two films from Paul O’Donoghue aka Ocusonic

This new submission from filmmaker Paul O’Donoghue aka Ocusonic includes two recent films:

“A Diamond Forms Under Pressure” (2008) is an anomaly existing somewhere between experimental film and music video, computer animation and programming, science and art.
The improvised electronic soundtrack drives proprietary software, which analyses the audio and generates a cogent synchronous image in real-time. Frequencies push and pull against each other, stabilising or agitating the central image.

“Chasing Waves” (2009) is visual music composed using voltage controlled video synthesis, the audio creates the image, what you hear is what you see. The title refers to the search for those sonorous audible frequencies which form the most interesting patterns, creating a harmonious balance between sound and vision. A metaphoric search for a place of tranquility free from the extraneous noise of contemporary life, like watching an electronic version of the patterns created by waves lapping along a sea shore, constantly changing but always the same.

Sound & Vision: Ocusonic: 9min, DVD, Color, 2009

Includes:
A Diamond Forms Under Pressure: 6min, DVD, Color, 2009
Chasing Waves: 3min, DVD, Color, 2009