Allan and Alex Animation
on Category: Assignments
on Lionel and Vicky’s Animation
on Animation Izzy and Ella
on Change of Due Date for Assignment 7
on Some announcements/reminders:
The Distributed Narrative assignment due date has been changed from Monday to Tuesday, July 21!
Also, please remember that next week you need to reserve equipment for check out from the Equipment Center: DSLR camera, tripod, shotgun mic, boompole, Zoom H4n recorder. You need this equipment all week to shoot, so coordinate with your group- one person can check it out Mon- Wed, and another can check it out Wed-Fri.
Assignment #7: Distributed Narrative
on Chance of Due Date: Tuesday, July 21
INSTRUCTIONS:
Working with your group, explore distributed storytelling using QR coding. You should use your own material (stills, video and/or audio you recorded with school equipment or your smartphone) and at least one external item such as news article, text, Twitter feed, Youtube, Vimeo link, etc. Based on in-class discussion on social engagement, your group will be creating a “story in public place”. This can be a neighborhood tour, short fiction, scavenger hunt, a personal reflection, or an advocacy project. Think of interaction possibilities: how can this practice expand the experience and engage new audiences? Consider explorative, archival and performative functions. Working together with your group, generate the codes (5 to 6 codes), post in public, photograph the sites (as evidence) and create a brief one page report that discusses your choices and the functionality of the project. Make sure you include the QR codes in your report and post it to our course blog.
You can use any of the QR code generators such as http://goqr.me/ , qrstuff.com, or similar. Use one of the free QR mobile apps for Android/iOS to test your project and make sure it works.
Dreams Audio Ella and Isabel
on Allan and Alex City and Train Sounds
on The sounds you hear on this track are those taken from the tongue of New York City. The voices of its people, buildings, and train stations were edited together to create a story of a train rider encountering various personalities and situations throughout his commute. None of the events in the track actually happened the way they seem. Many different situations were combined to tell the story.
Isabella and Vicky Interview
on For our sound piece, we decided to interview people within Greenwich Village about what they liked about the area. We met people from many different places and backgrounds, however, their responses were very similar. Common themes were the park, music, food, and appreciation for the general atmosphere of NYC.
Assignment #3 – Interviews
on For this assignment, my friend Amanda brought up the idea to ask the people around what they thought was the biggest issue in NYC. I was reluctant at first to this idea, thinking it would have been too serious of a subject to ask random people on the streets, and how not everyone would be completely familiar with NYC. We still went with that question, and I think that it turned out to be a good one (nice choice Amanda, I was totally wrong haha). The people who answered generally had vague and short answers, and although they are all equally serious topics, one man delved deep into his story and told us about a serious issue that I found to be something that should be brought to attention: Homelessness. This anonymous person told us about how he ended up in that state, what life had been like afterwards, and I think that it’s important to realize how that could have been any other person, including us, under a chain of unfortunate circumstances. The majority of this audio clip is from him, and I’d like to share it with the rest of you. (Also Amanda and Julia too because they have the same files as me. 😛 )
Lionel and Natalie Interview
on The purpose of this interview was to abuse an innocent person’s trust and exploit their food preferences in order to provide you all with a wider variety of restaurants to choose from. We hope we gave you what you are hungry for. Bon appetit!