Shelves

My first complete prototype, although it can't take any weight, is a projection shelf. The idea is to have a transparent hole in the shelf and a light source from below sending a beam of light through the holes creating a circle shadow on the ceiling. Of course any objects placed on the shelves will cast a different shadow shape on the spot of light on the ceiling. The short clip below shows the shadow changing when altering the light intensity. 

Dancing Shadows

After a really bad presentation at the beginning of the week I was desperate for a tutorial. I felt I did not represent my project very well at all on monday and do not intend on looking at what marks I get, just the written feedback. My tutorial with Rosario was very useful, and I now think I have one or two design ideas for a few objects. I plan to just get on with it and make, make, make. I need to start testing and refining ideas soon before I fall into a complete slump. 

One exciting piece of information I got from my tutorial on wednesday was a link to the Pilobolus dancers from New York. They do amazing performances using their bodies to great images alsorts of objects and scenarios. This was really inspiring as I love dancing, and the theatrical element of my project can really flourish with my latest ideas. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjPnEazNXgk

For my presentation I had to show my focused brief for designing prototypes. The only successful slide in the whole presentation. From my experiements I have decided to design puppetry for everyday life. My brief is to design structures and objects that allow the user to make puppets out of everyday objects. My first idea is for a table c

loth with instruction for the placement of dining objects that create shadows that build up to create a different image that suggest interaction. The cloth would turn the table into a stage for the users to move objects, through my directions, to create a shad

ow show on the table or adjacent wall. I just need to decide what these objects are going to say. I have been looking at different stage directions for scenes for Romeo and Juilet and image of Fred Eerdekens work with shadows below for ideas. 

Table Experiments

Stop Frame Toothpaste

Here are my attempts at visual animation of everyday objects. I seem to be a bit obsessed with toothbrushes and now toothpaste. I think I have built a character of a toothbrush in my head. Not necessarily a bad thing but I realise I must test what other people characterise, not just my own imagination. I had an idea of what to do with these clips is to experiment with different voice dubbing, seeing how other people vocalise the situation. It is a step closer to the staged scene suggestive of interaction I mentioned in my last blog. 

Animate Comic Book Style!

My first attempt to see how people animate everyday objects. I put up an image of an un-staged scenario in my own room. This was not overall successful but from this I am going to put up a new image of a staged scenario involving different household objects in a scene in order to provoke animate.