We went back to the beginning to work out what the core purpose of the experience visualisation was in comparison to the spatial half. We realised that the main purpose of the video is to get across the ideas of:
– The movement of the viewers head/eyesight as they follow the projections around
– The glow of the projections and how they effect the material qualities of the boards
– The immersion of the viewer within the pavilion
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We realised that film was the only way to get across the glow of the projections. We decided that the only way was to construct a section of the pavilion and film an experiential video where the camera moves around like a viewers head would.
We thought that the best way would be to build three of these screens and position them in a triangle-like formation so that the user would be able to be immersed. The video is purely for experiential purposes so wouldn't have to represent the model exactly but more give a feeling of being within the space through using the boards and similar quality of space.
We thought about what material to use for the boards and came to the conclusion that black fabric would be the best.
The only other thing that tripped us up was finding a suitable space. We needed a space that could be enclosed enough to provide low light as well as having some sort of usable structure on the roof that we could hang the boards from without having to construct a huge grid as the full setup would need. We ended up using the gallery space on floor C, block 12. It was perfect in every way apart from the lights down the hall that couldn't be turned off. This didn't affect the video too much.
We decided to use black fabric to act as the boards and hang them in the space with fishing line and duct tape so that the structure would be hidden.
