I was recently at the gym and noticed a really awesome looking music video begin playing on one of the television screens. I decided to take note of the artist and take a look at it once I was home. I was not aware that it would be a Justin Bieber song, but all that aside, the animation and graphics are so querky.

During the music video, Justin Bieber is accompanied by doodles and animations going on in the fore/background. I believe this was done using a green screen and doesn’t look too difficult to re-create.

 

 

 

 

 

Above are two screenshots of the video as it was playing. The animations move so quickly that it’s hard to really see what is happening. However, this style of work sparked my own imagination. Due to not actually creating a game for my final hand in piece this semester, but wanting to create one in time for the European Youth Awards, I have decided that alongside my ‘Digital Instruction Manual’ work, I will create a sort of advertisement, for the games future. This will tie in nicely with the progression of ‘Space Inventors’, as it will show how it started, however the future that it has as well.

I have managed to team up with a games computing student, that would like to help me create this game, ready for the awards deadline in June. I believe showing this to potential judges will provide insight to the originality and expressive side to this project.  After all, the entire point of creating this project, was to encourage young children to remember to use their imagination and creativity when interacting with technology. What better way to show this, than by mixing art with technology on screen.