Concept Development

Twister Concept:

At the beginning of the semester I talked about wanting to create a visual and aural beat machine. I think this would be a perfect opportunity to do this as well. Just like in my twister concept there would be a number of circles (colored this time) and would behave exactly like the demonstration Jill showed us that one time only this plays a looped beat that would repeat. Starting with the first circle that would be closest to the sidewalk it would be very simple but you can move from circle to circle and the beat would play and you could stretch out so you could play more at once if you wanted. There would be an animation for each circle that triggered when you were on it as well so it was apparent you were triggering it.

There will be a few synths and chords as well to make it more interesting.

This game would ideally be best played however with multiple people to trigger the space and make a more interesting sound. It will hopefully encourage people to communicate with one another. to play a game to make music in their own different ways.

Key Emotions:
Fun
Interesting
Interactive and participatory

Theme Premise:
Music/Sound
Encouraging meeting new people
Team-oriented
Physicality

Face Concept:

A while ago I came across a fact that really interested me while reading Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. The fact is that while we can see other people we cannot see ourselves and thus our perception of what we look like is skewed and usually cartoony. On the other hand we can always see other people so we usually draw them as accurately as possible.

So what I want to do is ask people to draw themselves on the tablet, and when they finish ask them to stand in front of the projection so the audience can see the differences and similarities, this could not be done with a simple caricature on paper. To make it even more fun I think having two people draw each other and then go in front of the projector to see the differences would be interesting.

In order to make people more comfortable with using the tablet I think I may put a piece of paper over it and tape it there.

Key emotions:
Comical
Funny
Interesting

Theme/Premise:
Our Perception of ourselves
Self-Reflection
Interactive and Viewer-generated

I'll take this image down after tomorrow.