Prototype 1
For my first prototype I thought mostly about what images I want to be shown on the sphere. I was deciding between animated and real graphics, and the best way to convey the story I am trying to tell. The feedback I received was that real graphics of the earth would convey more of a message than animations. I also was trying to figure out how I wanted to go through the story of the process of electronic waste and display it throughout the earth. A classmate suggested highlighting the country that I wanted to discuss next in a darkish grey color and zooming in on it as the shade got darker until the clip I wanted to show was played. The main outcome of this prototype feedback was that I needed to figure out what storyline I want to have in order to create the projection and how its going to make the sphere important to the show.
Prototype 2
My second prototype was a mini model of what I imagined the room to look like. It was constructed out of cardboard and painted black with a white foam sphere hanging from a thin piece of cardboard that laid at the top of the box. The feedback that I received was to consider constructing a larger scale model of the room and using a small projector to look at how the light will act on the sphere. Also, I talked about what the sphere should be made out of and was debating if it should be something that’s already the shape of a sphere that I can find or building it myself. One idea was getting an inflatable beach ball so that its light and hollow, however the concern was that it would have to be spray painted white and the creases in the balloon could be distracting. Another idea was to create it from styrofoam like what the model ball was made out of, but the surface isn’t smooth and might alter the projections. Classmates also suggested having some type of projection/screen display on the back wall behind the sphere for the audience to look at after the presentation.
Prototype 3
My last prototype I built a larger scale model of the room and used a pico projector to display an image of an earth. While talking with my classmates there were several questions that I was asking/brought to my attention:
- Will there be a start and finish?
- Is the earth going to be projected on both sides?
- How will the audience watch the video?
- Video display on one half/black on the other side with statistics
- Projectors? Screen displayers? A static visual that incorporates the screens?
- Where will the projectors be in relation to the sphere and screens
- What will the sphere be made out of
The conversations during class struck a lot of questions and things to think about while I continue to do research and build on my idea. We discussed having a display in the back of the room that’s built and static and the two screens in the back would be connected to the display but have motion to them. Someone also mentioned the idea of only displaying the earth on half of the screen for the audience to watch when the show begins, and on the back half have other statistics that run while they can look at the display. I personally think that would be a better approach since I was still trying to figure out how I was going to project the earth on both sides of the globe and then realizing that either the audience will have to move or the globe will have to spin so they see the whole show. After this last discussion I felt more confident how I want the show to progress and my main focus now is continuing to do research and plan out/create what I want to be projected. Along with creating a design/logo for the print materials I want to have on the other sides of the room and what I want the title of the show to be called.