Mandilian.com » School http://www.mandilian.com The Home of Lauren Mandilian Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:41:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Graduation (this time its for real!) http://www.mandilian.com/blog/graduation-this-time-its-for-real http://www.mandilian.com/blog/graduation-this-time-its-for-real#comments Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:09:39 +0000 lauren http://www.mandilian.com/blog/graduation-this-time-its-for-real Graduation 2007Tonight I graduate from Drexel University (for the second time, but this time is the last and final time). I can’t believe its finally over. Its been a good five years though – I met some of my best friends here and had some amazing times. I worked really hard to get to where I am and it shows. I’m so proud of what I’ve accomplished, especially with my thesis. In fact, working on my thesis this past year has got me thinking that I might want to continue doing it as a profession. I’m planning on checking out the performances at SIGGRAPH this year and volunteering at the Philly Fringe Festival.

]]> http://www.mandilian.com/blog/graduation-this-time-its-for-real/feed 0 Thesis Approved!!! http://www.mandilian.com/blog/thesis-approved http://www.mandilian.com/blog/thesis-approved#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:11:47 +0000 lauren http://www.mandilian.com/blog/thesis-approved My paper got approved by my committee and was submitted to the Drexel University Library to be bound and archived.

]]> http://www.mandilian.com/blog/thesis-approved/feed 0 Research Day Results! http://www.mandilian.com/blog/research-day-results http://www.mandilian.com/blog/research-day-results#comments Thu, 10 May 2007 00:28:33 +0000 lauren http://www.mandilian.com/blog/research-day-results The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design awards for Drexel’s Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity Day were announced and I (drumroll please) won a Dean’s Award for Information Overload!

]]> http://www.mandilian.com/blog/research-day-results/feed 0 Research Day http://www.mandilian.com/blog/research-day http://www.mandilian.com/blog/research-day#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:38:50 +0000 lauren http://www.mandilian.com/blog/research-day Yesterday was Drexel’s annual Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity Day where students present projects that they have done to be judged. I presented my thesis by creating a poster, video with all digital assets (including music) compiled together, and displaying of some of the influential books I read as well as my notes and sketches. The judges really seemed to enjoy my presentation and project. Awards will be announced May 9 so keep your fingers crossed for me.

Research Day Presentation

]]> http://www.mandilian.com/blog/research-day/feed 0 End of Winter Term- thesis update http://www.mandilian.com/blog/end-of-winter-term-thesis-update http://www.mandilian.com/blog/end-of-winter-term-thesis-update#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:23:34 +0000 lauren http://mandilian.com/blog/end-of-winter-term-thesis-update Its hard to believe that the Winter Term is already over! You know what that means, only 10 more weeks until my thesis performance!!
I used this term to finalize all the animations (see screen shots below). The rain animation was done in Flash and is programed completely. Next term I will have to work closely with the engineers to figure out the best way to bring their data into Flash. I will also have to silhouette the footage I get from the theater and bring it into Flash.
The city animation is done. Because this animation follows the rain animation, I had to export the city animation as Flash video and import it into my Flash file.
The end animation that will be projected on fabric has gone through many revisions. Currently, I have two versions that I will need to test when I’m in the theater. The first version is the original idea with boxes of the projected texture moving towards the viewer. The second version is boxes pushing through a plane with a FFD applied to it. This will look like the boxes are pushing behind the video screen on stage. My fellow grad students feel that Version 2 gets the concept across better (technology unsuccessfully trying to push its way through), but my Committee Member feels that Version 1 will integrate the dancers more with the animation.

Animations

]]> http://www.mandilian.com/blog/end-of-winter-term-thesis-update/feed 0 Thresholds this Weekend http://www.mandilian.com/blog/thresholds-this-weekend http://www.mandilian.com/blog/thresholds-this-weekend#comments Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:17:11 +0000 lauren http://mandilian.com/blog/thresholds-this-weekend The Winter Dance Ensemble Concert, Thresholds was this past weekend. The show was great- we sold the house out Friday and Saturday night!

Me!

]]> http://www.mandilian.com/blog/thresholds-this-weekend/feed 0 New and *Approved http://www.mandilian.com/blog/new-and-approved http://www.mandilian.com/blog/new-and-approved#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:47:27 +0000 lauren http://mandilian.com/blog/new-and-approved After countless hours of research and having my mom help me with proofreading (thanks Mom), my thesis proposal has finally been approved by my committee members. I guess that’s why they say, “the third time’s a charm.”

]]> http://www.mandilian.com/blog/new-and-approved/feed 0 End of Summer Term- thesis update http://www.mandilian.com/blog/end-of-summer-term-thesis-update http://www.mandilian.com/blog/end-of-summer-term-thesis-update#comments Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:57:38 +0000 lauren http://mandilian.com/blog/end-of-summer-term-thesis-update The Summer term came and went like there was no tomorrow! I got a lot of prep work done for my thesis. I made connections with a fabric company and dance company in Germany! I made connections with professors from different departments on Drexel’s campus. I also completed a rough previz of my piece and an accurate 3D model of Mandell Theater. The previz will need a lot of revisions, but the model of the theater will be used to give people a general idea of how I want my piece projected (front or rear) and where and when the cyc(s) will be lowered.

Get the Flash Player to see this player.

]]> http://www.mandilian.com/blog/end-of-summer-term-thesis-update/feed 1