From e7ed573f85313ab0e874e418537548b0952c9518 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: thelonious81 Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:47:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Zoetrope Park Project posting assignment --- Zoetrope Part 2 | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Zoetrope Part 2 diff --git a/Zoetrope Part 2 b/Zoetrope Part 2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d5a5ecf --- /dev/null +++ b/Zoetrope Part 2 @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +![Instructional Thing - Part 2: "The Online Conponent"](https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=z-D5CyH0jQ0 +Format: ![Alt Text](url) From 5c6824d184594b6e77623be58ccb5f5ed5060084 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: thelonious81 Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:02:46 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Instructional Park Zoetrpe posting my assignment --- Zoetrope Part 2 | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Zoetrope Part 2 b/Zoetrope Part 2 index d5a5ecf..d4d19f0 100644 --- a/Zoetrope Part 2 +++ b/Zoetrope Part 2 @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ -![Instructional Thing - Part 2: "The Online Conponent"](https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=z-D5CyH0jQ0 -Format: ![Alt Text](url) +**Instructional Thing - Part 2: "The Online Component"** + + From fdcc59279671e3e776d3535f17b7ad8cbe20589a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: thelonious81 Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:10:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Explanation of my Instructional Thing --- README.md | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 683a454..df96f0c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,10 +4,51 @@ > Make a small tutorial or instructional "thing" that could be understood by someone who doesn't speak English. Use any medium/materials/style you want, *other* than a web page: crayon drawing, [aircraft safety card](https://www.google.com/search?q=aircraft+safety+card&tbm=isch), origami, Lego diorama, [IKEA-style manual](http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/customer_service/assembly_instructions.html), etc. -*Describe your project here* +My idea is for a Zoetrope that stands at eye-level at the entry way/s of a park, +or recreational area. + +When you use a Zoetrope there are sometimes different inserts, which you can +slide into the machine to experience different "movies." + +Parks are for relaxing, and great places to visit when you are traveling +(I had 24 hours in Tokyo and spent almost the entire time in Yoyogi Park). +BUT, there are often still a few things you need to know when you enter the +park - like where to dispose of your dog's poop, how to use the coin-operated +binoculars, or how to navigate to each of the trash cans. + +Each paper insert (probably lamented or special material for protection from + the rain/snow) could show a different tutorial and would not require any text. +An illustration of coin-op binoculars various parts, for instance, could be +broken up into discrete frames with arrows or hands on different parts, +then lined up on one of the inserts for a zoetroped +tutorial! + ## Part II > Take the [first week's](https://github.com/bfl-itp/syllabus/blob/master/schedule.md#sep-4) offline Instructional Thing assignment online. Reimagine it for (and take advantage of) the new medium. For example: if Part I was a stop-frame animation, Part II might be a slideshow where the user can click between the steps. -*Describe your project here – explain the evolution, and what was gained and lost from using this new medium* +*Describe your project here – explain the evolution, and what was gained +and lost from using this new medium* + +At first I did not see the "point" of creating an online component, since +people do not typically visit park websites for rules, maps, or tutorials +before visiting a park. I did see an opportunity, however, for in-park +creativity, and for that creativity to create a kind of shared knowledge +community, or least creative social media space for/about the park. + +QR codes could be placed in discreet places near the equipment/objects the +visitors learned about when entering the park (i.e. the lessons from the +instructional zoetrope). These QR Codes could enable the visitors to download +an app to "zoetrope" their photos. + +To illustrate the concept, I found a clip of a father teaching his son how to use +coin-operated binoculars, took a few dozen screen shots of the video, and made +a few kinds of old-timey movies the app could generate - 1 zopetroped stop motion, +and the other an old-timey silent film, which I made by transcribing their +dialoge, making the stills black + white, and adding Scott Joplin ragtime music. + +I places the movies in a mock iPhone interface to show how the app would look/work. +Lastly I found a park website and replaced the main image under the news section +with one of the movies, to show how visitor's movies could be uploaded to the +park website in real-time.