Database Cinema: An Instant Movie Mashup Generator

Julian Palacz’s Algorithmic Search for Love, an interactive digital media installation, works like a search engine; viewers can search a collection of films for a certain spoken phrase and the program plays back a montage of all those moments in sequence. The program works by parsing the English subtitle tracks of 500 films on a local hard drive, creating an edit similar to the “supercut” sequences that have been so popular on YouTube lately — like this one. This video demonstrates how the program works with the phrases “where are you?” and “holy shit!” (the video contains some adult language and scenes). 

Read more —> The Atlantic


Recent comments

Blog comments powered by Disqus

Notes

  1. notational reblogged this from brooklynmutt
  2. chrismohney reblogged this from brooklynmutt
  3. brooklynmutt posted this