- Projection Mapped Résumé
For my first project idea, I’m considering taking my résumé and displaying it in a way that I hope is new and original (I haven’t thoroughly searched for other people who have attempted this). This idea excites me the most so of course I have many directions I want to take with it, one of which being a static approach, in which I build a model using the makerspace of something like a castle with a roller coaster and other small elements from places I have worked and places I aspire to work. The “show” would consist of a narration with images and video projection mapped onto the model to tell my professional and educational history. Some examples of which would be a whale jumping across the model, projected fire (and possibly real) covering/shooting out of the model, and an ode to Sesame Place where the whole model could possibly appear to be an image from a coloring book.
- YouTube Channel
A friend of mine who a different thesis section suggested that we work together on a project that we had intended to begin to make over the summer. We would create YouTube videos of comedic sketches and include special effects both digital and practical to make our videos stand out from a standard comedy style channel. I’m not sure that this idea is elaborate enough for an entire thesis but I believe it could be built upon and improved with small things.
- Christmas Lights
One of my passions is a hobby that eats up most of my free time is designing, programming, and building my yearly Christmas light display. Although this could help with my career being that lights are often incorporated throughout theme parks, I would more so be doing this just because I know how much fun I would have doing it. I would incorporate more elaborate elements in the display, such as animatronics and RGB curtain lighting. I would also hope to include projection mapping in the display. It sounds like a lot, I know, but that’s kind of my style when it comes to Christmas light displays (You can ask the police about 2013, they’ll remember). I feel that a display of lights, animatronics, projection mapped video and graphics, and a whole bunch of other fun stuff, all choreographed to music, would be a lot of fun to work on and to watch.
You’ve got some really fleshed out ideas, I particularly like the resume “show” and light display ideas. Your resume idea reminded me of the Rob Leonardi interactive resume (http://www.rleonardi.com/interactive-resume/) we were shown in 130 as an example of a successful way of presenting information on a website. Literally building your resume is so intuitive, and something I’ve never seen done either. It lines up so well with your passion towards Imagineering and will definitely give your resume that “stand out” factor.
Would you consider turning your Christmas light design hobby into an actual business one day? This could seriously be an untapped market during the holidays (and Christmas in July!). I love the idea of bringing projection mapping into it as well. It’s definitely worth looking into to test the possibilities and maybe even design a business after your thesis project!
I love the Resume idea. I’ve been looking at a ton of beautiful resumes on dribbble.com to try and find inspiration for my own. I think a virtual/interactive one would make you stand out and maybe get the job over someone else, as long as it’s executed well.
I read some of the other ideas and got a little bit confused by the castle, whale and roller coaster.. but hopefully if you choose this for your refined idea, I can understnad your vision. I think it would be cool to see this come to life. One thing to think about is that employers get easily bored after reading a resume for ten seconds, so it would be good to have something stand out right from the beginning!
Not going to lie, I love the Christmas lights idea! And not just because I love Christmas, although that’s definitely a factor. I think someone else on here mentioned it on another project, but it does seem that installation type ideas seem less common, so I think this idea would be really cool if it were to take off. Especially since you already have history doing this and you have experience. This just means you have a good grasp on scope.
I also like the idea of an interactive/projected resume. It’d definitely be a good way to show yourself off to potential recruiters who attend the showcase.
I think those two ideas are stronger than a YouTube channel (not saying you shouldn’t go for it as a personal project!), unless you can find some way to present it well. The other two have strong presentation potential.