getting started

a few weeks ago when we first discussed the group project for digital media foundations and we were told to team up with 1 or 2 other classmates, it was clear for Lotti, Mai and me that we would stick together and form a group. This decision was not only made based on the fact that we knew each other from previous lectures or seminar but also because we would get along quite well when it comes to deciding on a topic.

After it was clear that we would be a team, we sat together and decided to pick the topic 'fashion' as it is a subject we are confronted with everyday and the three of us really like to deal with. However after another meeting we came to the conclusion that making a video about fashion might be interesting for the three of us but it doesn't have a message nor a real story to tell.
As it was clear for us that we would like to do an interactive narration, we dropped the fashion theme and went looking for another story, something interesting and appealing to everybody if possible and something with a message.

On a saturday, Lotti and I therefore decided to go to Central London to simply look at people and buildings and maybe get some inspirations. Inspiration is supposed to be everywhere, it is part of our everyday life so it was clear to us that we would find some ideas in London. If we weren't able to find it in this crazy, creative, artsy and amazingly busy city, where else could we possibly get some inspirations from?!
So after walking around town, up and down the oxford street and around picadilly circus we decided to go to the modern Tate museum and look at some more or less famous artworks.

Suddenly it worked, after discussing the fashion theme again, an idea struck us. Why not create something what concerns nearly everybody in this city? Walking through London you see a lot of different people but sadly most of them (except the tourists, and sometimes even those) are stressed: running around, getting upset when somebody stands on the wrong side of the escelators, sleeping on the tube to gain a little extra-time and checking their smartphones non-stop in case something tremendous has happened in the past two minutes. Once we noticed that people practically all behaved the same stressed way, it struck us that not only the people look the same but also everything around them. Well yes London is an individual city and people such as shops try to stick out but honestly in the end everything looks the same.
This thought is the basis for our project. We quickly decided to make this our topic for the project, making people aware of what kind of life they are currently living and how they could change it by simpy realizing this.

This is how our project got started and where the idea came from.

I will keep you posted about how it is going to evolve and what it will look like in the end!