Week Fifteen: Peer Review

 

There is not an Activity Page for this week all of this week's assignment is here.  I have kept it reasonably limited as you are busy with studio and you have completed your final project for this class.  Before zoom class this week, please do the following three things:

1. Complete the Online Course Evaluation for this Class.  These are important and your feedback is read and considered by the department heads.  I read all the evaluations myself as well, they are anonymous so your comments are collected together and I read through the collection.  So please fill these out.
2. Do a little peer review.  I would like to hear observations you might have over how people responded to the Twine2 project.  Please read some of the projects done by students in the class other than you or your partner.  Try to read at least 4 of them.  Be prepared to discuss your observations about them in class.
3. Finally, I would like you to watch and review some of the video below.  This is a video of the new Rise of the Resistance attraction at Disney World.  This is an excellent and comprehensive video that includes extensive background of the design and building of the attraction which is interesting insight in the sorts of aspects of Worldbuilding that we were discussing with Dr. Kamm last week, the "building" part of Worldbuilding.  You don't have to watch the entire video.  You can start at 18 minutes in, which begins the walk-through of the attraction.  I would like you to pay attention to the amount of time spent in the waiting line and the pre-show in introducing the story and how that is done, and then all the elements of immersive storytelling that are brought to bear on the creation of the narrative.  The narrative premise is very simple.  What do you think is the outline of the narrative structure?  We will discuss this in class as a model to which we can compare the structure of our Twine2 projects.  This is Walt Disney's most recent design of immersive storytelling in the themed attraction medium.

I have started the process of grading your final projects which will be balanced with the grade at the midterm along with your participation in Zoom classes to determine your final grade.  I will be emailing you with your project grade and final grade as soon as I complete each individual review.  I should have them all complete by the end of next week.  If you hurry, you can still add any final changes or submit a project if you have not submitted one.  A twine2 project must be submitted to pass the class.  If you intend to take an incomplete please you have to file the paper work this week, it has to be signed off by a number of people.  Contact your adviser immediately to let them know that is your intention.

I look forward to our final conversation on Tuesday morning.

Week Fourteen: Themed Entertainment Engineering

This week we are beginning the project review process with some general comments and some insight how work moves from the design phase to construction phase in themed entertainment. 

Dr. Jesse Kamm, a themed entertainment engineer, will be in Zoom class this week to talk about purpose built design, and the relationship between design and actual construction.  What do you need to know about to talk to those who might work in translating vision into reality.  

Here is a link to his LinkedIn site which gives you his background.  Dr. Kamm has also suggested the following resources for your consideration: for his willingness to act as an external reviewer.  

Link to Dr. Jesse Kamm's LinkedIn Page

Falcon's Creative Group History of Immersion podcast self reflections
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mYWxjb25zY3JlYXRpdmVncm91cC5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw/episode/MzczZmJkNmQtN2E3NC00NGFlLTlkY2YtZDcyNDIxNjFmNTQ2?hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwi8nNOkmLDtAhXFt1kKHV7vB6IQjrkEegQIBxAF&ep=6

Podcast interview of Dr. Jesse Kamm - Purpose driven design - brief overview of Construction Development Process
https://www.themedattraction.com/ta-podcast-e22-jesse-kamm/

Article Dr. Kamm wrote on Impactful Purpose built environments
https://www.themedattraction.com/purpose-based-design-the-next-evolution-in-immersive-environments/

Suggested future readings:
The Immersive Worlds Handbook: Designing theme parks and consumer spaces by Dr. Scott A. Lukas

For next week I asking you to read at least four projects that are not your own or your partners and be ready to discuss in a general way the assignment, how you saw people respond, what you thought were interesting elements in the projects your read and what, after some consideration, you had done differently yourself.

I will also ask you to critique the assignment itself and what might be done differently to improve the worth of the project to those who do it.

Please, before next week's class complete the online course evaluation.  These are anonymous and should feel free to include any input you have.  I read them all and appreciate specific suggestions that might be helpful in improving the course and the assignments.