Group work

Week 1 (9.22-9.28)

We want to work on a topic related to Alzheimer’s Disease and how the character (the viewer) initially thinks of themselves as a child and realizes that they in fact, are old. It may also deal with complex family relationships and dynamics for a person with Alzheimer’s and can provide a complex yet moving story for the audience. Combining the story with the famous ABBA song Slipping Through My Fingers as a metaphor or even reference for the topic, a moving, engaging and emotional XR story is aimed to be achieved.

group discussion records

An idea was came up with Ashiwin and was inspired by the song of ABBA, which interpret family relationships via lots of diverse moments slipping through the fingers.
I added another song which contents were related to the song mentioned. Meanwhile, there was a new perspective about world in the elderly with Alzheimer’s disease jumped in the brain of Sam and I. Therefore, we thought about using interactive film to show family relationships and growth in eyes of the Alzheimer’s patients, and we took the plot twists and the use of cinematic techniques into account at the same time.
Orange gave other cases to support us and Sam did the finally summary to organize our train of thought.
We named our group GG Bond lol.

Cases study

GAME REFERENCES

<Spiral>

You’ll take on the role of Bernard Panfield, a writer deeply devoted to his craft and profoundly reflective. As Alzheimer’s disease strikes, Bernard battles cognitive decline—his consciousness begins to fragment, memories fade, and once-familiar surroundings grow alien. Your mission is to guide him through this challenging journey, helping him find inner peace and reclaim the fragments of memory eroded by time and illness.

<What Remains of Edith Finch>

Eddie Finch, the last surviving member of the Finches, is haunted by an ancient curse that claims young lives through bizarre and unexpected means. Returning to their ancestral home in Washington State—a sprawling, cliffside mansion perpetually under construction—she sets out to explore this abandoned structure. Her mission? To uncover her family’s dark past and ultimately reveal the curse’s true nature.

FILM REFERENCES

<NAPO>

With the aggravation of his disease, an old man moves to his daughter’s house, where his grandson reinterprets old photographs into drawings, helping him to regain lost memories.