A storyboard is a collection of images that tell a story. Basically, it is a sketch of the ideas a person is trying to portray. It is another way of showing a game plan to an individual with interest on what is going on. The visual elements along with the captions allow for the story to be seen by the person reading it. Disney is to be credited with the creation of storyboards since 1920. Ever since then, it has been a great way to share information.
OUR STORYBOARD
We printed a template out, and then drew on paper what we wanted our 30-second film to be. We drew the key scenes in each box.
For this project we are working in groups to show the future of the online Metaverse and the convergence of communities. Here we listed various communities in aim of creating ideas for themes and subjects in our work. The communities we listed included the gaming, LQBTQ+, music, occupational, sporting, cultural and educational communities. This allowed us to come up with multiple potential concepts and subjects to focus on for our project.
Once we had created the mind map in our groups, we decided to focus on the aspects of the religious and the LGBTQ+ communities for our mood board. With this we wanted to present how they intertwine and clash at times, often resulting in hate being spread. We made this choice as the utopian metaverse that is in our potential future, would require that the merging of these two communities be a peaceful one.
The future of community in Jersey as a metaverse will be an extremely diverse and flourishing digital environment.
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The future of community in Jersey as a metaverse will embrace physical elements of community and embrace them on an active and divergent digital platform. The community will flourish and connect many islanders no matter where in the world they might be. I see this being in a highly technologically advanced and immersive fashion. The metaverse will be a mostly amiable platform however I pre-empt some of Jerseys overly, patriotic, protective and xenophobic idiosyncrasies unfortunately lingering into the future.
Content
Our film will feature a seamless combination of real digital images combined with a more metaphysical and fictional animation side. We will use a split screen method to combine the two elements of film. We want to use futuristic props and a consistent, futuristic colour scheme. We want to use a futuristic, fast-paced soundtrack with an emphasise on synthesised instruments. We will also used strategically placed text to further convey our message.
NFT – A non-fungible token is a unit of data stored on a digital ledger, called a blockchain, that certifies a digital asset to be unique and therefore not interchangeable. NFTs can be used to represent items such as photos, videos, audio, and other types of digital files.
What is an NFT
The idea of NFTs emerged from what is called a “colored coin”, initially issued on the Bitcoin blockchain in 2012-2013. Colored coins are tokens that represent real-world assets on the blockchain and can be used to prove ownership of any asset, from precious metals to cars to real estate, even equities, and bonds. Although not as sophisticated, this original idea was to use the Bitcoin blockchain for assets like digital collectibles, coupons, property, company shares, and more. They were described as new technology and gave raw possibilities for the future prospects of utilization. – https://blog.portion.io/the-history-of-nfts-how-they-got-started/
NFT Artist – Mike Winkelmann (Beeple)
Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, is currently the most successful NFT artist with his total artwork value adding up to $113,100,017.88. His most valuable artwork sold for $69,346,250.00, the artwork was called “Everydays: The First 5000 Days,” and was largely responsible for the mainstream media’s coverage on NFT sales. This was also the first time an auction house sold an NFT and accepted cryptocurrency as payment.
Beeple has sold a total of 845 pieces with an average sell price of $133,849.86 each. He also continues his ‘Everyday’ series on his Instagram by posting daily digital creations. mHe creates extremely realistic digital images and animations from digital shapes and scenery to political illustrations.
NFT stands for non-fungible token. “Fungible” is an economic term which refers to a good or asset that can be exchanged for another good or asset of equal value. If something is “non-fungible,” it means it can’t be swapped for something of completely equal value. An area of land would be non-fungible, since land is unique, and finding another area with the exact same value would be difficult to impossible. Art is another example of a non-fungible asset, since its value is highly subjective. A quote from NFT book, by Two Lives ‘2 LIVES is the first exhibition ever that aims to educate and connect traditional art to digital art and the finance world to the art world, by showcasing NFTs through their multi-businesses opportunities to artists, students, curators, collectionists, stakeholders, creators and whoever involved in the NFT space. 2 LIVES is an homage to the island of Jersey through its best-renowned artists and their stories, in order to create a forever lasting exhibition in the virtual world (The Metaverse) and accessible from everywhere to become a blueprint for the future of exhibitions, jobs and community building in NFTs.’
A community of the future will celebrate diversity, equality and inclusion and propose a new digital world; a metaverse where everyone is equal regardless of class, race, gender and age. A digital ecosystem that transcends all virtual identities into a utopia for peace, prosperity and progress.
CONCEPT: What will the future of Jersey look like as a community in the metaverse?
Our group for this project brainstormed many ideas surrounding community, and how communities may change or evolve in the future. We produced a mind map with themes such as religion, class, family etc – however a common area of interest was the evolution of feminism and how equality may look in the Metaverse. I then produced a mood board demonstrating different communities of women, may it be protesters, family members, diversity activists – the list goes on – all with roots linking to feminism and equality.
Describe in;
3 Words – Equal, Diverse, Free
A Sentence – A community full of equality between men and woman, a future with women’s rights and freedom.
A Paragraph – The evolution of women’s rights into the future Metaverse, a time when diversity and equality are the norms, where a woman can choose what she does with her body without the input from the government and society around her. The aim for this project is to represent a future community, both digitalised and physical, where women are empowered and are seen as equals to men. Challenging dominant ideologies surrounding feminism and the female gender, this project will show how the representation of women has changed over time, and how it will continue to change as our world evolves into a more digital and automated society.
