Andrew Sacher

Thesis Presentation on April 10th, 2006 from 6:00 PM

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Intro/Concept:
• The Technophiles Anonymous Experience.
• Target Audience.
• Project Motivation.
- Changing social patterns with pervasive personal technologies.
- Blurring the line with counterfeit reality.
- Entertaining with interactive satirical comedy.
- Creative & Educational recombinants.

Project Research, Development, and Implementation:
• Content Research
- Personality tests
- Researching media consumption & addiction
- Branching Narrative
- Defining the Archetypes
• GUI and immersive design
- The evolution of an interface
- A&B content
- Building the immersive box
• Paper testing and Feedback
- Script Cards communicate to all
- Project Updates
• Scheduling and Building a team
- Project Milestones
- Responding to a dynamic process
• 2 Production and Authoring Tools
- Flash & Max/MSP compete
- Choosing the right combination
• Giving Life to an Interactive Animated Character
- TADO design
- Animated Story boards
- Facial Gesture Matrix & triggers
• Casting and first person documentary production
- Errol Morris Technique
• Construction and Exhibition

Project Summary:
• Lessons Learned
• Just the beginning…

Posted by andrew at 03:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I have the pleasure and honor of having Larry Gertz as one of my official thesis advisors. Larry was my boss @ Imagineering for many years and continues to be an important career mentor.

BIOGRAPHY: Larry Gertz has played a major role in managing and creative directing museum exhibits and shows, theme park attractions, location-based entertainment, and films. Three years ago, Larry left his 20-year stint at Walt Disney Imagineering where he was Creative Vice President and Executive Producer for the Epcot themepark at Walt Disney World as well as managing creative development for all Walt Disney Imagineering worldwide parks and resorts corporate partnerships. Larry was also executive producer and creative director for Disney’s first interactive themepark, DisneyQuest, in Chicago and Orlando Florida. Since leaving Disney, Larry has produced The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (above) in Seattle Washington, sponsored by Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen and he has developed a Ghirardelli Chocolate Manufactory Tour and Museum in San Francisco. Larry is currently opening a major interactive exhibit about the history and future of advertising, located at The New York Public Library. Larry consults extensively in both the museum and entertainment industries in interactive and virtual environment media design.

Posted by andrew at 12:22 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

ABOVE is what's "under the hood" for thesis Base Produciton with MAX/MSP...

BELOW is Base production for FLASH 8, with over 1200 lines of XML code, but who's counting?

Posted by andrew at 11:56 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Jerry C. recently joined my thesis project team to help fabricate the final Technophiles Anonymous installation. It is an honor and blessing to have the help of a seasoned craftsman and professional on the team. From the first day that we met, Jerry asked all the right questions and gave me complete confidence in his skills and tallents. Thanks to Jerry, I’ve been able to focus on other pressing aspects/components of my thesis project.

Posted by andrew at 11:58 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)