User:Zhang Yan/Recipe of harmony

Zhang Yan, A Recipe of Harmony, Trimester 6, Year 2.

A Recipe of Harmony

Description

This is a project aiming to show traditional Chinese culture and custom through food. The outcome will be an installation, with four round-shape loop videos projected on a dining table, looks like four dishes offering to audiences. The four dishes are foods in five colors from Five Elements Philosophy, which are red, yellow, blue-green, black and white. According to the food stories and symbolism, they represent love, regeneration, peace and balance, as ingredients contribute to A Recipe of Harmony. On the other hand, together with the artwork is a thesis book talking about Chinese food culture, dieting habits, philosophy, etc. It severs as theoretical basement of the whole project.

Media

Photos

Video

optional unless the final outcome of the project, or one of its main components, is a video/film/animation.

• allowed containers/codecs combos:
  • WebM (preferred):
    • Video codec: VP8 (3-5 Mbps data rate)
    • Audio codec: Vorbis (-q 6)
  • Ogg:
    • Video codec: Theora (3-5 Mbps data rate)
    • Audio codec: Vorbis (-q 6)
  • MP4:
    • Video Codec: H.264 (3-5 Mbps data rate)
    • Audio Codec: AAC (160kbps or 384kbps if 5.1) or MP3 (-V0 or -b 320)
• resolution: 720p if source >= 720p, native resolution otherwise, progressive.
• FPS: 24, 25, 30.
• Sample rate:
  • 44.1kHz if source is 44.1kHz or 88.2kHz
  • 48 kHz if source is 48kHz or 96kHz
  • 44.1 kHz for everything else.

Audio

optional unless the final outcome of the project, or one of its main components, is a sound piece/track.

• allowed containers/codecs combos:
  • Ogg: Vorbis (-q 6) preferred
  • MPEG: MP3 (-V0 or -b 320)
  • FLAC (-8)
• Sample rate:
  • 44.1kHz if source is 44.1kHz or 88.2kHz
  • 48 kHz if source is 48kHz or 96kHz
  • 44.1 kHz for everything else.
• Do not transcode! For instance, if the sound generated is directly an MP3, do not re-encode it with the settings above or with a different codec. Only encode original uncompressed or lossless compressed sources.

Essay

• File:Thesis.pdf

Additional Information

non optional

• One page itemised budget estimate

optional

• Project URL (if lives on an external site)
• extra wiki links (in case you have relevant notes/journals/documentation in your User: page, this is useful particularly if you have been asked to articulate further or refine your project during your assessment)
• Animated GIFs