CTIN 532
First, Assignment #5 --
1) Experience Goals:
To have viewers face the pressing moral and ethical questions of our age. Viewers will explore emotionally provocative situations and environments, where they can project themselves into the ‘decision makers’s’ position.
An ensemble narrative will be embedded in the 'world' environment. The relationships between the various inhabitants of one high rise building will express and enact the moral dilemmas we’re dealing with.
Viewers will assume a “fly on the wall” voyeuristic position, with the ability to witness scenes between characters happening in the environment, as well as explore the environment itself and discover more about the world and the characters.
2) Atlas/Table of Contents
The Atlas to this world will be in the mode of a website for a tabloid newspaper (a la New York Post) with articles, art, and advertisements. Sections as follows:
I. Persistent news ticker
II. NEWS, Local
a. Crime
b. Renewable Energy
c. Biometric ids
d. Terrorism & Security
e. Rich get Richer
III. NEWS, foreign
a. Includes the rest of the country + other
b. President Sarah Palin
c. Hurricanes, tornados, floods, and fires
d. Poor Get Poorer
IV. BUSINESS
a. Privatization of necessary public infrastructure (hospitals, schools, roads, parks, etc…)
b. Government intervention of Big Business
V. HEALTH
a. Technologies that cause cancer & other problems
b. Fertility rates
c. GM Food
VI. LIFESTYLE
a. Pets: the new babies
b. Local: the new import
c. Single: the new married
VII. OPINION
a. Blogs from residents of the building
VIII. SPORTS
a. Cheetah Legs
b. Doping
c. Selective genetics for athletes
IX. CLASSIFIED
a. Seeking donor sperm/eggs
b. Seeking partners
X. ENTERTAINMENT
a. Sex, sex, sex
b. Gladiator’s Arena: Dr. Phil, Springer, Montel, etc…
c. Violence, snuff
XI. ADVERTISING
a. Pharmaceuticals – Antidepressants, Viagra
b. Sex Commerce
c. New New York re-branding campaign puts a positive spin on Climate change and
Assets to produce:
Map of the island/islands
Elevation scheme
3D Model highlighting set pieces where principle character interaction will take place
Characters (settings and moral conflicts for each)
Content for the news site/atlas
3) Other Observations --
Speaking of maps, I love this image of "How Americans See The World"
It might seem trite, but check out this TED video of Alisa Miller visually illustrating how much information Americans get about the rest of the world through the news media. Disappointing but informative...
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/alisa_miller_shares_the_news_about_the_news.html