Hill

A musical and visual accompaniment to spoken word poetry

###Requirements

Hill requries libsndfile and ftgl. Use brew to install these.

brew install libsndfile ftgl

Hill will require some massaging to compile on Linux. It is not compatible with Windows. (yet!)

###Instructions Place 'poem.json' and audio file in 'Data' directory.

Press 'space' to start poem.

###Poem Schema

{
  "track": "<path>/<to>/<wavfile.wav>",
  "lines": [
    {
      "text": "1st line",
      "time": 3, // time in seconds. Can use decimals.
      "cam" : { // Provide camera position for this line
        "r" : 700, // Distance away from the center of the scene
        "angle" : 0.674740942 // Angle around the x-z circle
      }
    },
    {
      "text":"Line 2",
      "time":5,
      "cam" : {
        "r": 900,
        "angle" : 0.357889
      },
      "offset" : { // Provide offsets for text movement
        // All text is originally 500 units close to
        // the center of the scene, and 100 units
        // "up" (positive y axis).
        // Location is measured from the bottom
        // right of the text object.
        "z" : -400, // Can provide x, y, and z movements
        "x" : -1000 // Each offset axis is optional
      }
    },
    {
      // If no "cam" object is provided
      // the previous camera location will
      // be used. "cam" objects must contain
      // an "r" and "angle" element.
      "text":"Melisma",
      "time":2
      "offset" : {
        "y" : -100,
        "z" : 200
      }
    }
  ]
}