exam project

ok have an idea, just getting it a bit more structured and finalised now. The basic concept behind this is a dyslexic machine. Taking something that seems reliable but isn't really, like spell check or predictive text that just one mistake can completely change the context of the message. Like now a lot of kids, or 'yoof' (chavs) are saying "book" instead of "cool" because when they type the word cool in a text the first word that comes up is book and they're too lazy or drunk on cider (not generalising at all here) to change it.

I've always been interested in the theory of parody and pastiche so i'm thinking of combining that with the above idea. A big inspiration to me has been the Comic Strip films, short films that are almost complete pastiches. If you can check out the films "5 go mad in dorset" or "5 go mad on mescaline" which are piss takes of the enid blyton books where everything are jolly good wheezes what ho. plus they're really funny. watch them if you can.



so yeah, kind of torn between doing an animation or illustration (or be ambitious and do both)

for animation i've had ideas about chain emails and text messages. Those really annoying jokes that aren't funny but you have to pass on to 15 people in 2 minutes or your eyes will fall out and your buttocks will explode. Its strange to think that years and years ago, chain letters from your postie would freak people out and technology has made things faster and easier, but chain emails have become all the more popular and annoying. Its hard to put what i'm thinking into articulate words, but i know what i mean.

As for the illustration idea, you know those alphabet posters? Think of one of those, but put into predictive text the words have changed. So a B for bed would be the image, but the word would be bee, or something similar.




Pretty pleased with this idea (thanks to a certain tutor) but am going to go through our old manovich essays and fine tune my idea to write the brief.