I was thinking of using these for the rest of the piece to turn on things (for example the hamster in a wheel could turn a conveyor belt) and also for the overall look (e.g. the Eyeball Marbles looked awesome but were so expensive!).
But since these props were very expensive (don't get me started on how much the cherry picker lift was!) Here are my final designs which unfortunately do not include these props, but do have inspiration from them:
Firstly, i'm sorry about the poor quality, but if you can read it, you can see that I have decided against using the Sparkfun Arduino Starter Kit.
This is because I feel that firstly it would be very expensive to get all the starter kits etc. but secondly and most importantly the piece will gain more attention if the actions can be physically seen, e.g. the point is to show how ordinary things/actions can make music through purely physical contact.
And yes I do agree that the pads might work and give the piece a more professional feel but I personally believe it would look more impressive and realistic if the marbles hit a cd player “play” button rather than a pad which could easily have sound edited over it, thus making it more professional by being actually real!
By working in this way I can also relate more to my inspirations like Wallace and Gromit and Pee Wee's Breakfast Machine.
And secondly, these designs and layouts are how I am going to make the final piece, which I'm hoping to construct in Room 108 of Scott Building.
This room has a large window into the sound proof booth and I've had the idea to link back to my original inspiration of the Diet Coke and Mentos experiment and make my own piece a tongue in cheek styled experiment. I was thinking of putting the marble run in this room then filming through the glass and also from different angles as if it is a dangerous experiment and we had to use security cameras in fixed positions to film it, for fear of getting too close.
In these plans I have also included a list of props which I have collected and still need to include in my machine.
And secondly, these designs and layouts are how I am going to make the final piece, which I'm hoping to construct in Room 108 of Scott Building.
This room has a large window into the sound proof booth and I've had the idea to link back to my original inspiration of the Diet Coke and Mentos experiment and make my own piece a tongue in cheek styled experiment. I was thinking of putting the marble run in this room then filming through the glass and also from different angles as if it is a dangerous experiment and we had to use security cameras in fixed positions to film it, for fear of getting too close.
In these plans I have also included a list of props which I have collected and still need to include in my machine.
As you can see there is a lot of stuff going into this piece so fingers crossed I can pull it off successfully!
Here finally is my doodles and designs of how pieces could work. Most of my ideas start as drawings and from there I visually draw what will happen/I would like to happen and then I figure out how to make it a reality.
That's it for this post so check back soon for my second presentation and preparation for finally making this piece! :)
Take care,
Joe.
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