Concept 1: Thesis 3, Private public cinema #photo to be added.

The Publics Private Cinema

Thesis Based on: "Society has too many prohibitions and too few invitations"

Position Taken: This installation will help to challenge this thesis by using prohibition as a form of invitation

Context of Use: The cinema would be installed on the second level of the King George Bus Station

Technologies Used: Projector, Projection screen, Table, Chairs, Large cardboard sign, Coloured markers

How will it Engage?: The projection will play movies on a loop and engage with users as they walk past the installation. There will be a large signs at the borders of the installation. These will inform that the cinema is reserved and they are not to sit at the chairs or watch the movies.

How can people reflect?: When people sit down to watch the movie at the table, there will be a message on the table congratulating them on breaking the rules and asking them why they broke the rules. Coloured markers will be provided on the table so that users can write down their feelings.

Scenario:

Users 1 is walking on his way home to the bus station. As he is making his way to the escalator down to the bus terminal he sees a movie being played on one of the walls with chairs set up around it. As he gets closer he finds that the table and chairs in front of the movie are reserved. He stops for a moment and watches the film and considers sitting, there is nothing to stop him and his bus is not due for another 5 minutes. He takes a seat at the table, where he reads the message. He scribbles down why he chose to break the rules before enjoying the film.

It was  a good idea to create interactive activity on the bus station. Attracting walking people by on-show movie is easily catch their attention. User feedback will also help cinema to collect original data. Here are some doubts for this project:
1. Bus station is limited place especially on the peak time, if we create people flow on the crowded environment, it may cause safety issue;
2. It hardly to control time for each movie and try to not affect passenger to take a bus. Meanwhile, cinema may not willing to put a big hit movie on the loop so that the content chose become a big question; 
3. The general idea is create another cinema for user which means we need to create a high quality video room which requires space, light and high quality of equipment. The budget and maintain will may need to take a deeply consideration.
Overall, it was a great idea to create interactive space on public area, however, it will be better to think some features of bus station.

I like this idea, testing people about break the rules in this way, consider about the potential problem we mentioned last meeting, I suggest we move this idea a little bit, change the position to the entry of the station and we might no need to ask department of transport and main roads.