CLASS: new ecology of things
TERM: spring 10
GROUP PARTNERS: jae kim, julianne weiss
LOOK THINK WRITE is an authoring system for emerging screenwriters. Through this workspace, writers may incorporate visual, textural and sensory media with script, in the brainstorming process and amongst each other. This is especially useful in a classroom setting, where a group of people must communicate an idea. Inspirational imagery and sensory elements may be exchanged to inform that conversation.
Partners, Jules, Jae and I created a system for those who are learning how to be a screenwriter. Our system consisted of four different artifacts; the writer's notebook, the blocks, the snifters, and the swatch & material book.
During the development of the system design, we followed the steps in which screenwriter's typically work. We began with the brainstorming.
Our first device comes in form of the writer's notebook. This device is actually an insert that will fit in any notebook form regardless of size and make. Writers tend to be loyal to their brand, so we took this into consideration. The device is constructed of e-paper, and also has image, video and sound capturing capabilities. The idea behind this device is that you could just slip it into the back of your notebook. Whatever you write on the physical pages, gets recorded on the e-paper. Your physical handwriting is immediately digitized and sent into the "cloud," to be accessed at a later time.
Let's say you're walking down the street, and see an alleyway that is perfect inspiration for a scene you're writing. Well, all you'd have to do is pull out your notebook, and flip it open to the device in the back, and capture it. You can capture either a still image, or video with audio. This too is immediately sent into the cloud for you to view at a later moment, as this device is solely for capturing, audio, video, imagery, or your notes.
Once you get back to your workspace. The captured information flows into Blocks. Wooden blocks are the housing unit for collected content and inspirational material. By way of mini, short throw projectors, these blocks can project this information on any surface, anywhere.
Each block is meant to house the information for one "beat" (plot point) / character / location. They also sync with the written screenplay for easy editing. The blocks can be rearranged to change the order of actions or arranged side by side to compare material. Data may be shared between blocks and amongst writers. To access the different sections of the blocks, you flip them on to different sides. The categories you have for each side are image, video/audio, script/notes, and swatch.
A Swatch & Material Book is also present in this new ecology of writing. Textures are given to the writer similar to how a Pantone book may be given to a designer. On top of the swatches included, the user can is able to add to the collection. By collecting textures, the writer may explore an their senses with the immediacy and intuition of textural references. It should be noted that each swatch is digitally tagged for ease of synching with the rest of the system.
Finally, the Snifters are the housing devices for scent. The writer may capture scent at any time and relay that data back to a snifter. When they return to the studio or the classroom, snifters may open to fill the room with the scent of a corresponding location in the film or perhaps the smell of a character's perfume.
demo
blocks
book of swatches & snifters
TERM: spring 10
GROUP PARTNERS: jae kim, julianne weiss
This project should rethink how people learn, applying the ideas of New Ecology of Things, including productive, embodied, and mythological interaction. The project must incorporate some kind of distributed computation, where multiple, interactive objects and/or spaces compose the whole project. This should involve remote sensors, effectors or other parts of system accessed through the network.
LOOK THINK WRITE is an authoring system for emerging screenwriters. Through this workspace, writers may incorporate visual, textural and sensory media with script, in the brainstorming process and amongst each other. This is especially useful in a classroom setting, where a group of people must communicate an idea. Inspirational imagery and sensory elements may be exchanged to inform that conversation.
Partners, Jules, Jae and I created a system for those who are learning how to be a screenwriter. Our system consisted of four different artifacts; the writer's notebook, the blocks, the snifters, and the swatch & material book.
During the development of the system design, we followed the steps in which screenwriter's typically work. We began with the brainstorming.
Our first device comes in form of the writer's notebook. This device is actually an insert that will fit in any notebook form regardless of size and make. Writers tend to be loyal to their brand, so we took this into consideration. The device is constructed of e-paper, and also has image, video and sound capturing capabilities. The idea behind this device is that you could just slip it into the back of your notebook. Whatever you write on the physical pages, gets recorded on the e-paper. Your physical handwriting is immediately digitized and sent into the "cloud," to be accessed at a later time.
Let's say you're walking down the street, and see an alleyway that is perfect inspiration for a scene you're writing. Well, all you'd have to do is pull out your notebook, and flip it open to the device in the back, and capture it. You can capture either a still image, or video with audio. This too is immediately sent into the cloud for you to view at a later moment, as this device is solely for capturing, audio, video, imagery, or your notes.
Once you get back to your workspace. The captured information flows into Blocks. Wooden blocks are the housing unit for collected content and inspirational material. By way of mini, short throw projectors, these blocks can project this information on any surface, anywhere.
Each block is meant to house the information for one "beat" (plot point) / character / location. They also sync with the written screenplay for easy editing. The blocks can be rearranged to change the order of actions or arranged side by side to compare material. Data may be shared between blocks and amongst writers. To access the different sections of the blocks, you flip them on to different sides. The categories you have for each side are image, video/audio, script/notes, and swatch.
A Swatch & Material Book is also present in this new ecology of writing. Textures are given to the writer similar to how a Pantone book may be given to a designer. On top of the swatches included, the user can is able to add to the collection. By collecting textures, the writer may explore an their senses with the immediacy and intuition of textural references. It should be noted that each swatch is digitally tagged for ease of synching with the rest of the system.
Finally, the Snifters are the housing devices for scent. The writer may capture scent at any time and relay that data back to a snifter. When they return to the studio or the classroom, snifters may open to fill the room with the scent of a corresponding location in the film or perhaps the smell of a character's perfume.
demo
blocks
book of swatches & snifters