lingua aqua final prototype presentation

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Final Presentation

By Team Conceptual Vitaminz


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Team CV

The VitaminzAngela Tsui Graphic Designer

Bonny Cheng Project Manager

Corey Lee Web Designer Daniel Song Artist

Eric Ho - Programmer


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The Vita-Mentors Michael Filimowicz

Jim Bizzocchi

Philippe Pasquier


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Project Concept Summary (Refined) Concept #1 Refinement:

Use numerous speeches from children who lived inSurrey instead of solely smiles

Combine CGI bubbles with embedded real footages ofchildren + other clear CGI bubbles

Get away from narrative genre and move more towardsto looping with no beginning and end

Aim for the goal of producing artificial bubbles withbest realistic look-and-feel


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Project Vision To provide audio-video contents in order to create

a space for contemplating the variety and

importance of the worlds languagesA celebration of the International Mother

Language Day

Connect Surrey citizens together with the theme of

common language and help to shape for a bettercommunity


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Why does this Project Matter? Cultural context:

The title of the work is a pun on the idea of a lingua franca orcommon language, and is intended to provoke thoughts on the

diversity and commonalities of language across cultures. Connect people from different nations together

Social context: Community engagement in the City of Surrey


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Why does this Project Matter? Technology:

Spoken language is back-grounded by the sound of f lowing water,and the video imagery of native speakers is modulated by the subtle

optics of a rippling reflective pool and rain curtains An integration of different media and natural elements to produce

one public artwork for everyone

User experience: interactive element as visitors to Lingua Aqua will be able to make

their own disturbances in the reflective pool to alter the imagery.


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User Interaction:


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Target Audience Citizens in the City of Surrey

Visitors to the Bear Creek Park

Everyone from all nations are welcomed

All age


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Personas A Canadian 5-year-old male kid:

He is born and grew up in a middle-classfamily and live near the Bear Creek Park;currently attending in an elementaryschool in Surrey. He is active,enthusiastic, talkative, and showncuriosity to new things. He always likesto touch anything with his hands butremoves them once he feels its hot.


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Personas A Chinese housewife:

She immigrated to Canada since 1999 fromShanghai, China. She has been lived in

Burnaby from 1999 to 2003, and thenmoved to Surrey with her three sons. Herfamily has a lower than average annualincome, since her oldest son is still inGrade 7 and her husband is working as acook in a Chinese restaurant. Her highestlevel of education is completion of highschool in China. She puts quite a lot oftime for chores and parenting her sons;sometimes she likes to walk to the parkand gossip with other Chinese mothers.She finds herself more comfortable to talk

with others in Chinese.


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Personas An Indian elderly:

He immigrated to Surrey, Canadasince 1964 from India. He is now 67years old and living with his sonsfamily. His wife died 10 years ago dueto a car accident on the 91 Highwayand he has been depressed for a long

time. He spends most of his timewalking in the park daily, usuallystarting in the morning at 7 am.


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Concept #1: The Bubble Original Pitch: Smile is the universal common

language for everyone around the world

Refined Pitch: Global Connection by onecommon language

Use bubbles to symbolize nations

Pictures of children with different nationalities


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Storyboard (Revised)


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User Study Summary on user results:

Concerns on technical difficulties realisticpresentation of bubbles

Relevancy of our concepts with common language andCity of Surrey

Concerns on the level of user interaction &encouragement from user audience

Overall, constructive feedbacks were given & the teamentered the concept refinement stage to corporatefeedbacks


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Feedback Analysis Concept Design:

Refined age group of the interviewed subjects fromchildren teenagers (~age 6 16) to children only (~age4 11), to be more suitable for this concept

Feedbacks support to continue using bubbles as themain element to convey the message of happiness,peace, and multiculturalism


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Feedback Analysis Narrative/Interaction:

Refine the video so that it does not follow a narrativestoryline with flow:

visitors in the Bear Creek Park (user-audience) who come andlook at the installation are not expected to stay for a long timeto watch the whole video. Therefore, each video clip should beshort, succinct, and straightforward in terms of the messagebeing conveyed


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Feedback Analysis Narrative/Interaction:

Feedbacks suggest some kind of conversations would begood rather than just smile or laughter

Conversations would be more interesting to listen to,and more suitable with the multicultural theme.


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Feedback Analysis User Experience:

Mentors concerns: visual outcome when the videodisplays on the monitor and being viewed under water

Consider to use different methods for testing for userexperience

ie. Glass tank with monitor underneath to imitate the actualinstallation


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Feedback Analysis Functionality:

Be aware of: the visibility of the bubbles:

dark background behind bubbles suitable area for filming

position of the video recorder:

aware of the bubbles hitting the camera lens

weather condition:

natural lighting


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Feedback Analysis Technical Design:

Suggested to use real bubbles and CGI bubbles mixingwith each other in natural environment

The faces of children will only be shown in the CGIbubbles to reduce technical difficulties and timerequired to spend in the post-production stage


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Feedback Analysis Technical Design (cont.):

Consider the speed of the real bubbles f loating in the air

Real bubbles with wind move fast naturally, and someadjustments need to be made in the post-productionstage to slow the movement down and complementthem with the artificial movement of the CGI bubbles


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Feedback Analysis Technical Design (cont.):

Consider the deformation of the faces of kids that willbe embedded inside the CGI bubbles

Mentors gave constructive comments about theprograms and software that can perform good bubble-like, circular effects


