Update

It has been a while since my last blog, and we have now reached a comfortable stage of the process. Each of us in our team are finally clear what our networked objects are, and how Pablo will interact with the process to allow him to reply to and receive messages. 

Margery's postcards are scanned in through her writing tablet, and this appears to scan onto Pablo's iPhone in real time. Although I was not overly excited by the idea of using a phone, we have realised its simplicity is what could make our networked objects complete. Receiving a visually impressive animation of the postcard on an iPhone is exciting, and this alone gives the receiver a reason to reply in a similarly thoughtful manner. (I was concerned that using a mobile phone would undermine the thought process of writing a letter or postcard that Margery advocates as being incredibly important.)

The animation exploits the iPhone's motion sensors so that, when tilted to one side, the postcard flips over to allow the viewer to see the back of the postcard and read the writing.

We have also now decided that to reply, Pablo must use his own font, through MMS. This is a decision made only recently after listening through our audio of Margery's interview- she sees a persons handwriting as something familiar and comforting- and so this must not be lost, to ensure Margery still feels connected to the dialogue. (Type has been set aside as it was deemed impersonal.)

Yesterday was spent 9-5 video editing, and although we haven't quite brought our trailer down to two minutes (this was from 2-3 hours of footage) I am confident that when we polish the trailer off on Monday morning before the hand-in we will have a very strong piece. Completing this documentary - trailer - has allowed us to conclude in our minds the final concept, not what it looks like but definitely its purpose. Luckily we have managed to include all stages of the process (writing tablet, iphone, printer-drawer) in the video, and that alone is incredibly useful in demonstrating our concept.