A while ago, UCLA (thank you, Jeff Burke) sponsored me, allowing me to go to Derivative’s Los Angeles offices and get trained by two of TouchDesigner’s developers. It was a lot of fun, and their office was fantastic.
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Gone With The Wind REMIXED
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An experimental workshop at UCLA. The project incorporated a collection of theatre professionals, media artists, and film students. The basic premise was a two quarter-long deconstruction of the movie and its issues, culminating in a short show exploring those themes. … Continue reading
TouchDesigner77 – Embracing the Geek
Having fun learning a new piece of software – Derivative’s TouchDesigner. You can check them out here. It’s a customizable program for creating interactive virtual / real world environments. We’re just testing it out at UCLA, but for the time … Continue reading
A Dark Sun
© 2012 mattjjohns. All rights reserved.
Written and Directed by MFA3 Alex Levy at UCLA. Projection Design by Pablo Santiago and Desiree Hepp. I was the system programmer and asst. designer. System: Watchout 5 and (3) 12k Phillips Projectors
Grad School – Streetcar Named Desire
First Scenic Design Project since sophomore year. I need to take an art class, but other than that, it was actually received well by my professor. Will be revising, and modeling soon.
O.P.C.
© 2011 mattjjohns. All rights reserved.
O.P.C. Obsessive Political Correctnes A new play by Eve Ensler This was a workshop production and reading of Eve Ensler’s new play. Also, my first design in grad school. Not only my first design, but the first show in UCLA’s … Continue reading
Lights and Ropes
A shot I took during the load-in for a workshop reading of Eve Ensler’s new play. The concept for the set was a freegan-esque loft space, beautifully provided by Emily Macdonald. Lighting design by yours truly, and the space has a couple … Continue reading
A lovely smile
Seen outside my apartment in LA. Made my night for some simple reason.
Seen @ Boston Court Theatre
It’s actually posted over the urinal. Inspiring.
ABCs
My fellow first year dutifully drafts letters, as the first step in her course. Her patience far outweighs my own.
Lonely Pencil
Took this photo whilst messing around with my camera in the design studio. Thanks to Yuki for letting me take the photo and giving me a minimal amount of weird looks. Poor guy really hates AutoCAD. One empathizes.
Fly By Night
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A developmental musical produced as part of the TheatreWorks Festival of New Works. was the assistant lighting designer underneath Paul Toben, taking over as the designer after tech week for all of the script / technical changes. All photography courtesy … Continue reading