Pre-intro 00:00 – 02:36
- Scene
- The CD cover is displayed, with its animation. Just before the start the image recomposes.
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Provo a convincermi: the show
The concert’s visual system, played live by the bass player
“Provo a convincermi” is Andrea Montis’ debut album, performed live in concert with 5 musicians on stage and a fully customised video staging.
Andrea is one of my best friends: he asked me, and honoured me, to play bass at the live events and also to create the visuals for the show.
I designed a series of visuals that I can play live while playing bass… not easy, but very challenging and fun!
Each of the 10 songs is animated by a graphic theme generated and controlled live on stage by the bass player (Simone Murtas), following the dynamics and mood of each part of the song.
In its latest version the system can also design lighting scenes and movements for each song and play them in sync with the video over the DMX protocol.
All the graphics are designed to “assist” the music, following and emphasising its message. I took a minimal approach so that the video does not steal the attention, letting people perceive musical changes through the video too, in a kind of subliminal way.
Each song has a “base” graphic idea, drawn from the meaning of the song, which changes following the movements and mood of the song (intro, chorus, bridge and so on).
All scenes are generated and driven in real time, with no pre-recorded video. The footswitch changes scenes and single movements, so each part can be synchronised live.
Between scenes there is also an animation: the CD cover is sliced and layered to give dynamics to the scene. At each introduction the song’s title appears at the right moment, driven by the footswitch.
The scenes, song by song
1. Provo a convincermi 02:36 – 08:40
- Scene
- An electric wave.
- Movements
- The waves change colour and shape audio-reactively.
- Footswitch
- Each movement changes the number, intensity and shape of the waves.
2. Il mio regalo 11:45 – 15:30
- Scene
- A kind of samsara: coloured points rotate and expand with a feedback, leaving a trail.
- Movements
- The colours and shape of the circles are audio-reactive.
- Footswitch
- Changes the base colours and shape.
3. Il mio lato vero 18:10 – 22:30
- Scene
- A virtual sea (in GLSL).
- Movements
- Wave height and speed, direction of the camera.
- Footswitch
- Changes speed and direction.
4. La decisione e il mio equilibrio 25:00 – 28:00
- Scene
- A virtual landscape made of cubes.
- Movements
- Number, shape and speed of the cubes; the colour is audio-reactive.
- Footswitch
- Changes the shape, number and speed of the cubes.
5. Un giorno a Las Vegas 29:55 – 32:20
- Scene
- An imaginary trip through a 3D world representing Las Vegas.
- Movements
- 3D animations with typical casino elements, many of them audio-reactive.
- Footswitch
- Starts and stops the animations and changes the camera position at each movement.
6. Passeggio da solo 36:10 – 40:55
- Scene
- A processed video of a shopping street at night with raindrops over it.
- Movements
- Number, intensity, movement and direction of the drops.
- Footswitch
- Changes all the specs of the drops and adds lightning in some parts.
7. My family 42:10 – 46:10
- Scene
- A 3D trip through a fantastic landscape: only at the end you discover it was a simple photo.
- Movements
- Camera position.
- Footswitch
- Changes the point of view and the speed of the camera.
8. Ti vedo da qui 47:32 – 51:24
- Scene
- A virtual piano keyboard that explodes and recomposes.
- Movements
- The keys move, change size and fly audio-reactively.
- Footswitch
- Changes the layout and specs of the keys.
9. Uguale per tutti 53:30 – 57:48
- Scene
- A virtual planet in space.
- Movements
- The planet changes surface, colour, size and more.
- Footswitch
- Changes the shape, position and colour of the planet. It also turns on the sunlight at the chorus.
10. Cantendi po sa vida
- Scene
- A slideshow of sliced and layered photos.
- Movements
- Just the starting photo, then the same animation for the whole song.
- Footswitch
- Timing.
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