Computer Graphics

"**Computer Graphics**" is the seventh episode in the analog horror series "Eventide Media Center," created by Aidan Chick.

## Synopsis

This entry is a 1990 demo reel for "Interface Visions, Inc.," situated in East Circuit, MA; the logo resembles a human head connected to circuitry.

After the opening title cards, the viewer is shown what appears to be a circuit board, which inexplicably also has 3D renderings of four trees. The camera pans over the board, passing over a core processor (though not easy to read, the name "Madison Gatesburg" can be seen printed on top of this processor).

The camera stops on one piece of the board, to the bottom left of the core processor, which then bears the title "Animation & Visual Effects." A 3D image of what appears to be a golf ball is shown rolling past several 3D renders of pillars or columns, stopping at a rendering of a cross-topped grave. Small circuitry wires are coming out of this grave.

The images then change to show the Earth, with a rendering of a yellow, ringlike shape floating into space towards a computer chip, before shifting to a floating octahedron, which opens to reveal a smaller version of the circuit board. The video explains how these images are crafted from the "visions and dreams" of the employees of Interface.

The view returns to the main circuit board with the camera panning to the bottom right of the processor, labeled "Models." More 3D renders are shown: a piano and a purple rose bearing small circuitry wires, and finally a desktop computer monitor with wires at the back. However, here the music abruptly stops as the thickest wire suddenly drops from the back of the computer monitor, as though it was never connected in the first place, and simply propped up to appear so.

Returning to the main circuit board, the camera then pans to the upper right of the processor, which boasts the title "Character Models" (the name on the core processor at the center is clearer here). The video briefly shows a 3D model of a human head and face before mentioning that the following renders were modeled after "real participants." The viewer is then shown the model of Bill Reed, an employee, but upon the model being turned, it displays cables emerging from the back of the model's head (one of which resembles the wire from the back of the monitor) and a computer chip on the back of its neck. The next model, "Steve Harriett," shows wires spewing out of the model's mouth, its jaw melting, and another chip attached to the side of its face. The final model is named "Joe Gatesburg," the project manager, with multiple chips attached to the face and wiring coming out of the left side of its head. One of the model's eyes, notably darker than the others, is seen to be emitting a white liquid or small moving organisms before the video cuts out, returning to the main circuit board, which is now labeled "Motherboard."

The camera pans once again to the bottom right, showing 3D images of four beds, three occupied and one empty. The three figures in these beds appear to have wiring attached to their heads. The film states that their "visions become reality," before fading to black.

A final card appears, dedicating the reel to the memory of *Madison Gatesburg*, who died one year before the reel's publication. The Eventide Media center logo then appears, ending the episode.

## Transcript

Note: All errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation are original to the video, and are not typos made by the editor(s) of this article.

"PLAY

INTERFACE VISIONS, INC.

East Circuit, MA"

"INTERFACE VISIONS INC.

DEMO REEL

JANUARY 1990"

"MADISON GATESBURG

Mk 1 CORE PROCESSOR"

"ANIMATION & VISUAL EFFECTS

All animations created from the visions and dreams of our dedicated employees."

ANIMATION & VISUAL EFFECTS"

"MODELS

All graphics modeled after real-life observations."

MODELS"

"MADISON GATESBURG

Mk 1 CORE PROCESSOR"

"CHARACTER MODELS

Accurately modeled after real participants.

Bill Reed

Employee

Steve Harriett

Employee

Joe Gatesburg

Project Manager"

"MADISON GATESBURG

Mk 1 CORE PROCESSOR"

"Motherboard."

"Here at Interface, our visions become reality."

"In loving memory of MADISON GATESBURG

1941-1989."

## "Bulletin"

On the Eventide Media Center Twitter, a post from January 3rd shows an image of the Motherboard, apparently life-sized and located in the forest near the town of East Circuit, MA. According to the image, Interface Studios *is* the Motherboard. The name of Madison Gatesburg is also printed on this real-life core processor. The address of the "studio" is given as "10 Boardfield Drive, East Circuit, MA."

## Trivia

* Currently, it is unclear what the connection is between Joe and Madison Gatesburg, if any.
* It could be speculated, judging from Madison's death a year before the reel's release and the name on the core processor, that Madison is physically part of the processor. The "models" of the employees appear to show that these people were physically connected to the Motherboard, explaining the wires and circuitry mutilating their bodies.
* Octahedrons would feature in a later entry, "Week Ahead," but these entries are not connected.