Final Production and experimentation

In week 11, Our team has came to the final step of our building set, which decorated the ground with sand and projecting it under the patterned lighting. 

James and me bought a bag of sands and several bottle of spray adhesive to decorate the base. We attempted to make the ground as realistic as possible but it seemed did not work well because of the glue was not strong enough to stick the sands. 

Another risky things we did is to spray the silver paint on the sand in order to make it look shinny. Obviously it did not work out because of the health and safety. Fortunately, we used glitter to replace the silver spray. It remains shinny and metallic.

Then, James had made a base for the set because the cardboard was too thin to break off, therefore we need extra support to hold the sets. And it looked amazing after wrapped up with foil papers. 

Experiment 

We also incorporated the technique, Project mapping to projecting the Rotoscoped pattern on the sets. 

Harry designed an animated circular pattern video with Illustrator and Affect Effect, and then projecting it on the set. 

It works pretty well as the tin foil bouncing back the light and it creates a feeling of mystery and culturally diverse. 

 In Africa, some patterns are often used as a form of coded information. Parallel, zigzag, cruciform, curved spiral lines and so on. These can denote social status or have magical or religious powers. 

This powerful and expressive elements are the best reflection of  history and cultural. We decided to use the pattern as the main element across through the entire set, from cave scooped to tin foil drawing.