Assignment 2 - Proposal

21/5/2025 - 22/6/2025 (Week 5 - Week 9)
Katelyn Tan Kye Ling (0354148)
Bachelor Of Design In Creative Media (Performative Media - Free Elective)
Assignment 2 - Proposal

LECTURE

WEEK 5 - 21/5/2025

This week Mr. Shakir gave us a lecture to learn more about touchdesigner. He then briefed us on assignment 2 and told us that we will be working with touchdesigner and a webcam for this module. He mentioned that we can do projection mapping as well.

- Everything in the design that you do needs to have reasoning (rationale).

WEEK 6 - 28/5/2025

This week we had online class due to the ASEAN event. 

WEEK 7 - 4/6/2025

In this week's class Mr. Shakir taught us how to use the "videoin" feature in touchdesign. He taught us how we can manipulate and play around with it by adding edge, constant, geometry etc. After that I also tried to add other things. I asked Chat GPT what things I could add and it taught me how to add a flickering glow effect.

My take on Week 7's in class exercise:

Fig 1.1 Touchdesigner proof of work

WEEK 8 - 11/6/2025

This week we learnt about hand tracking and how to use media pipe. We added elements like "blur" "slope" "level" to enhance our work and make it more interesting and colourful. This particular exercise was very interesting to me as it interactive elements.

My take on Week 8's in class exercise:

Fig 1.2 Touchdesigner proof of work

WEEK 9 - 18/6/2025

Presentation

INSTRUCTIONS

MIB/INSTRUCTION BOOK

Week 7:

Meeting 1 (June 3):

We brainstormed ideas and we all came to a conclusion of liking the idea of delaying a person's reflection when they stand it front and move around. The theme was about "Echoes" and how one person would be able to show their true feelings in this installation. We proposed this idea to Mr. Shakir and he liked the idea and gave us feedback to enhance the installation.

Meeting 2 (June 6) 

During this meeeting, we found that we didn't really like the idea we had as it doesn't really have a good story base. We looked through Pinterest and a holographic image caught our eye. We expanded from there. I though of how we could reflect a prism using light that is turned on by a sensor. After that I came across a video of a body sensor installation which we thought we could include in our installation. (Click here for video inspiration.)

After we had a solid idea and base of what we wanted to do, we delegated our tasks and started on the slides.

Task delegation:

Research: Katelyn

Sketch: Seven

Touchdesigner: Wj

Key Insights: Michele

Week 8:

- Worked on the slides + A2 proposal + prototype

Week 9:

- Presented our concept and idea, got feedback and had work to change

- Tweaked concept + did more research

- Finalised idea 

FEEDBACK

Week 7 - 4/6/2025

- Idea seems good.

- Can do something like half a mirror and half monitor set up.

Fig

Week 8 - 18/6/2025

Things to add in slides:

- Storyline

- Sustainability plan

- Materials

- Visual planning & diagrams

- Technical node workflow

- Timeline (Until final assignment)

- Mockup (rendering of the installation)

Feedback:

- Make the sketch full page + write description 

- Instead of lightbulb use coloured paper

- Focus on one solution

- Final design reflect on the case study, mood board etc. everything needs to link together (Translate research to design - why cd, why paper?)

What we can change for our concept and research:

- Focus on helping stress, mental health, and bringing a sense of therapeutic

- Don't write about inner childhood or childhood

- Research shapes and colours to use in the installation that helps relief stress, rationalise everything

REFLECTION