The following features are the ones which are normally displayed by individuals when expressing emotions.The features may differ slightly from each individua but the below mentioned are the common and basic ones.
Happiness
Pushed up cheecks
Feet wrinkles at the sides of sparkling eyes
Smile
slightly raised eyebrows
Fear
Raised eyebrows
Raised upper eyelids
Lips stretched horizontally back to the ears
eyes wide
mouth opened or corners turned down
head down
Surprise
raised eyebrows
Eyes widened
Mouth dropped wide open
head held back or tilted to side
Disgust
eyes and head turned away
Nose wrinkling
Upper lips raised
mouth closed with tongue protruding
Anger
Narrowing of the lips
Eyebrows pulled down
wrinkled forehead
mouth flattened or clenched teeth bared
Eyes wide and staring
Sad
Upper lids usually move down
Loss of focus in the eyes
eyes cast down and tearful
head down
Monday, December 27, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
research, analysis and idea development (critique2)
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| mind map WHAT IS COMMUNICATION? Communication is a process that involves exchange of information, thoughts, ideas and emotions. In humans beings communications deeply relies on the capability of experiencing, expressing, and recognizing feelings EMOTIONS Communication is not merely an exchange of words. Linguistic elements, paralinguistic elements, non-verbal communicative elements such as facial expressions, co-speech gestures, non-speech sounds (clicks, sighs...) are part of the communication and all convey meaning Understanding emotions is essential for human being to be able to use them to influence people during communication. The expression of emotions can be crucial in shaping the social interactions by providing people communicating with a rich channel of information about the conversation partner The richness of emotional communication greatly benefits from the expressiveness of both verbal and nonverbal cues that enable auditory and visual channels of communication. All types of expressive means potentially carry communicative power and better understanding In communication a person 's emotions can be determined in their speech and facial expression.Speech not only conveys the strictly linguistic content of sentences but also the expression of attitudes and emotions of the speaker. THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPRESSING EMOTIONS 1.Communication emotions plays a very crucial role in helping individuals to communicate with others.for example facial expressions and voice can convey a wide range of emotions. if one is happy it signals that something good happened to them,If we look sad or hurt, we are signaling to others that we need their help. 2.Behavior people relied on their emotions for survival purposes.nowadays people use their emotions more for making lifestyle decisions rather than simply staying. 3.Motivation Emotions play an important role in motivating, organizing, and sustaining behaviors (Izard, 1971). 4.Decision Making Our emotions are a valuable source of information for our everyday needs and activities. Our emotions help us make decisions. SPEECH PARAMETERS FOR DETECTING EMOTIONS The following speech parameters are mainly used to determines one's emotions 1. Pitch: voice pitch is certainly a key parameter in the detection of emotion. Pitch variation over a sentence, is used in most languages to give shape to a sentence and indicate its structure, although the way in which this is done varies widely between languages.Pitch is divided into four levels (low, mid, high and extra high 2. voice tone: voice tone may say more than the actual words being used in a conversation Your tone of voice may say more than the actual words you use. 3.Tempo: this is the speed or the rate at which the speaker talks.the speaking rate can be very crucial in determining the emotion of the speaker for example, fast speaking rate may be associated with anger and on the other hand slow speaking rate can be associated with calmness 4. voice quality: Voice quality is defined by Trask as the characteristic auditory colouring of an individual’s voice, derived from a variety of laryngeal and supralaryngeal features and running continuously through the individual’s speech. A wide range of phonetic variables contributes to the subjective impression of voice quality. voice quality is influenced by the social context and situation and phonetic habits are also a part of our personal style.Voice quality is usually changed to strengthen the impression of emotions As mentioned above when a person talks there are facial muscles being moved, and this facial muscles are being influenced by the way the person talks hence the overall emotions are being expressed. facial expression Another important element in determining emotion is facial expression.One can communicate through facial expressions, like frowning, raising the eyebrow, lip moving, etc. for example, a frowned forehead can indicate anger, a raised eyebrow indicates a state of surprise. Tight lips showcase hesitation, insecurity, keeping a secret. The speech parameters stated above and facial expressions normally carries six basic emotions which are: -Happiness -Sadness -Anger -Fear -Disgust -Surprise The above six basic emotions are known to be universal across all cultures and societies [Paul Ekman] references |
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
PROPOSAL 3
Proposal 3
Theme:
Background
Water is a source of life for all other living organisms, not just for humans. We use it for our daily living and fun activities. we can manipulate water to get all kind of shapes and patterns and also control its flow through our physical body movements.
Problem identification
Most people are not aware of other fun activities they can do with virtual water installation
Aims and objectives
-To create a system that responds to physical gestures/movement.
-To give the audience an experience of continual flow of unique experience in water
-To make water fun through virtual installation.
