I have created a working moodboard of ideas for the creative manifestation in relation to my project four manifesto.

https://www.pinterest.com/sharniak/creative-manifestation/ 

This moodpboard is associated with my idea of the CyberFlaneur, also known as the Digital-Flaneur or the Electronic-Flaneur. This revolves around the idea that the Flaneur aimlessly walks around the internet taking notice of what she/he comes across. Just like the original Flaneur, she/he observes society, both being a part of and from the outside. The Flaneur has transformed and manifested from the 19th century into the 21st century and modern society. While still being applicable to modern day life, the Flaneur has manifested itself in social media and similar crevices in the internet. Considering the wide range of information and data available on the internet, the Flaneur once again, has a source of inspiration that can be used to impact and one's own design work.

In order to depict this idea of the CyberFlaneur ad to support the Rules of the CyberFlaneur manifesto I am creating, I would like to create a short and inspirational video. I want to show different sources of information and create a depiction of inspired design and sharing through social media. This journey of inspiration through to creation and sharing of work on the internet is a common one for designers. It is a way to make ourselves known by creating an internet based depiction of ourselves and also contributing to the CyberFlaneur journey's that others take.



Through this storyboard, I have shown the journey we take as CyberFlaneurs to be inspired, create and share our work. I have chosen the social media platform of Instagram because it is image based and focuses on using hashtags to circulate images.

The images above are a couple of examples of image inspirations of how I could highlight particular images of inspiration. Therefore, the use will focus in on the coloured images, without being visually overwhelmed. The images not being focuses on will be partially blurred so again the viewer looks at the particular image of focus.




I created two animatics, each with an accompanying audio track, in order to suss out the timings of the video. The first animatic moves partially in time to the audio track, which happened completely by accident (a happy accident). However, I prefer the vibe of the first animatic, as the music is quite happy and feel good. The video will be less than a minute long, so as not to bore the user, but long enough to create a narrative in order to support my manifesto of the CyberFlaneur. Based on my draft manifesto and the development since the first interim, the scenes within the storyboard accurately convey the message of the internet being a source of information and inspiration that we are able to use to inform our own designs as well as sharing our own work and giving back to the digital community and the CyberFlaneurs.

I have also been thinking about including an inspirational photo essay into part of the clip, since the creation of the storyboard/animatics. I have created a couple with some images that I like that are inspirational to me. I included the audio clips that are used in the animatics, to see how it would fit with the sounds and the timing. Although these are not the images that I would use if I decide to go down this route, it was good practice in order to see how it could work.



Audio Credits -
Computer, State Shirt, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, retrieved from http://freemusicarchive.org/music/State_Shirt/This_Is_Old/04_Computer

Lips, Plurabelle, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, retrieved from http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Plurabelle/Money_Blood_and_Light/Lips
With an abundance of digital technology, it is important to embrace the accessibility of new media and knowledge. Digital technology creates a vast, open field for sharing, inspiration, observation and learning. By embracing and making use of the media available to use, we can push our designs to be better and satisfy our own rubric of success.

The CyberFlaneur is an important character in the development of digital technology and social media. She/He is one that can aimlessly wander the digital realm and look at the beauty surrounding them.

  • Inspire yourself
  • Embrace what you haven't done or seen
  • Enjoy this moment in time
  • Don’t kill anything
  • Design to remember
  • Give context and meaning
  • Always save
  • Look at the digital and physical
  • Use colour or the absence of colour
  • Try something new every day
  • Not everything needs to have a purpose
  • Make other people question
  • Iterate variations
  • Open your eyes
  • Close your mind
  • Get lost in the web
  • Question everything and nothing, but not at the same time
  • Click all the links
  • Instagram it

References

Hendel, J. (2012). The life of the cyberflâneur. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/the-life-of-the-cyberfl-neur/252687/ 

Lucas, R. (2008). ‘Taking a line for a walk’: walking as an aesthetic practice. In T. Ingold & J. L. Vergunst (Eds.), Ways of walking: ethnography and practice on foot (pp. 168-184). Hampshire: Ashgate.
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I am a designer, currently studying Design Innovation at Victoria University of Wellington. My focus areas are website and mobile media development, interaction design, 3D modelling and animation and audio-visual space. My blog shows my journey through each project as well as my learning experience through university. What do I want to be when I grow up? I have no idea. But I love what I'm learning. Although there have been many bumps along the road in this journey and despite the fact that there are going to be many more, I wouldn't have it any other way.

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