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Refinement Stage after FeedbacksVarious size of bubbles coming out from one single

point on screen

Bubbles appear at inconsistent time intervals

throughout the video CGI bubbles to be created at post-production stage by

Adobe After Effects

Background: blue sky or natural environment to be

more suitable for bubbles Embedded videos : children saying things like How

are you? in their mother language, serve as nicegreetings to visitors


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Refinement Development from Feedbacks:


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Concept #1 Development ProcessWeek 8:

Contacted certain schools (principal) to inviteparticipants

Prepare Design Brief Document for User-FeedbackSession

Mentors Meeting #3 feedbacks include: Mixing actual live shooting of bubbles with CGI bubbles

Suggested to slow down the speed of bubbles Suggested to begin testing phase for technical designs:

See the bubbles effect under actual water

Visibility & Realistic


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Week 8 Documentation


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User-Feedback Session Preparation

Initial testing CGI bubbles in Adobe After Effects

Bubble video testing #1 (VIDEO)


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Week 9 Documentation (Bubble Testing Video #1)


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Refinement Phase for better realistic look-and-feel onbubbles

Organize and document results from User-FeedbackSession

Mentors Meeting #4, feedbacks include:

Eliminate extra background on the childrens videos (close-ups on faces)

Add deformation on bubbles to enhance the look of bubblesin nature


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Recruit children subjects from shopping mall toparticipate for video shooting

Capture video footages from camcorder & cut outindividual videos for embedding

Prepare Low-Fidelity Prototype Plan for Bubble Concept



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Further Refinement Phase for better realistic look-and-feel on bubbles


Mentors Meeting #5, feedbacks include:

For more realistic bubbles, the followings are suggested:

Surface area & single lighting source

Glare variation on bubbles surface

Deformation of bubbles while moving

Better transparency


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Shoot videos of the natural environment to use forbackground as contrast to foregrounds bubbles

Technical testing with water tank & display monitorunder certain depth of water

Further Refinement Phase for bubbles visual appearance


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Further Refinement Phase for bubbles visual appearance

Continue in technical testing with water tank & displaymonitor under certain depth of water for different videos

Explore different effects available in After Effects for CGIbubbles

Rendering Stage

Final Presentation Preparation


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Concept #1 Development

(User Experience) Mood:

Children in Surrey with feelings of happiness & peace

Convey a strong message of one connection around theglobe

Visual Experience:

Video content shown under water , with ripple effectsproduced by rain curtains (viewable from top/bottom)

The depth of water adds on the video content to createadditional interesting texture/pattern


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(User Experience)Audio Experience:

Sound of speeches utter from 4 columns, with differentamount of volume (depending on the location of

bubbles) Echo effects on sounds to produce the feeling of sounds

coming from under water

Allow users to make their decisions to choose one voice

over the others by standing close to one column

User Interaction:

Able to create own disturbance on the water surface


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(Technical Components)Hardware Devices Used:

Tripod for outdoor video shooting & filmingparticipated subjects (children)

Video camera (Canon XH A1) for HD videoquality


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(Technical Components)Hardware Devices Used (cont.):

Minidisk recorder (Zoom H2 Portable Recorder)for outdoor sound recording

Cardioid shotgun microphone (Audio TechnicaMicrophone ATR55)

Reflector


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(Technical Components) Software Devices Used:

Adobe After Effects for producing CGI bubbles& relevant visual effects

Effects used include bubble FX effect plugin, foam,color keying, etc


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Low-Fidelity Prototype Plan

(for March 2009 Showcase) Presentation of the Bubble Concept video in video &

audio format

Video & audio content to be displayed on 15 Monitor,which placed under a glass tank

Individual speakers for different channels of sounds

Provide user interaction that allows visitors to create

water disturbance


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(for March 2009 Showcase) Content Description:

Bubbles generated from the bottom of pool, which islayered with stones. The sky during sunset becomes the

reflection on the surface of the bubbles.


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- Rationale The main purpose of our video is to provoke the

commonalities of language across cultures basedon childrens talks. In addition, the video creates animmersive environment, which enhances the depth ofpool in Lingua Aqua. Visitors to Bear Creek Park canthen experience massive 3D bubbles with childrenstalks, generated from the bottom of the pool which is

layered with stones.


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- Rationale The form of this prototype can effectively represents

the visual & audio experience of the actual Lingua-Aqua installation


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- Descriptions Form:

audio-visual display under water in a glass tank, thevisual & audio experience will be similar to the actual

look-and-feel of the Lingua-Aqua installation

Functionality:

prototype will be functional as in allowing users to viewthe video and play with water to produce ripple effects,the video will be about 40 secs in length with looping


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- Descriptions Interaction:

users can interact with the video making producing rippleeffects on the water

Technical Design: HD display monitor for video content

Personal computer to attach to monitor for video playing

Extension cord

Video adapter & cords for proper video display

Speakers suitable for the audio content

Glass tank filled with sufficient amount of water


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Next Phase:

Final Refinement on Concept #1Further final refinement on the bubble concept,

base on feedbacks from instructors and mentorson final presentation


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Next Phase:

Concept #2 & Other Short Video Clips Continue in 2009 spring

Concept #2: The Speed Concept:

Pitch: Different feels of perception in one perspective

Detailed Plan for this concept development will bediscussed at the beginning of next term

Other short video clips:

Make use of more simple, straightforward filmingtechniques to express multicultural theme


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Low-Fidelity Prototype

(The Bubble Video) Demonstration

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