Shape of Story
The audience members at Shape of Story used a smartphone-enabled web application to “tag” moments of emotional impact while watching seven short films. A visualization of their aggregated marks was shown after each short while they submitted comments to contextualize their reactions. The shape of each story and a curated selection of comments were displayed on the big screen during the discussion held after the screening. The crowd feedback helped structure the conversation. With the aid of a facilitator, Shape of Story can transform a traditional movie theater into a dynamic space for dialogue and debate, resulting in a memorable and informative collective experience.
For this project I was the lead full web stack engineer. I developed the following components:
Logic Server
NodeJS
Express
Mongoose
MongoDB
Presentation Web Application
HTML / CSS / JavaScript
Backbone / Require
In addition to developing the web application that enabled this event I also managed our web stack. This involved configuration and load testing.
A big thanks to:
Matt Fargo for mentorship and creating the audience mobile experience web app.
Norman Lau for visual design.
Don Davis for technical support and setup for the event
Andrew DeVigal for creating the idea, and connecting the project with Design Week Portland