Background animation

The idea was to have a background animation, this is not a guarantee that It will be used. It seems the animation was distracting everything placed center.

Interaction

Simplified Way of the interaction.

The Final Proposal.

The whole scope.

A.M is a information based interactive installation using candles instead of the mouse or touch capabilities. Abbreviated Messages (A.M) refers to the netspeak, chat messages such as lol, omg, asap, imo and many more. The Installation is fun and interactive for information and used as a way to celebrate the use of A.M, It does not decide or criticize or promote the use of A.M but rather a celebration of the presence of it.

The Set-Up

From the beginning there will be a black-screen or empty screen without any animations or visuals, a software called Zone trigger will be synced with a web camera to detect movement or rather color change on the location of the lighter. When an audience reaches for the lighter, then webcam detects the motion through zone trigger, then It calls up the .exe (project) which is flash based, then the flash application maximizes full screen and Intro animates in until the main page where the user can make decisive changes.

The main page will comprise of time based animation and with buttons placed seamlessly in such a way that the candles are positioned in sync with them. There will be six candles, each representing different page or visuals and different content (digitally). The application allows only a single candle to be lit, after the whole transition on to the candle 1 page, then the user is allowed to use the lit candle to act as mouse. Of course the is limitation because the Wiimote calibration will allow for how extreme the user can use the lit candle as a mouse. The Wiimote will be put on top of the projected visuals on the wall, at a 45 degrees angle to pick up the infrared emitted by one of the candles.

Digital Content

Intro

Organization

Dm gantt

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Softwares

wii-presenter

Flash

ActionScript 2.0

After Effects

Illustrator

Photoshop.

The Intro video.

I used After Effects to create A.M which is abbreviated text Messages. The A.M has animating numbers to symbolize a digital effect, this in a way shows how mostly these abbreviated messages are common mostly in digital platforms. The installation will have a black screen before any user enters the the trigger area. Zone trigger synced with a web camera will be set to trigger this intro to appear when a user or audience get to the stage area.

Below is the Intro for the application

The Intro Images

I used photoshop to create the below picture.

The one below was chosen for the after effects. The dark orange A.M had more of the orange popping off hence helping the desired effect in after effects to be carried out easily.

The candles pics were animated in after effects for a more smooth and realistic look.

All the candle images were acquired from deviant art and Photobucket.