Project Three - Initial Ideas

Idea One:

Split screen short film.

Follows a person in their daily activities with the code if/if else/else.

- Traffic light – if red wait, if else red and no cars cross, else green cross safely.

- Shower – if locked wait, if else locked go without, if unlocked have a shower.

Pseudocode

if (condition1)

{

code to be executed if condition1 is true

}

else if (condition2)

{

code to be executed if condition2 is true

}

else

{

code to be executed if neither condition1 nor condition2 is true

}

Displayed on a screen split into three segments.

IF

IF ELSE

ELSE

Time Management:

14-15 May: Over the next two days I will fill in a diary of my daily activities to see what activities are relevant to the term. Over these two days I will also acquire the video camera and tripod.

Week of 16^th May: I will begin shooting and will aim to have a rough draft ready for editing by the end of the week.

Week of 23^rd May: Editing process will begin with final clip ready by Friday 27^th of May.

Cost Plan:

Actor: free
Video camera and other accessories, software: Already own
Various props: Found around home, borrow off friends, or search in second hand shops.

Idea Two:

Short film

Create a short film which portrays characters selecting answers from their ‘memory’ i.e. data types.

Have different people identified as Int, (float), String and Boolean and their answers are relative to what they are.

For instance asked a question then answer with yes if true, or no if false (Boolean).

Asked another question where a more informative answer is needed then there is a selection of nouns available for them to string together a sentence (string).

Asked another question where a number is required for an answer (int).

Pseudocode

int ivy 4;

float francine 4.07;

boolean barry true;

String sadie "Interrogation";

Time management plan:

Pick a medium for this to be executed ASAP and browse around for different materials. If filming, then filming will start next week.

Cost plan:

Depending on which medium is chosen will influence my cost plan. If I were to make a film then the materials would be free but some bribing may be needed to convince my flat mates to do the acting.

Idea Three:

Array: Assign many values to a single variable

An ordering system where an index is used to recall.

A painting done on separate canvas’ with separate drawings done on them to make an overall painting that works together.

For example something like this:

This is an example of time lapse photography by Sam Burford.

Pseudocode

String[] things;

String = new String [5];

String[] things = {"Explaining", "an", "array", "with", "pseudocode"};

To access the first thing, 'Explaining', you would use things[0]; to access the third thing, 'array', you would use things[2]; and for the last thing, 'pseudocode', you would use things[4].

Time frame:

A lot of paintings done on a lot of canvas’. I would aim to have at least one canvas painted every two days (starting Monday so I can buy canvas’ etc) or so.

Ideally that would give me 7 canvas’.

Cost Plan:

I would need to purchase canvas’ or another medium to do the paintings on. I would also probably run out of existing paint that I own therefore this idea is looking a bit expensive.