Photographed some of the sites seen in the pictures both given to us and found online, tried to re- capture the same image angle as in the 1914 photos, couldnt find the correct picture for the grand hotel.

Friday 17th October,

Just gone through the pictures and information finding out the different locations so i can go and take photos of the modern day buildings.
Some of the names i do not recognise so i will have to look on google maps to get the specific places.


War memorial

lighthouse upclose / far away

cresent

pavillion hotel

esplanade (57, 

back of st nicholas parade near grand hotel scarborough

the barracks castle yard

roof of house in belle vue street 

commercial street

2 wykeham street

gladstone road

offices kings cliff camp

chemist shop, south street

dunollie filey road

grand hotel

joseph merry weathers corner prospect road

24 rothbury street inside house

royal hotel 

gladstone road school

coastguard station

belvedere

belvoir terrance

defences

west sand gate, east gate

Emi - Log 2

17.10 - 4th meeting (after 1st presentation)

Meeting today to work on the information-side of the installation.

Will be trying to find out as much as possible from secondary sources (videos, textbooks, etc.) and researching if it is possible to get a primary source (interview, personal account of happenings, etc.).

All the information will be put in power point format. Each slide representing a different sub menu, that we will have in the installation, and then linked with hyperlinks. When you click on the battleships for example it takes you to slide 5 which has more info on the ships, the german navy, etc.

Changes/Additions made to plan:
- Instead of having dots on the map leading you to a different screen altogether, you get a pop-up with a brief fact, summary, etc. Then, from that pop-up (still on the main map) you can chose to navigate to a "read more" or "game" section -> Less layers to the layout: simpler and more intuitive.
- May include a video puzzle, as well as the picture puzzle as mini-games
- As a 'reward' for completing the game, the picture that the user assembles will fade into a picture of the past, followed by a brief fact on the side
- Will have it so you can switch between the 'before,' 'during' and 'after' at any time (suggestion from Mark H.) - Also, will need a 'Back' button on all windows/pop-ups/etc.

post to be continued...

Emi - Log 1

08.10 - 1st meeting

We met right after visiting the Remember Scarborough exhibit in the Scarborough Art Gallery to discuss any concept ideas we had thought of so far. The following is what I have understood of the meeting and is still all in the early stages and will definitely be subject to change over the course if this project.

So far, we've managed to come up with an overall theme for the project - we're thinking of having this all be in the style of a newspaper. We will have, like the three rooms in the upstairs part of the gallery, three different newspapers on the main menu - stacked like a newsagent would. If we have enough time we will include the ability to switch between the english and german time at any time with a button so can easily compare the two.

Here is a rough outline of what will appear in each menu/sub-menu. The 1st picture (Main Menu) will give you the ability to chose between the before, during or after of the attack. The second will, still in newspaper format, show you a map of scarborough (before: peaceful image, during: fires/explosions/etc.) where you'll be able to select different places on the map, for example: hovering over the castle will make it pop up. Once clicked it'll take you to the 2nd submenu (3rd picture) where you will find out about the english military around Scarborough. The 3rd image is a factual sub-menu where you can find out brief information about the town, the attack, etc. depending if you're on the 'before,' 'during' or 'after' section. From here you'll be able to click to a "read more" section or the "game" (for adults who want to know more OR a quiz for kids, maybe even a picture puzzle) - this will allow for a wider appeal.


Other:
- "This info is available in room 1," instead of "go to room 1 for more info" to not offend disabled audiences
- Video comprehension as a game, then the questions read out by a voice-over artist
- Basic blueprint showing which room is which in a help file.
- Clicking on the ships will lead you to a diagram where you can hover over parts of the ship and a menu pops up with details on guns and other weapons, crew, etc.

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EDIT:
13.10 - 2nd meeting
We met to discuss and put together the presentation we are holding on the 14th and to further develop our ideas.

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Just an example photo of what an icon may look like in the first sub-menu when hovering over it, which will then lead to more information about he clicked icon.

Thursday 9th October

Started searching for audio samples to use throughout the project downloaded various pieces these included sounds of bombs dropping and general war noises.

Sunday 12th October

Started the presentation we would use for the following Tuesday, downloaded pictures and searched for other web cites that would be useful during this project.

Monday 13th October

Completed slide show presentation in apple keynote, and discussed the presentation as a whole including what we each will talk about and when.

Scarborough Art Gallery Visit

The display for Remember Scarborough at the Scarborough Art Gallery consists of four separate rooms (1 downstairs, 3 Upstairs).

The ground floor room is used as an introduction to the whole gallery including brief information, a projector with interviews playing, paintings of the battle and a folder containing all of the written information throughout the rest of the exhibit. The inclusion of the folder seems to be there to compensate for any visitors that can't access the rest of the exhibit, but it comes across as very dull and uninteresting compared to what the exhibit actually has on offer to viewers.

The three rooms that are located upstairs are split into three sections, before the attack, during the attack and after the attack. This is what inspired us to build our installation with a similair capability to see the event over time instead of at one point in time. This really helps to build perspective and give the viewers an overall broader view on the events and lasting effects that came as a result of the attack.

The majority of the installation is reading information located on the walls around the exhibit. The information starts with the important and bulk of the information, but offers more insight as the reader continues to read on. This works effectively as readers who just want to know the main information are provided with it before they lose interest, but if the reader desires more information, they can read on. The huge amount of text how ever does become a little over whelming towards the third room.

There are several displays and a map of scarborough that has a narration of the bombing which shows where the bombs hit, but overall there aren't many visual displays on offer.

The exhibit does a fantastic job of showing the attack in multiple lights. For example, showing scarborough during the bombing and the effect it had, but also showing the german side to the story and providing reasons as to why the attack occurred in the first place. This really makes the exhibit stand out and greatly helps give a huge understanding on the attack, the reasons for it and the lasting effects.

The combination of the large amount of text, the slight lack of interactive and visual displays and the brilliant perspective the exhibit gives on both sides and the time zones is what has inspired our installation plan and what we decided to include within it.

Jed Log 1

Jed Log 1

I created two mock up demo versions of the overall theme and home screens that we are going to be using in our installation. We decided to have the installation set out as if it were a newspaper and the viewer was getting information from reading it.

We decided on the home screen being of an over head view on scarborough town set out as the front page of a newspaper. The town will have red dots placed throughout it which all represent places of interest that were hit during the attack. When these dots are selected, it will transport you to the page in the paper that has more information about the selected sight and an interactive game.

These features will be available over three different time periods. Before the day of the attack, on the day of the attack and the day after. Different information about the same spot will be displayed dependant on what time period is selected.

The pictures below are the demo images that display what the home screen for the scarborough attack and the home screen for the ships themselves will show.