trees are people too

So, we have started building our fabulous sets in second life. I had done quite a lot of building over the weekend, but had managed to build in the wrong place, so spent most of yesterday’s tute moving things around. Fortunately I am (finally) getting the hang of the controls to build/move/control objects, so it was not half as arduous as it could have been. With this I am very pleased – at least, although I am still building simple objects, I am able to maneuvered much more easily in my virtual space and understand what it is capable of.

Meanwhile, I am predicting a few issues in our project. While our idea I think could still works, because we have decided to divide the work into four sections, the consistency and flow throughout the four parts of the sets could be a problem. I am foreseeing the use of many clever camera angles to make it look like one fluid cinematic piece, but I am kind of looking forward to this challenge. What we haven’t really accounted for in our planning is the fact that the four of us will be approaching this quite differently – we all have different aesthetic needs and wants, build in different ways and probably have quite different concepts of what it will look like. We also are working on it at completely different times and will have different time restrictions, so working together is very hard to accomplish logistically. BUT, we are all building, the site is looking ok and I think we will get there in the next week and a half. I’ll keep you posted (hopefully some screen grabs of our evolving environment). It’s become evident also that our narrative and script will be shaped further around our environment, now we are becoming more aware of what we are capable of.

In the meantime, I am also on the hunt for an insightful and aspirational blog post from which I can draw criteria from on which to base my own. I haven’t had a lot of time to read student blogs this semester, but I will be checking some out over the weekend. I know Tenille always does excellent and insightful blog posts, and I will try and check out a few more…. I seem very strapped for time, what with these two lives and all.