We then made some guns, firstly replacing the bullets, then making original guns, and bullets. Some people made hoverboards etc.We then had a quick look at Comic life, from here on we will be concentrating on machinima.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Thursday at Flinders - Interactive Storytelling
Today we started off by building a spinning globe, learning how to drop scripts in and how to build symmetrically.
We then made some guns, firstly replacing the bullets, then making original guns, and bullets. Some people made hoverboards etc.
We then had a quick look at Comic life, from here on we will be concentrating on machinima.
We then made some guns, firstly replacing the bullets, then making original guns, and bullets. Some people made hoverboards etc.We then had a quick look at Comic life, from here on we will be concentrating on machinima.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Wednesday afternoon - New Media
Today we had our third and final Second Life class, we just did a quick little project building a tv and entertainment unit each for the apartments.
We then moved onto Comic Life, with each student creating one comic each.
HOMEWORK for next week is to come up with a beginning, middle and end for the Melbourne Story. Over the coming couple of weeks we will be workshopping our story ideas using Comic Life, then after the break we will be in full machinima production mode.
We then moved onto Comic Life, with each student creating one comic each.
HOMEWORK for next week is to come up with a beginning, middle and end for the Melbourne Story. Over the coming couple of weeks we will be workshopping our story ideas using Comic Life, then after the break we will be in full machinima production mode.
Wednesday morning - first class with St Albans IM class
We did the introduction to Second Life as listed several times below.
Welcome to Interactive Storytelling.
Introduction to Interactive Storytelling, explanation of course outline and assessment
Second Life and other Virtual Words
Introduction to Second Life
Welcome to Interactive Storytelling.
Introduction to Interactive Storytelling, explanation of course outline and assessment
- Linear versus interactive multimedia/storytelling
- History of Multimedia - Speech>Text>Print>Radio>Television>Interactive Multimedia
- Discussion of future technologies and their impact on society in general (Disabled, Digital Divide, Intelligence/Individual Divide, What will become of our current reality?)
Second Life and other Virtual Words
- There
- Openlife
- Activeworlds
- Entropia
- Playstation Home
- The Sims
- Google Earth
- Lively
- Photosynth
Introduction to Second Life
- Registering
- Modifying avatars/characters in Second Life
- Applying textures
- Using the Appearance Tool
- Searching
- Teleporting
- Object, Library and Inventory Use
Monday, August 25, 2008
Tuesday at Flinders - IM
Today we had another quick look at building, (a coffee table) before getting stuck into Comic Life.
http://www.plasq.com
We used Comic Life to create small one-two page stories, which will be ideal for storyboarding our machinima ideas over the coming weeks.
Next week this class has a Milan workshop so the task to be completed over the coming fortnight is to create a blank storyboard(just text bubbles, not pictures) of your apartment story ideas(using comic life). These should be at least a few pages long.
http://www.plasq.com
We used Comic Life to create small one-two page stories, which will be ideal for storyboarding our machinima ideas over the coming weeks.
Next week this class has a Milan workshop so the task to be completed over the coming fortnight is to create a blank storyboard(just text bubbles, not pictures) of your apartment story ideas(using comic life). These should be at least a few pages long.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Interactive Storytelling - Intro to Second Life
Welcome to Interactive Storytelling.
Introduction to Interactive Storytelling, explanation of course outline and assessment
Second Life and other Virtual Words
Introduction to Second Life
How can VR be used to tell a story?
You must visit three places in Second Life, take a snapshot, and complete a short review on each place.
Eg;
The first location I visited was Ocean Sunrise.
I liked the trees(nice palms), they used some nice saturated rich colors, and nice waves.
I didn't like the land style, and the sand was a little boring, it needed more shapes or perhaps some grass. There didn't seem like there was too much to do, and there wasn't many original creations to examine.
I would come back if I needed a new style of palm tree.
Introduction to Interactive Storytelling, explanation of course outline and assessment
- Linear versus interactive multimedia/storytelling
- History of Multimedia - Speech>Text>Print>Radio>Television>Interactive Multimedia
- Discussion of future technologies and their impact on society in general (Disabled, Digital Divide, Intelligence/Individual Divide, What will become of our current reality?)
Second Life and other Virtual Words
- There
- Openlife
- Activeworlds
- Entropia
- Playstation Home
- The Sims
- Google Earth
- Lively
- Photosynth
Introduction to Second Life
- Registering
- Modifying avatars/characters in Second Life
- Applying textures
- Using the Appearance Tool
- Searching
- Teleporting
- Object, Library and Inventory Use
How can VR be used to tell a story?
You must visit three places in Second Life, take a snapshot, and complete a short review on each place.
- Location Name?
- Region?
- People Online?
- What is done there?
- What is your opinion of it, and why?
- Would you visit again?
Eg;
The first location I visited was Ocean Sunrise.
I liked the trees(nice palms), they used some nice saturated rich colors, and nice waves.
I didn't like the land style, and the sand was a little boring, it needed more shapes or perhaps some grass. There didn't seem like there was too much to do, and there wasn't many original creations to examine.
I would come back if I needed a new style of palm tree.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Week 2 at St Albans, New Media
Today we did spinning globes with clouds, using rotation scripts and earth and cloud textures, followed by some t-shirts using fireworks templates.
We then had some free building time, where each student had to build an object for their apartment. Many built fridges, there was a tv, couch, and a few other things.
After that we finished by having a look at Comic Life.
NO CLASS NEXT WEEK - STRIKE.
We will make up for this by extending the classes during the last 5 weeks by 30 mins.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
First New Media Class out at St Albans
Today was our first day of New Media out at St Albans.
Introduction to Interactive Storytelling, explanation of course outline and assessment
Second Life and other Virtual Words
Introduction to Second Life
How can VR be used to tell a story?
You must visit three places in Second Life, take a snapshot, and complete a short review on each place.
Eg;
The first location I visited was Ocean Sunrise.
I liked the trees(nice palms), they used some nice saturated rich colors, and nice waves.
I didn't like the land style, and the sand was a little boring, it needed more shapes or perhaps some grass. There didn't seem like there was too much to do, and there wasn't many original creations to examine.
I would come back if I needed a new style of palm tree.
We finished by posting all this on our blogs.
Student addresses should be posted as replies to this blog.
Introduction to Interactive Storytelling, explanation of course outline and assessment
- Linear versus interactive multimedia/storytelling
- History of Multimedia - Speech>Text>Print>Radio>Television>Interactive Multimedia
- Discussion of future technologies and their impact on society in general (Disabled, Digital Divide, Intelligence/Individual Divide, What will become of our current reality?)
Second Life and other Virtual Words
- There
- Openlife
- Activeworlds
- Entropia
- Playstation Home
- The Sims
- Google Earth
- Lively
- Photosynth
Introduction to Second Life
- Registering
- Modifying avatars/characters in Second Life
- Applying textures
- Using the Appearance Tool
- Searching
- Teleporting
- Object, Library and Inventory Use
How can VR be used to tell a story?
You must visit three places in Second Life, take a snapshot, and complete a short review on each place.
- Location Name?
- Region?
- People Online?
- What is done there?
- What is your opinion of it, and why?
- Would you visit again?
Eg;
The first location I visited was Ocean Sunrise.
I liked the trees(nice palms), they used some nice saturated rich colors, and nice waves.
I didn't like the land style, and the sand was a little boring, it needed more shapes or perhaps some grass. There didn't seem like there was too much to do, and there wasn't many original creations to examine.
I would come back if I needed a new style of palm tree.
We finished by posting all this on our blogs.
Student addresses should be posted as replies to this blog.
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