I now have two ideas for my final project. I think the one I'm going to end up trying to do involves an "historical documents archive" containing "found" materials from a period in "history" involving a zombie invasion.
The idea is this-- there was a zombie invasion at some point in the early 21st century. After years of struggle and turmoil, the virus causing the zombie invasion appears to have died out, and isolated survivor settlements across the US started cautiously coming out to take stock of the new world. As they began exploring the old cities, now ruined by incursion of undergrowth, etc. they discovered several servers that had not been destroyed. On these servers are blog posts, videos, pictures, all from a group of survivors attempting to make it to safety. These fragmentary survival stories are being gathered into a historical archive as what is left of mankind attempts to make sense of the past.
That's how the website will be set up, anyway. The physical "meat" of the project will be the blog postings, made from computers, cellphones, and voice chat to the blogs, as well as several photographs and videos, and perhaps even a videolog, with transcriptions to match.
It should be a fun project. I have volunteers ready to help expand the blog postings, as well as dress up as zombies and stage photos.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Group project post
There were several group projects showcased on Thursday that I found interesting and clever. One of these was Sonja and Camille's project involving a "reversed ethnography" type interview, a fairy tale with various parts acted out by puppets, and a "choose your own adventure" style method for the reader to control the story.
What caught my attention the most was the various different methods and techniques they used to create the experience. The story was fun and hilarious, and the puppet theater videos really added to it, since the text was a little long in parts, effectively breaking up the text and making it more interactive.
Overall this was a great project. I appreciate the various things they did, and the hilarity as well.
What caught my attention the most was the various different methods and techniques they used to create the experience. The story was fun and hilarious, and the puppet theater videos really added to it, since the text was a little long in parts, effectively breaking up the text and making it more interactive.
Overall this was a great project. I appreciate the various things they did, and the hilarity as well.
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