I signed on again to design the sounds for Professor Leitner's "Little Princess Playhouse." The plays put on for this iteration? A variant of the fairytale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses", and Cinderella, which needs no introduction. This time around, though, the professor requested that I use various image/video cues to go along with certain events in the story. It's not much of a departure from sounds - in fact, the only thing different is the medium transmitted.
I figured out a tad too soon that this task was doable with one computer, but since there were two available for use - one my own personal computer, the other the professor's old laptop - I decided to test my hand at juggling both. Foobar2000 on my personal computer was responsible for playing the sounds; VLC Player was used on the professor's for handling video. I wish I knew of a better alternative for each; a digital soundboard, with keys that could be assigned a cue. Press a button to play, press the button again to stop. This'll also have effect upon projectors, as well - one could be configured in a menu - the output projector could be determined during button assignment, or in the big "Preferences" menu.
The job does seem simple at first read - actor does something, push a button. Sometimes, it's the other way around - the first play of the double feature, "Princesses", starts on me cuing music. With the equipment and knowledge I had of the task, however, it can add up to become a rather amusing juggle of a projector remote, a "soundboard," and a "VCR."
It's something that I really enjoyed doing, and given the opportunity, I'd do it again - it's the sort of thing or field that I'd wanna work hard at and perfect.
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