Thesis Blog - Week 10

April 1st

38 Days until Showcase

I’m in a weird spot where I feel the pressure but know I’m moving forward. I’m not sure if I hoped I’d be further along or where the discomfort is coming from. We’ll see. Camila asked last week what my biggest risks or fears were and running out of time is one of them. But I’m also terrified that this won’t be a good experience. The script is good, the feedback has been good so far but, I just don’t know without seeing it fully. Will it be too long? Too short? Too abstract? Too concrete? Will it hold attention, will guests know what to do? Will they care?

This might be the story I try to tell with my paper. Immersive storytelling is an inherent risk. We do many things to mitigate them from planning, design, and construction, with testing throughout. Despite that, there is still a real risk. Looking at projects like “Galactic Starcruiser” or films like “Madame Web”, there can be enormous effort but we’re never sure how it will come out until release day. I think at this point I was hoping things would be more fleshed out by now but that could be a lesson. Maybe I am a bit too ambitious, maybe overestimating the small hiccups.

I think I’ve spent too much time trying to manage each part of the experience overall and not enough time deep diving on each scene. I’m going to try that approach this week and see how helpful it is.

Overall, Just had very low energy the past few days. Trying to overcome that and finding more efficient ways to get things done.