Donna Massam

http://dmassam.blogspot.com/2008/02/jewelry-box.html
Ive spent a lot of my holiday thinking of ideas, i want my box to show the main key traits that i have.
Ive now decided not to use the jewelry box (link above)idea because i dont feel that it really says much about me in a sort of metaphor way. Instead i have decided to produce a toolbox and this will be my main box with my interactivity inside it. The reasons that i have chosen to produce a toolbox is because it says more about me as a person, for example when people around me, say family and friend have problems or are feeling low i have this uncontrollable need to help them and try and help them fix their problems aka the toolbox, so the toolbox item acts as a metophor of that personal trait of mine.For example, the toolbox holds tools, tools are used to fix things, my trait is to helps fix peoples problems, also i have a large interest in psycology, this fits in with the whole 'fixing problems' as that is what psyciatrists try to do. On the front of the toolbox, wher it opens, there will be a bolt (like a garden gate bolt) This is going to portray that (as it will be easy for the user to get inside because it wont be locked, they will be able to slide the lock open using the cursor)you can easily become a friend of mine but you have to try to get inside to know me properly. So metaphorically this feature will tell the user that im not really that hard to get into if you try snd have a go.

Inside the toolbox will be one of those section seperators you usually find in toolboxes, each section will contain one of my objects. So far i have quite solid ideas for my obects. My different objects will tell a story about me. The story will be based on my past.

My five differerent traits that i will be including will be traits that i have gain from my childhood, upbringing and relationships. The traits that i want to be including are:

• Anger


• Hurt


• Private


• Caring and Helpful


• Growth as a person

To be completely honest i dont want to explain in too much detail why these traits are completely relevent, online, these are the traits and this is the story about me want to tell because i feel so srongly towards the situations.

Object One: Anger - Im not 100% on this idea just yet, it needs tweeking a bit but my idea is to have a sort of anger/rage machine that they usually have at the fairs (pictured right), the user will hit the bottom of this machine with the curser, the longer they leaver the mouse pressed in for the stronger the hit, the user will have to make the bar hit the top of the screen, they will be congratualted.

Object Two: Hurt - This will be the betrayal video from one of my first assignments. Im thinking the user can maybe drag a dvd, over a dvd player and then the movie begins to play on a tv or computer screen, they will be able to do the usual thing you can do such as play/pause/stop.

Object Three: Private - this will be the last object that the user can interact with, this be a sort of chest, with a padlock locking it, the user will not be able to get into the chest until thay have viewed all of the other sections, everytime the try to the padlock will just simlply move out of the way. But once they have viewed the other sections, they padlock will stay in position and the key will open it, this is to express to the user that im a very private person, unless you get to know me and at least try with me, otherwise you wont get anywhere.

Object Four: Caring and Helpful - My main idea at the minute for section is to have a teddy laid on the floor in pieces, the user will be able to drag the different parts together, sort of like a jigsaw puzzle until it is put together and in one piece. With this i want to express to the user that when someone is down i like to help them piece things back together again.

Object Five - This will be the section that i want to be including my avatar into, ive not decided on a solid iea for this yet but i want it to explain how i have grown from being stuck in my shell and getting out of it.

Hopefully im not setting my goals too high as i always have a tendency to do that also seeing as im not very top notch with 3DS Max yet or flash for that matter, but i have now got books that will hopefully help. I have been working on my toolbox in max and will post images anther time as they are not on this computer im using :).