Objects = Inspiration

28th October 2014 

For this lesson we had to bring in 2 objects that we thought could be useful for our piece, so I took an xBox controller and a pair of glasses. Everybody brought their own objects in and here is a picture of these objects.

Objects that were bought in.

 It was interesting to see the vast range of objects as they were all different and I could see some that could work for my piece.

We all went around and wrote some words by the objects that sprang to mind when people saw them. This was helpful but I did not feel like the words that were written really related to the feel I was going for. Knowing what sprang to peoples mind when they saw them was pretty useful however, because I then could see what they thought when they saw them.

The Controller Words/Phrases

The Glasses Words/Phrases

We then created our own scenarios using the objects, some peoples scenarios were really helpful to me as they were very relative to what I wanted to do, such as the 'technology killer' where the cord of the controller was put around someone's neck, a sort of 'death by games' theme. I liked this because my whole piece is about technology and it's disadvantages. It helped me see how just objects can tell a powerful story. The other one that was useful to me was the fox playing the games machine, the fox had some sort of connotation about trickery, someone who is cunning, or has magic powers this made me think of the controlling aspect of my plan, the main character who can control peoples minds links to a fox in many ways so therefore I could play around with this idea, maybe this character could take on some characteristics of a fox. Rhys also chose a scenario that I liked, he stood watching people with his glasses on and taking notes, this gave the idea that he was watching people, I want to explore with the idea of watching people and how this can be shown. 

 For my scenario I chose my objects, when my glasses were on I was then able to control minds, this gave the glasses a 'personality' like feature and they were then something completely different to just a pair of glasses. I had originally chosen a completely different idea but decided to change it as it did not relate to my ideas.

We then took some objects in groups and made a scenario out of them. In my group we had a necklace, a book and a notepad. We create a scenario from the story within the book. Books are a great way of thinking of ideas as you make images up in your mind from the words, I think I could find one about the disadvantages of technology and that would help me!