I think these may count as a feasibility study. I have done a video test about Poking and about Friending, just very quickly constructed starring yours truly.

Poke Test
I think this, as with all of them need more people in different locations so I really need to get filming. The purpose of this test was to establish how difficult it will be to make this piece and how I go about making it. I like how it's like they poke each other and pass it down the line, and I also like the way I've organised the videos, different sizes and positions.

Friendship Test
I messed around in After Effects with movement with the videos which I want to continue to explore, I also looked at the requesting/accepting friends. What I noticed was that it seems more like an order than a question "I want to request your friendship" maybe it's the way I've said it but it sounds quite sinister and menacing rather than a friendly question.

Like test
I asked some friends to film themselves reading my script into teir webcams to get the feel of using the computer, and got them to send me the videos. I cut it up and made this quick test. It looks exactly how i imagined and i think will look really good with a lot of different faces. I plan to seperate the longer scenes with these short cut scenes.

What you'll notice is how confusing using so many layers is, especially with the starring. I made so many mistakes with the friendship test video because I put the wrong parts of the video in the wrong place. I need to find a way of editing the video more before hand so there is less editing in AE. I also need to focus a lot more on pre production so it looks less messy. 

Quick tests using coloured blocks to represent the videos and how they might move around the screen. Just getting back into using AE and learning how to move objects around and animate.

I found this really nice piece of technology and thought that, if i can pull it off it will be really nice for my exhibition. It's a 'Privacy Monitor' you basically have a blank white monitor, but when you wear some special glasses, you can see what's on the screen.
It got me thinking about hacking and how hackers can see your screen, and how anyone can view our social networking sites and learn all about us, even if we try to make all the setting private, our information can still be easily accessed or stolen.
I am going to start designing my own style of interface/website, probably called MyFacePlace, so when people at the exhibition come, they can put on the glasses and explore a fake profile I've created, to experience being an online stalker.

Here's a quick video test where I have changed the design and layout of the profile picture itself. In the previous video tests I had used a straight on face shot, I want to start exploring the way the user is presented. In this clip, I have mocked the "photo in the mirror" profile photo. I'm also trying to keep a facial expression throughout, so instead of having a very straight bored looking face, having my tongue out so it's more of a "fun" me.