Screen Capture- Research and Development

For my part in the research towards creating the idea of the Screen Capture I looked at these two videos and the game tag.

I decided to look at Animator vs Animation as it quite simply shows the battle between user and creation within a virtual space. So I thought the idea could be used to an extent in that we could use screens to create this battle between to people in the virtual world and real world.

What I liked about the video is that it shows that as editors and visual artists we acknowledge the icons on screen in Photoshop for example but only use them for one purpose. Whereas, in the video these icons are used in ways we wouldn’t really think of, as we are usually correcting or improving our work, not fighting off our own creation. So I wanted to take that element of using the everyday object and making a tool of mass destruction if possible.

For example, I thought about getting someone to dive into a recycle bin on screen and bring out a png of pebbles and start throwing them, whilst the other person frantically tries to swat everything back using the search bar.

Secondly, the Paper Cuts video taught me that I could use everyday objects in the real world in a video game-esc way, and thus combine the Animator vs Animation elements with the real world.

For example, I thought if the two characters were chasing one another in the real world then one could pull a piece of food off of a poster on the wall and throw it at the other person. Or, one person could pull out their phone, go on google and search for a weapon and pull it from their phone into the real world. Or, potentially even blue-screen a computer where the other person has jumped into.