So recently we started a project on creating metaphor machines for the revolutions we were assigned, and this is the mid way Blog Post to fill you in. So at first we were assigned groups to do the revolutions in, and we learnt about the revolution. We then created a timeline and were informed that we were creating a metaphor machine based off the revolution we were assigned. So after we discovered that, we starting writing down metaphors we could possibly do for the machine. We came up with some, and finally came to a conclusion as to what the metaphors were going to be. Some of the metaphors were – a bucket rising with the ball in it as a metaphor to the rise of Napoleon, two gears next to each other as a metaphor for The Tennis Court Oath, and many more metaphors. Here is a timelapse of us thinking of different metaphors and editing the timeline.

So we knew what the metaphors were, so now we had to create the machine. We started building a wooden structure, and we spray painted it black. Over that we cut out a stencil and spray painted cogs over it. Here is another timelapse of the spray painting. After that we hammered the structure together with nails, and put string on the structure to support the pipes where the ball would go down. And here we are now. We also have to do a video on the process, explaining the metaphors, and other things about the machine and the process we went through. Anyway, thank you for reading this blog post, and here are some pictures of what the machine looks like right now: See ya 🙂

So recently we had to do an Explain Everything on the cause and consequences of the railroad, and we got to choose three different subjects for the Explain Everything. I chose British Time was standardized, political movements spread, and Railways became a big employer. I chose these subjects because I thought they were really interesting, and showed the causes and consequences of the railway a lot.

Draft One:

The journey of draft one was a short one, but an interesting one. When I started creating the first draft, I could hardly find any good images that were Creative Commons, and it was quite frustrating. I did manange to create a stable draft though, but it was counted as a second draft as it wasn’t handed in in time. I unfortunately wasn’t able to have a voiceover for this draft, but either way, here it is:

Draft Two:

The second draft was quite a bit better than the first one, as I was able to find a lot more creative common images for the different sections. The reason I have called it the second draft instead of the third, is because technicallly the second one I mentioned in the last section, is the first one. I also added more slides so I could have more room to talk, and so it would be more consistent throughout the video, instead of having me talk during just one picture. Here it is:

Final Draft:

Here is the final draft of the video, which is a little bit late. The reason it is late is because I didn’t realize we were supposed to have a final draft done, only a second draft, but I’m not going to get into that. I added narration and animations this time, so the video looks much better and polished. Here is the link to the video on YouTube. So that is about it for this blog post. I hope you enjoyed, see ya later 🙂

So round 2 of the revolution blog posts has arrived, and this time we had to ask and answer a question about Steampunk. My question is how does Steampunk technology relate to current technology, and what are the different similarities and differences? I thought this was a very interesting question I was actually quite excited to do this blog post as I quite like Steampunk and enjoy learning more about it. Anyway, I designed different comparison images that lists the different components of modern and Steampunk technology, so I could ultimately compare them. Here are the different images:

1. Phones:

So here is the first piece of technology I compared for my blog post. I found in this comparison that current technology beat Steampunk, because smartphones can handle a lot more tasks than Steampunk phones can. This is an example of some technology that wasn’t futuristic in the Steampunk era, apart from maybe its look a little bit.

2.  Cars:

Now onto are second comparison, cars. I wanted to make sure that Steampunk cars were futuristic for it’s time period, so I looked it up. And I found that during the Victorian era, they definitely didn’t have anything like cars, so for being furpturistic for its time, the Steampunk car wins, but as far as which one is better, the modern sports car wins.

Well that is all for my blog post today. Either way, I found during the making of this blog post that a lot of things were a lot past it’s time in the Steampunk world, or era, and that some things were fairly accurate, and I had a lot of fun researching and learning more about that, and I hope we do more Steampunk related work.

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