reveal.
Buttons have placed on the text of the subtitles. By using the arrows of the remote control, the user changes the selected button and reveals the text which hides behind.
The menus are also composed of a video on which comes a text who contained of the buttons.

The ACCESS structure is managed by scripts which link the elements between them in a random way.

Here a list of some video elements of ACCESS and the links which theirs are associated:

“bout 1 ″ and “bout 2 ″ indicate the buttons present in the video, “end” indicates the “end action” (what the DVD player makes when it arrives at the end of the video) and “menu” indicates the menu button of the remote control . “Menu 1 ″ “Menu 2 ″, “pièce”(work) and “script bug” are the names of scripts on which “bout 1″ « bout 2″ “pièces” and “menu” are linked.

On the video “Cable” for example, if you press on button 1 (bout 1) the player should read and carry out the script called “pièces”.

This is the same list but for a part of the menus:

Here an example of script. We are on a menu and this script is associated to one button of this menu. Once this button is selected, the player reads script, and choose randomly a video before reading.

Here is part of the secrets of Monkey_Party. //////////

Other secrets on the authoring will come soon

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