For the final variation I wanted to explore the linear progression of the video. That is, up till now all of the variations have jumped randomly between different parts of the video. A skipping CD will always attempt to play from start to finish, even if it does skip occasionally. So, for this variation…

For the third variation I began to explore rhythm further by repeating the random segments a number of times. I used the script from Variation #2 – although I only created 20 segments – and then repeated these between two and six times each. Observations This variation bears more resemblance to a skipping CD…

For the second and subsequent variations I used only seven instances of the chorus line as a source. For this variation I then wrote a script on each of the seven videos that created 90 segments of varying lengths (up to 0.999 seconds) from random positions in the video. I then finally composed them…

For the first variation I used the video of the entire performance – minus the introduction from Don Cornelius and the fade out – as input. I then wrote a script that created 600 segments of varying lengths (up to 0.999 seconds) from random positions in the video and finally composed them into one…