Thursday, 7 November 2013

Google Maps and Fancy Dress

Yesterday I got round to completing my last QR Code which was based around Google Maps. As I had trouble linking each location on the map to it's informative element, instead I decided to use the map as a seperate part of my final piece by creating a poster with each QR Code on it's relevant location therefore users would be able to scan the QR Code and watch a video that would give them more insight into the chosen haunted location. I believed using video's would be more interesting to watch than linking the QR Code to a chunk of text which I believe most people would get bored of after the first 2 or 3.
I then moved on to creating my 'Fancy Dress' QR Code which involved using still images and audio to create a picture montage with each image appearing on screen in accordance with what was being said on the audio clip. As QR Codes involve quickly scanning and gaining some sort of brief information, I specifically chose not to make my picture montage longer than 1 minute to avoid users becoming bored of the clip.
In the evening I was able to film for my last 2 QR Codes; 'A Brief History of Halloween' and 'Trick or Treat' which entailed a 'Did You Know?' involving me filming someone starting off the clip saying 'Did You Know...?' and then giving a bit of information on the history of Halloween. The same sort of format was also used for the Trick or Treat QR Code.

Here is my completed Google Maps including the QR Codes;




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