FINAL YEAR PROJECT MEDIA ART

MUHAMMAD SAID BIN ABDUL RAHIM

1091106443

DIGITAL MEDIA

FINAL PRESENTATION

Project Proposal

Title

The Drum Circle

RESEARCH TOPIC

street drumming performance

BACKGROUND

They are a music group showcasing percussions such as djembe, dunun, timbao, shekere, etc. Based in Kuala Lumpur, they have played various types of rhythms that came from Africa, Brazilian rhythm to Guinea. They have been performing for events and doing drum circles around Malaysia since 2011.

One of the way they attract the audience is by welcoming everyone to participate by play, dance, sing, audience also could just spend their weekend at night by gathering with them to either watch or be there as one of the group.

Project Proposal

Aims and Objective

Give people a new experience of playing percussion.

To make it more fascinating and motivate audience .

Creates an excitement when they playing the percussion.

MOTIVATIONNot all people have the ability of playing drum and percussions. So this is one of the way i could think of for everyone to just easily participate freely to produce the sound by step on it and walk on top of the floor. With the creation of this project, at the same time it could produce a user interaction with each other like a creation of a group and a teamwork to create nice beats.

IDEATION AND CONCEPTFor the visual, would use a projector to project it on the floor and it will projected the visual of the interface and when user step on the tiles that tells the name of the drum kit part, it would produce a sound accordingly thru the position of the feet and their step which will be detected thru a motion sensor using a kinect .

Research & Analyst

Why drums?

Drumming is one of the way of helping people to express and address their

emotional related issues. If these negative feelings and emotions are not

being expressed, it would create energy blockages. Drumming can remove

negative feelings and release it through the physical stimulation because the

resonation of sound travel through every cell in our body vibrates, thus

releasing the negative cellular memories.

Research & Analyst

Drumming has been used for centuries during rituals, ceremonies, for

communication, rites of passage, music and dance, celebration, healing,

community building, and cultural events. Drumming also can be used for the

purpose of healing. A truly holistic healing approach, group drumming breaks

down social barriers, promotes freedom of expression, non-verbal

communication, unity and cooperation. Drumming awakens dormant

emotions and unexplainable feelings of excitement and euphoria. It

decreases depression, anxiety, and stress, strengthens the immune system

and keeps you physically in check.

Research & Analyst

Benefits of drumming

• Physical dimensions-- enhanced sensorimotor coordination and

integration, increased bodily awareness and attention span, and anxiety

reduction

• Communication-- non-verbal and verbal skills, group participation

• Social skills-- leadership skills, coordination, relationship building,

• Self-skills-- self-conscious development, social and emotional learning

• The culture of drumming circles allows for shifts in leadership and

following/coordination with others. These provide contexts for adaptive

and generative learning.

Research & Analyst

PRECEDENT STUDIES

THE PIANO STAIRS by volkswagen

Their concept is to encouraging people to take the stairs instead of

the escalator or elevator. This was one of their way to get more

people to take the stairs over the escalator by making it fun.

Idea Developement

Interactive Sound Installation Art

The webcam will act with zone trigger software to activate the zone

trigger. There will be 4 webcam in this installation.

1. There will be a Four zone trigger that will be use in this installation. When the participant step in the first zone trigger, It will trigger the first sound.

2. When the participant steps in the second zone trigger, it would trigger the second sound which will be created for the second circle.

3. The participant will proceed to the third zone trigger , that would trigger the third sound which will be created for the third circle.

4. And finally the participant will step on the fourth and the circle that would trigger the final sound clip for that circle.

Idea Developement

Softwares

Reason 6I have decided to use this software as i also wanted to explore more in depth in the world of creating electronic music. i could produce my rhythm base and drum base music and sound design using this software. Reason is an integrated music recording and production studio with unlimited audio tracks, mixing, and a massive collection of sounds included. Reason comes with all the instruments, effects and mixing tools you need for writing, recording, remixing and producing great-sounding tracks.

Adobe AuditionAdobe® Audition® CS6 software. Accomplish more in less time with intuitive editing, sound design, processing, mixing, and mastering tools, optimized for film, video, and radio workflows.

Audio tool

Audiotool which an apps that is available in google chrome apps which allows you to

create music tracks in the cloud with your favorite gear. Audiotool also features 24/7

Autotool radio with music made in the Audiotools suite.

Record, sample, and collaborate on your own tracks or with friends.

Idea Developement

Demo for One of the rhythmic based music created .

Contextual Studies

Personal Context

It is related to self-expression, drumming is one of the effective

way to rebuild emotional health, and addresses issues of violence

and conflict through expression and integration of emotions.

Content Developement

Floor Plan

Content Developement

Floor Plan

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Floor Plan

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Story Storyboard

Content Developement

Functional Specification

Worksheet

Final Synopsis

The purpose of this project is to expose more about drumming and

the part it plays in human nature, biologically and emotionally.This

project can suggest better alternatives for user to interact just by

walking and step on the circle to produce a different type of

rhythmic base music which each represents the nature of human

emotion/moods.

Each of the rhythmic music user steps represent a different mood.

There will be 4 zone trigger that would be placed around the

circle and each would trigger the rhythmic sound once the user

step on it. Each of the rhythm music that user steps represents a

different human mood

Poster

teaser

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uknCBW28_Sg

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