What I hope you will get out of the articles I write is a
basic understanding of scripts, plus a script that you can take home, play
with, use, and understand. All of this
will be very directed at dancers and the effects they need or use.
Most scripters that I know are private individuals. They don’t
like you looking over their shoulder for fear they will lose some edge. That is
totally understandable and I am the same way. But here you will get to look
over my shoulder and get the explanation to go with it.
We will cover simple things such as …
What is a script,
How to create a strobe,
How to create light effects,
How to use particle effects,How to create water effects,
How to create rotating items,
How to create a simple voice triggered mover,
How to create couples mover,
How did I get here?
One day I was at a dance show that had gone very bad. The lag
was so so intense! Nothing on the region was working right. The poor dancers were
doing their best to deal with it. Then they had a problem with a scripted prop.
The DJ piped up in chat about how he was a scripter and he could do things so
much better, blah, blah, blah! Clearly he felt he was “the man” rescuing
everyone. I have to say I got a good laugh out of watching him beat on his
chest like a gorilla. To me he clearly did not understand the basics even
though his profile boasted his self-proclaimed superior knowledge. It bothered
me most to watch the dances just take his abuse. They could not say anything
because they didn’t know any better themselves. Even the owner of the show was stumbling
over herself to blame the lag on the dancers. I was so amazed at the absolute
lack of understanding and high flying egos that I just left the group. I could not watch people behave this way. It
was to disturbing. These types of situations can be prevented with knowledge.
This is my mission.
See you on the dance floor!
Rachael