Week 5 - More Info on "Inside Out"
What is the Interactive Component in the design?
An Animation Installation:
- A full-size re-creation of the corner of the attic from the film with cards pinned on the wall and scattered on a table &/or tucked away in shelves viewers can look through
- The digital animation is viewed through a life-size stereoscopic telescope or binoculars (examining close-up or internal things instead of far-away places). I might try to make a version that a viewer can explore in real-time
Intention For the Viewer:
Evoke empathy
Inspire curiosity
Process & Mark of Success:
A basic narrative structure is set up at the beginning to introduce the viewer to the character’s world. In this animation installation, the viewer can then browse physical documents - artifacts from the character’s life - as they examine his backyard environment digitally, through a telescope or binoculars. Success will be evaluated by the amount of time, ease, and attention that users devote to exploring the world. Additionally, it is important that viewers understand the basic overriding concept of the piece – a subjective portrayal of memory loss associated with aging.
Atlas:
PHYSICAL ARTIFACTS:
Cards pinned on a wall (possibly on a map) & stacked on a table or in drawers
EXPERIENCE:
Rummaging through someone’s mind as its parameters change
TABLE OF CONTENTS of CARDS:
Information & facts associated with dementia, memory loss, brain functions
Maps of External locations character has lived with dates on them – a key
Map of Internal Thoughts/ Knowledge Storage
- Drawings of the world – sketches character may have made with notations
- Lists that the character has made – memories, shopping lists, etc.
- Photos - strings attaching certain photos and documents to one-another
Physics – Traditional to surreal world
- Teleporting, ground rumbling & cracking, house breaking apart, characters appear flat &
- ghost-like, spatial relationships change
Time – Occurrence of a memory signaled by a surreal change in the environment
Stories – Simple dialogue interaction, talking to oneself, writing, drawing
ASSETS TO BE PRODUCED:
- Found Objects: Telescope or Binoculars, old photographic equipment
- Model of Installation: Digital or Physical
- Photos: Aged – Of landscape locations, stills or snapshots from the film
- Cards: Handwritten lists, Maps, Poems, Phrases, Sketches of places, Diary pages
- Digital 3D mock-up of environment with viewer navigation enabled