Week 15 - Model Making and Video Production

Continuing on from the last entry the group turned their attention to our interactive model and videos for the presentation.

Steve had completed his task of drawing up the two products in SolidWorks and images of their form are shown below, including our projects logo of 'bubbles' and the decided name of the product - GroupIt;

This image shows the intended display of the wristband as seen by users

This image shows the shape and form of the Syncing Hub that will be located around the grounds

This image shows the bubble producing components at the top of the product as well as the upper dome that will light up during the syncing process

This image shows the shape and form of the wristband - including the added features of the solo syncing buttons and LED + examples of advertisement used by the respective festivals

From here we set about producing some prototypes and models of the products to show in class come week 16 for the final design and discussing the best materials and methods to produce these products. Unfortunately I had work this evening and I was unable to take part in the model making process.

But fortunately for me, and the group, Hannahs Dad is an Architectural model maker, meaning her home is full of potential raw materials to be used to produce our models, and boy did Hannah do an outstanding job.

Below are images of Hannahs models made from the supplies found/stolen from her dads stock (haha);

Hard at work with some very oily modelling clay trying to achieve a shape for the wristband model

The upper dome with the products logo and name stuck on

The wristbands with the appropriate display screen as designed in Steve's SolidWork files

The hub standing solo in all its beauty and glory - note the scale of the model is 1:1

The beauty of having these models made and to scale was that we could include them in our videos used to explain the user context and scenario as well as the concepts OBS and functionality. 

So, we together we set about filming the Videos on site at QUT KG campus, we decided on a storyboard of events for the film and practiced roughly the intended scripture, before our director Steve set about dictating and controlling the set that would evidently lead to the masterpieces that were out Video Productions. 

Below is an image showing the potential story-boarding of the Videos;

Basic storyboard for the video

Scene acting by us

Director Steve in is typical pose on set

Hannah testing the 'product' before filming commences

After the storyboard and rough scripture were agreed on we started acting while Steve started filming. We did a number of takes across all the scenes to ensure the right shot was captured for our film.

Joey and Steve then went away and began editing the films for the presentation next week. 

After this meeting we each went home with our respective tasks; Joey and Steve would be editing the Videos and the Presentation Boards while Hannah and I tackled the brief and report.