storyb

storyboard for frustration, inspiration, and reflection

Umbrella

Technical History

Origins of the basic umbrella dates back three, four thousand years ago, indicated by ancient art and artifacts of Egypt, Greece, and China. It is believed that the beginnings of umbrellas stemmed from assembled leaves that sheltered the head of rain or the sun’s rays. It could also have been an adaptation of a portable tent.

I recently graduated from Rutgers Business School majoring in Management and interned for a year in Johnson & Johnson’s Global Talent Management supporting Education & Development programs and websites. While at Rutgers, I got the chance to take a couple of art classes and found enjoyment in those classes as opposed to trying to stay awake in economics. I also had the opportunity of working on the design of a non-profit new energy resource magazine in Taiwan and decided to study Design and Technology at Parsons to hone design skills and learn about technology, an area I am lacking.

I SHOT ANDY WARHOL was an entertaining concept. It was impressived that it was accomplished by reprogramming Nintendo. However, the game was every repetitive so got a little boring after awhile. It was however a good interaction with the system and brought a bunch of audiences together.

CARNIVORE presented Internet traffic @ eyebeem in real time. The presentation of the web information was done in a visual way that made it clear, organized and easy to understand.

int numMonths = 12;
String[] monthNames = {"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"};

int[] nycMaxTemps = {39,40,48,61,71,81,85,83,77,67,54,41};
int[] nycMinTemps = {26,27,34,44,53,63,68,66,60,51,41,30};

int[] nycMaxTempsC = {4,5,8,16,21,27,29,28,25,19,12,5};
int[] nycMinTempsC = {-3,-3,1,6,11,17,18,19,16,10,5,-1};

void setup(){
size(600,300);

for(int i = 0; i < 12; i++){
fill(0);
rect(i*50,300 , 20, nycMaxTemps [i]*-1);
fill(255);

The narration from the 1st person perspective makes a strong connection between the narrator and the reader. The reader is drawn into his mind and guided with care through his thought process. I see what he sees as he is seeing it. I only know things that he knows and he does not know everything but only what happened to him and what is happening to him. This increases the suspense because as he is as uncertain as I am of what will happen to him. During the discussion of the forking path, things become confusing for the discussion seemed out of place at the time.

float x;
float y;
float targetX, targetY;
float easing = 1;

void setup() {
size(500,500);
}

void draw() {
background( 0 );

targetX = mouseX;
float y = mouseX - x;
if(abs(y) > 1) {
x +=y * easing;
}

targetY = mouseY;
float x = mouseY - y;
if(abs(x) > 1) {
y += x * easing;
}
fill(random(255),random(255),random(255));
ellipse(random(x), random(y), 33, 33);
}

This represents what is going on in my head. The moving boxes form almost a line representing my thoughts.It's not quite connected because I still don't have complete understanding of everything.

float ballX1=0;
float ballX2=600;
float myfill=255;
float destfill=0;
float random;
void setup(){
size(640,200);
fill(255);
noStroke();
}

void draw(){
background(0);
fill(myfill,23,55);//red

myfill += (destfill-myfill)/500;
ballX1 +=(ballX2-ballX1)/400;
if( ballX1<600){
rect(random(400), 30 , 60, 60);
println(ballX1);
}
}

The main idea is that with the interactive technology that is available today, audiences are no longer passive. They are increasingly demanding participation in the story, which may disrupt linear narrative forms like movies. The author refreshingly pointed out that our interaction with movies are "passive in a physical sense, but our attention--visually, psychologically--is riveted because of its evocative capacity to draw us in." Most perspectives usually focus on the passive aspect but I think it is the audience's choice how they decide to interact with the narrative.