Week 7's maker space work shop was a self directed session for us to update our blogs and work on our concept art, but a main focus was to do some prototyping for Intro to the making of for the video essays. I decided to use most of today to try and refine my Zoetrope tool design then spend the afternoon doing blog work. Annabeth advised that these didn't have to be large scale as they were prototypes so I worked to do a small scale version of the zoetrope using black card. Earlier yesterday Annabeth suggested having the zoetrope in black and the inside white to show lighting. I decided to follow this idea and develop on it.
Having learned from yesterday I sketched out the possible shape of the base first then the walls. However the base was very difficult as it had to be a shape with 12 sides, so I attempted a 12 sided hexagon then sketched the walls by measuring the bases sides.I suddenly had an idea to stick a sheet of white paper to the back of the black card to draw the clock on later. The small slits were sketched onto the walls but on the wider wall slots I had two in the same place and one on the other walls. The clocks were drawn on the inside and on the base of the zoetrope, and then glued together. The "A" structure I made using the paper tubes and tied the string to the tubes, and with the use of masking tape I taped
the strings to four corners of the zoetrope.
I practiced the zoetrope spinning after winding the string, and letting it spin. However I couldn't see the clock inside moving very well, this had gotten me concerned but I decided to try a possible solution. I drew out larger clocks using a fine liner pen, then stuck them inside the zoetrope. Upon testing it again I found I could see the clocks turning better so for future reference I had to draw larger symbols in ink pens. I felt further development was in order so I started a second zoetrope, except this time I used exact measurements of 2 centimetres on each wall, and translated them onto the hexagon shape.
However this was difficult as the shape needed to be wider to compensate the walls. Even when stuck together there was a problem the walls didn't reach round the shape which got me concerned and frustrated that I hadn't gotten the base shape in the apparatus. I tried the spinning once I got the A pillar added and whilst improved I still felt I couldn't quite see the animation taking place. Its clear this was something to improve upon and look for shapes that I could follow as a guide using the wall measurements.
Looking back on the lesson it has shown some elements to improve upon for future development. I would've done some things differently such as the shape that I was using for the zoetrope, I would've taken the time to further research zoetropes and alternative shapes to experiment with in future prototypes. In hindsight I should've used the intro to making of session earlier in the week to look at shapes for a better design idea. I possibly would have asked for Annabeths opinion but she wasn't around in the maker space so I should've gone to find her to get her opinion on the matter. Otherwise though, there was still room for development in my Zoetrope and would take the easter break to refine and correct my design for the green screen room.
However this was difficult as the shape needed to be wider to compensate the walls. Even when stuck together there was a problem the walls didn't reach round the shape which got me concerned and frustrated that I hadn't gotten the base shape in the apparatus. I tried the spinning once I got the A pillar added and whilst improved I still felt I couldn't quite see the animation taking place. Its clear this was something to improve upon and look for shapes that I could follow as a guide using the wall measurements.
Looking back on the lesson it has shown some elements to improve upon for future development. I would've done some things differently such as the shape that I was using for the zoetrope, I would've taken the time to further research zoetropes and alternative shapes to experiment with in future prototypes. In hindsight I should've used the intro to making of session earlier in the week to look at shapes for a better design idea. I possibly would have asked for Annabeths opinion but she wasn't around in the maker space so I should've gone to find her to get her opinion on the matter. Otherwise though, there was still room for development in my Zoetrope and would take the easter break to refine and correct my design for the green screen room.
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