WEEK 11

Monday,30/07/2018

• Short meeting to go over progress, arrangement for user testing.

Tuesday, 31/07/2018

• Cable arrives.

Wednesday, 01/08/2018

• We discover the cable is bogus; fails to work. Upon further research, we find that other people on the internet have come across the same deceit. Several tinkering youtubers suggest using a different converter. With good faith in their tutorials, and a pressing need to get our videos working on our CRT TV, we set to ordering this little guy:

Thursday, 02/08/2018

User Testing day. 

There is a mad rush to complete the following:

• Soldering LEDs
• Cutting videos and narration together with final messages

We manage to get everything done, albeit a little over the opening 2pm mark. We tested our core experience with our 7 items and accompanying reactable stories, sans our large structure stored in the Sunway workshop. 

Collected feedback from the client and other students:

• Video: make sure to clearly make the 7 item props part of the reactable video scenes to create a more believable narrative, trim the video clip length, make the copywriting for final message a bit shorter.
• Wiring: keep the wiring neat and tidy; ensure they're concealed so it doesn't get in the way of the visual experience and aesthetic.
• Audio: audio levels inconsistent and need to be louder, script needs to be shortened to match shortened video and simplified in the event that the public cannot hear it over the mall environment din.

After the user test, the group met up to review the feedback and continue planning next steps for updates and changes.

• Review UT feedback
• Review shopping list
• Plan Audio-Video reshoots
• Plan PVC mat purchase to cover completed structure platform
• Plan Week 12 workshop visit
• Assign poster moodboard, content

Friday, 03/08/2018

• New converter box arrives.

WEEK 12 

Tuesday, 07/08/2018

• Testing CRT TV. 

Wednesday, 08/08/2018 

• Yong Jie and lecturer made magic: the CRT TV finally works, though the resolution is not as clear as we thought it would be. This leaves out the option for subtitles for our narration, as text is hardly visible. Final messages therefore need to be concise and enlarged as well. We no longer have to consider adding 'glitch' VFX to our footage as the tv seems to do it by itself. Au naturel. 
• Radio tinkering for audio output has been scrapped in the interest of time; the tv audio seems loud enough for now.  

Thursday, 09/08/2018 

• Structure Construction Day 5: Review cut-out window, complete painting, and measuring wire lengths to cut from the in-and-out's of the total structure. 

Friday, 10/08/2018 

Final check to confirm video re-shooting schedule over weekend:

• Confirm actors.
• Confirm props.
• Confirm wardrobe.

Saturday, 11/08/2018  

• Reactable Video Re-Shooting Day 1. 
• Filmed COMFORT, HEALTHCARE, and SECURITY scenes. 

Sunday, 12/08/2018 

•  Reactable Video Re-Shooting Day 2. Filmed EDUCATION scenes.