We had talked about with Rosie in our tutorial, filming something that was more general and less student - like for the visuals for our piece to appeal to a wider audience and not just students. We had discussed maybe filming a trip to the shops etc, however we knew this would be hard, particularly to get permission as the four of us have tried many times for both inside and outside uni projects in the past. It just so happened that one day as me, Thomas and Julia were walking home from uni, that I was talking about my love of dogs that Thomas said it would be cool if we had a dog for our maps and journeys work. This suddenly struck lightning with us all as we realised that Julia's house mate owned one and we came up with a plan to use this to our advantage with the visuals. 

Dog acquired!

Visual Video (with the idea of how it will loop)

We decided for this take that jump cuts were not needed, so I focussed on making sure that the end of the video and beginning would loop nicely. When we filmed it we tried to get them to match up, however this was unpredictable because of the dog's behaviour. I added a quick "fade to colour' in Avid to make the transition better, almost as if we are going into the dog.

The Idea

The idea was to keep it general or relatable. Even if a person doesn't own a dog, they are all familiar with dogs being walked. We hope this was a way, similar to the shopping idea, but with less complications from permission seekers etc. 

The video will be on a continuous loop, and when all lobes are pressed on the brain the video will be shown on screen playing from where it has reached in time from this loop. Therefore, the video will not always begin at the same place, depending on when the audience interacts with it, however the visuals will still make sense, showing someone on a journey of walking their dog. If just the frontal lobe is pressed, nothing will happen, as this is the section that enables everything to tie together. There will also be colours around this video, indicating mood and tone. 

Still Images

When the occipital lobe is pressed, still images will randomly move on screen. These have been taken in association with the video, showing only fine details from the walking dog journey such as the texture of the pavement or parts of the dog as it walks. As this is so focussed on close ups from the journey, it doesn't give a lot away and therefore doesn't make sense to the viewer. This is where the frontal lobe will come in as mentioned earlier, showing the video, emotions and sounds and connecting them to make sense. 

Here are the photographs being used for the occipital lobe:

I have sent Josh the video, in order to work on the sound. I have also sent Tom the video so that once he has acquired the sound off of Josh (hopefully by tonight) he can work on the technical side and bringing them together again, like in the previous test we did. This allows Julia to focus on getting the brain built.