Assignment_1 Marking schedules

 

Week 6 Exp1 Final submission

The live feed that I chose was the radiation variation data from Japan. The idea was to link the concept of Pure War with the variation of the radiation and how people fix the radiation problem. The concept of the installation was that the environment was becoming worse and worse due to the nuclear crisis in Japan and the people in there are still trying to fix it.

The lower part of the design is trying to present a distorted environment to reflect how important the radiation problem is by using a few glows and flowgraphs. At the middle part of the model is showing you the people are trying to fix the radiation, fight for the environment. The main concept of the model is to create a closed space to let you have a sense of feeling you are surrounded or something is pressing you just like the radiation in the real-time environment. Using the triangular shape structure to surround the room, and the moving bargraph is showing the radiation variations. The last part is a stair leads to the upper floor, it means the war isn’t finished yet, still have a long way to go. 

The texture that I chose is for incorporating the current context, the model is inspired by the Colosseum, the entrance and the exits are curved stairs to represent a constant cycle to reflect the notion of the Pure War – the war will never stop. 

I tried to clean the user interface by following the tutorial on the blog, but failed, don't know why, it just doesn't work.


The flowgraphs were developed around the ideas of showing the variation of the radiation in the real time environment. The live feed from Pachube is reflected into the this installation, the elements glow, objects moving and changing opacity are representing the influence of the radiation, for instance, the moving lights, circular object along the stairs, the radiation spots - the triangular structures.

Filefront link:

http://www.gamefront.com/files/20763648/z3377451_YanZhuo_EXP1.rar

Sketchup model link:

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=426805916e159b2d5823518b85976ebc

Music link:

http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/index.html?feels[]=Action

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Week 5 Documentary trial version

Week 5 The modes to create the machinima documentary

The modes that I am going to use for the machinima are capture several views of the structure from different angles and use first person mode to walkthrough the model to show what happen inside the structure. In this machinima documentary, the camera view will constantly switching between first person and third person, this will give people a distinct feeling and also very helpful for showing what the model looks like.

By using these modes, the video is more like a short film, provides a brand new visual effect that attracts people. 

Week 4 installment description - 150 words

The installation is inspired by the live feed from Pachube, which is the radiation data variation from Japan. The installation includes a model and a few flowgraphs in the Quarry level, separated into three sections. The first section stands for the radiation issue in Japan continues causing many serious problems. A series of glows are installed through the stairs reflecting the variations of the radiation from the real-time feed. The second section consists of a series of bargraphs, represents the continuously changing of the radiation. Regarding to Paul Virilio’s concept of “Pure War”, those conflicts implicates the war won’t stop, “no matter whether or not there is a war” (Week 2 independent study), there is a conflict between the radiation and the environment, therefore people have to fix the radiation, which is the pure war in this installation.
The main concept of “Pure War” is the war will never stopped, as the installation shows, the conflicts are in different environment, but it has to be stopped, even though it is not a real war.

Week 4 Create a Piano Staircase + Pickable and Throwable Object

Flowgraph:

Pickable and Throwable Object

Week 3 Move an entity + XML_Reading

Moving entity

Flowgraph:

XML_Reading

Flowgraph:

Part_1

Part_2

Part_3

Week 3 Adding the Rain to the level

Week 3 Time Of Day

Week 3 Scale Object

As the player getting close to the object, it starts scaling up.

Flowgraph:

Week 2 Indepentent Study

The concept of the “Pure War” in this model represents a conflict and a contrast from two sides of the model as the way war has affected the world. The model is divided to two different sides to tell people what the war may distort people's thinking and what the people would think without the war. Paul Virilio's concept of Pure War represents the implication of the war may change people's thinking no matter whether or not there is a war. When there is no war, people still in the 'war' because they have to prepare for it.The war gradually becomes an invisible conflict in people's life, that is the main concept of Paul Virilio's "Pure war".

Week 2 Custom materials + Object glow

Week 2 Tutorials

Custom materials - Civ_policecar:

 

Object glow:

Flowgraph: