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Prototypes for Project I

Below are initial mock-ups/examples of Phase 2 of the project, which consists of taking the screenshot of four particular websites onto a grid. I have examples from 5 days: 9/26, 9/27, 9/28, 10/2 and 10/3. There are a few caveats that I will refine before proceeding in my continued documentation.  The first is to have a more standardized size of screenshot. Next, I will be more precise in placing the four images into the grid in exactly equal proportions. Third, I will seek a continuity across time of day that I make my documentations. Another altered step is to close or minimize all possible advertisements.

The "Political Grid" quadrant map I used as a template for visualizing placing the screenshots 4 different sites on the same plane.


However, I do not use this same vertical axis. Instead, I Place "corporate" on the upper half, represented by CNN & Fox News, and "Independent" on the lower half of the vertical axis. Again, CNN is not defined here as "left-wing" but clearly to the left politically than Fox News. 

Examples of initial prototypes from the five days proceed. Here again I am focused on the main headlines--numerous other stories also appear on each page as well as links to commentaries and advertisements.


9.26.17




9.27.17



                                                                                   9.28.17

10.2.17


10.3.17


Next, I attempted one aesthetic component for playing with the text of headlines, to be completed as Phase 3 of the project. I compiled each of the five day's headlines into a text document, and then put each of those onto a scrolling template across a single frame. The first experiment can be seen below.




I plan to play with size, font, speed, and visibility of the various lines in continued refinement of the project idea.


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