The project we are completing is about NFT’s (non fungible-token) and once in groups we have to create a 30 second video and still image in groups. The NFT’s will be produced and sold using a crypto currency known as Ethereum. The NFT project is part of the 2Lives exhibition project in St Helier. The Question we are basing our NFT projects on is below.

What will the future of Jersey look like as a community in the metaverse?

For the NFT group project, we got into groups of 4 and started thinking and putting ideas onto a piece of paper. We then turned the ideas into a mind map which is shown below. The mind map is about different communities and how they are everywhere in everyday life.

Mind Map

Me and my group created a mind map about community. We suggested large community groups of online which includes video games. Also we included students which links to school, class and friend groups. We added local community which links in with race and religion and the socially diverse communities filled with people from different places of different religions, races and languages. We added photography as we are part of the Hautlieu school photography community as well as the Jersey, UK and world photography community. Next we have music which links to listening to music at concerts, festivals and at home or with others and performing in front of people in person or online. Finally we have sports which links to watching your favourite team, country and player or playing it with family or friends casually or playing professionally for a team or country. Communities are extremely important for finding and spending time with people who share the same interests, hobbies or passions for the same thing you do. Communities can be with people of the same race, religion or language aswell as being with people who share passion for sports, music or even video games.

Mood Board

Below we created a mood board of different things we think will work well in relation to the NFT project. We gathered images showing connection through social media and the internet over different places in the world. We also added photos of a movie called Ready Player One which is about video games and how they real life is Dystopian where people worry about overpopulation and problems however once they are in the “Oasis” they leave all of their problems behind. They go from being in a Dystopian reality to a Utopian one in which they can be whoever they want, do whatever they want how they want to. The Oasis takes over their life and distracts them from their own lives. We gathered photos of VR (virtual reality) as it will be referenced in our nft final product.

Statement of Intent

As a group, we are looking at the theme of community in reference to an online vs offline persona. This links to the idea of a singular person living two lives in two different worlds.

What will the future of Jersey look like as a community in the metaverse?

3 words – Diverse, futuristic and advanced

A sentence – Jersey will be both advanced and diverse with people coming from different backgrounds creating communities to express themselves.

A paragraph – Jersey will provide space for people who come from different places, speak different language and believe in what they want to express themselves as they want. It is both futuristic and modern with a constant temperature and futuristic technologies. People will use screens instead of connecting in person as life has changed and people can do everything from their homes.

Content – How will you make your film?

Our 30-second film will be very visual, so we will be using mostly photo and video responses, video recordings, animation, analogue/ digital montages to create a story about the online and offline community of St Helier. The use of audio and sound effects would be impactful to exaggerate actions in the video, and possibly some loyalty free music. We plan to animate some parts of the video to represent the online world, where as the other half we plan to meet up and record some scenes based off the storyboard