-To create an educational, entertainment installation that will teach people about water and its characteristics
MOTIVATION
The idea of water as an interactive element came up when i thought about the perspective we used to have when we were still kids that water does not have shape. i thought about these and concluded that water can be manipulated and explored in order to come up with a desired shape and the flow that one wishes to have.
IDEATION AND CONCEPT
To create a playful yet an educational piece of interactive installation. I want the users to have fun playing with the water installation. interaction design projects which add reactive dynamics into objects located in public spaces and in the process enhance the forms of interaction possible with them.
REVIEW,ANALYSIS AND PRECEDENCE STUDIES
DESIGN APPROACH
-Audiovisuals
-illustrations
Theme:
Background
Water is a source of life for all other living organisms, not just for humans. We use it for our daily living and fun activities. we can manipulate water to get all kind of shapes and patterns and also control its flow through our physical body movements.
Problem identification
Most people are not aware of other fun activities they can do with virtual water installation
Aims and objectives
-To create a system that responds to physical gestures/movement.
-To give the audience an experience of continual flow of unique experience in water
-To make water fun through virtual installation.
-To create an educational, entertainment installation that will teach people about water and its characteristics
MOTIVATION
The idea of water as an interactive element came up when i thought about the perspective we used to have when we were still kids that water does not have shape. i thought about these and concluded that water can be manipulated and explored in order to come up with a desired shape and the flow that one wishes to have.
IDEATION AND CONCEPT
To create a playful yet an educational piece of interactive installation. I want the users to have fun playing with the water installation. interaction design projects which add reactive dynamics into objects located in public spaces and in the process enhance the forms of interaction possible with them.
REVIEW,ANALYSIS AND PRECEDENCE STUDIES
DESIGN APPROACH
-Audiovisuals
-illustrations
PROPOSAL 2
Theme:old story new media
Research topic: Ecosystem
Background
An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all living and non living organisms, these includes plants and animals interacting with non living organisms in the environment
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
Human’s well-being is highly dependent on ecosystems and the benefits they provide such as food and drinkable water. However, humans have had a negative impact on their environment.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
-To create awareness about the ecosystem
-To educate people about their environment
-To find out the relationship that human beings have with other organism
MOTIVATION
I am very concerned about the future of our ecosystem, how our ecosystem will be like in decades to come if we do not take the right steps in protecting it.
IDEATION AND CONCEPT
Create an interactive wall project that will display trees and plants growing and insects and other creature moving.
REVIEW,ANALYSIS AND PRECEDENCE STUDIES
DESIGN APPROACH
Audiovisuals
Images and illustrations
Research topic: Ecosystem
Background
An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all living and non living organisms, these includes plants and animals interacting with non living organisms in the environment
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
Human’s well-being is highly dependent on ecosystems and the benefits they provide such as food and drinkable water. However, humans have had a negative impact on their environment.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
-To create awareness about the ecosystem
-To educate people about their environment
-To find out the relationship that human beings have with other organism
MOTIVATION
I am very concerned about the future of our ecosystem, how our ecosystem will be like in decades to come if we do not take the right steps in protecting it.
IDEATION AND CONCEPT
Create an interactive wall project that will display trees and plants growing and insects and other creature moving.
REVIEW,ANALYSIS AND PRECEDENCE STUDIES
DESIGN APPROACH
Audiovisuals
Images and illustrations
PROPOSAL 1
THEME: body identity and sensors
RESEARCH TOPIC
audio visuals
BACKGROUND
speech is one form of communication that most people use to share their expressions and emotion
We use speech everyday to express our emotions, which is also a form of communication.
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
Most people are not aware that their speech can carry information their feelings.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
To make the human voice visible
To provoke questions about the meaning and effects of speech
To make people aware that speech is expressive
MOTIVATION
Information is everywhere around us, even when we speak our speech
Our speech presents the information we have to r from the environment but has never been made visible for people to see what different voice, speech and sound mean...
IDEATION AND CONCEPT
Create an interactive wall projection that will display people voice, speech or any kind of sound that they make through colors, lines and any abstract shapes. Spectators ‘s voices
REVIEW,ANALYSIS AND PRECEDENCE STUDIES
DESIGN APPROACH
Audiovisuals
Info graphics
RESEARCH TOPIC
audio visuals
BACKGROUND
speech is one form of communication that most people use to share their expressions and emotion
We use speech everyday to express our emotions, which is also a form of communication.
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
Most people are not aware that their speech can carry information their feelings.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
To make the human voice visible
To provoke questions about the meaning and effects of speech
To make people aware that speech is expressive
MOTIVATION
Information is everywhere around us, even when we speak our speech
Our speech presents the information we have to r from the environment but has never been made visible for people to see what different voice, speech and sound mean...
IDEATION AND CONCEPT
Create an interactive wall projection that will display people voice, speech or any kind of sound that they make through colors, lines and any abstract shapes. Spectators ‘s voices
REVIEW,ANALYSIS AND PRECEDENCE STUDIES
DESIGN APPROACH
Audiovisuals
Info graphics
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