Diorama Prototype

I mocked up my diorama before I made the actual thing, to see how it would work and test the double-sided-ness of the figurines.

 

 

Diorama brainstorm

The most effective idea I have had today is to make a diorama showing two sides of a news story. In this way, people can look through either end and see the article through the perspectives of two different people with different viewpoints. While this won't be an iteration of my final output, it's a good way to test the idea, impact people and clearly and visually show how people are impacted by what they choose to see.

The diorama will be in 5 slices, and each will be double-sided to show both sides of the story. The images I use, therefore, must be vague enough in shape to fit both sides of the argument.

Ideating - How to Make my Idea Physical?

For next week's class we need to bring in a physical iteration of our idea. How can I do this with mine when it is so transcendent and conceptual?

I brainstormed various ways to do so. All of these were inspired by Pinterest research on by Newsbusters Pinterest board: https://nz.pinterest.com/mehannahfortune/newsbusters/

 

 One idea was a newspaper with a shocking story whose message vastly changed when you lifted the censored flaps

Another was a line-up of media and news through the ages, ending with meaningful human conversation

String cups, where you pull a rope taut between two cups and messages travel from one end to the other, but here tangled into a complete mess, a tangle of fake news

Information that is true, but misleading. 6% chance of sunshine means 94% chance of rain, but by displaying the opposite information and image, it gets you to focus on that instead.

Interactive 2D media is an interesting, engaging and playful space

A smiley face or a grumpy Trump? Posters on looking beneath the surface