Brainstorming session – Themes for my paper planes…
6 7 Possible Themes:
- Pop culture – the roles it plays in our lives (with a focus on entertainment, technology & 2016 politics)
- Travel – how it affects you and your view of the world around you, the different stages of travel (planning, the trip itself, afterwards)
- Holidays – family and friends coming together to celebrate (christmas, new years, thanksgiving etc)
- Star Wars – I don’t exactly have a specific reason yet.. (Storm Toopers, Kylo Ren, Driods, Sabers, “The Force”)
- New York subway – one of the most interesting transit systems to me, over a billion people ride it each year. People miss their trains (time), meet people on them (friends/lovers) live in the subway (homelessness population quite large in NY) people watching (where are these people going etc)
- Life stages of a person – marriage/proposal, birthdays, graduation, new baby, new job, first house, big trip, breakups, death etc
- The road to the Whitehouse – campaigning, “the battle”, Donald winning
I have no clue which theme i’m going to choose but I think I can narrow it down to Pop culture, NY subway & life stages of a person.. I feel like they would tell the most interesting narratives visually. Possibly even the road to the Whitehouse.
Pop culture –
Plane 1: Entertainment – viral videos & trends, movies/TV/music – icons
Plane 2: Politics (specifically the 2016 US election – Hillary VS Donald) Red, blue, silhoutte of Donald and Hillary with punching gloves on, opens up with US map in the middle, star spangled banner on the bottom
Plane 3: Technology –
NY Subway –
Plane 1: Subway stops – subway #s, commuters
Plane 2: Missed train – wasted time – empty train track, melted clock on the wall to symbolise lost time
Plane 3: People watching – seeing from the perspective of the watcher – plane closed will see person reading a paper in grand central, when open paper goes down and they take notice of their surroundings
Life stages –
Plane 1: Proposal/marriage – opens up to a ring?
Plane 2: Big trip – passport stamps, world map, flags
Plane 3: Breakups – icecream tub, tears, plane opens up to reveal a field of blooming flowers to symbolise a new beginning?
The Road to the Whitehouse –
Plane 1: Campaign trail -Red, blue, silhoutte of Donald and Hillary with punching gloves on, opens up with US map in the middle, star spangled banner on the bottom
Plane 2: Voting – nail biting, Donald “looking” at Melania’s vote,
Plane 3: Winner announced & world reacting – Donald “firing” Hillary, moving into whitehouse, world “exploding” from disbelief
Paper Plane designs
- The Stable
http://www.foldnfly.com/2.html#The-Stable - The Condor
http://www.funpaperairplanes.com/pdf/Condor_sample.pdf - The Buzz
http://www.foldnfly.com/3.html#The-Buzz
There’s no real reason why I’ve chosen these specific designs other than they have nice big areas to design on!
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