There is a presentation held on 8 March morning for showing the mid-term process of the project.
The following paragraphs are about what I have done and thought before that presentation.
For the details of the presentation, please refer to the presentation slide in the page of "Download".

I am still think about the work format at this point.

A physical-printed book has the real meaning of “owning”. Just like the traditional Chinese paintings in the old days. The king’s loved to own those paintings as they can own it and watching it on their hands. They can just read the contents in very close distance. It is just similar to the discussion of book formats and the reading habits in nowadays. Technologies is developed in a very mutual level that we can find the online newspaper, e-book, 3G mobile or even the tablet notebook. But the traditional printed publication is still appeared and not replaces those new media. So, making a book is still got its value in current society.

But there is a main challenge for making a book on Kings’ Road. It would just nearly similar to the work of Nathan Road which mentioned before by Kenneth Lo. It is possible for doing the same like Kenneth but it just not much creative as I am not the first person who starts to this kind of work. By the suggestions of project advisor, many kinds of variation for the work format and the presentation are studied for finding a better outcome of this project.

Draft Ideas about the folding and the layout

What is the meaning of a book? A book must be a printed form with paper and well bound? With the discussion before, there are many new reading technologies appeared in these 20 years. People are not only reading physical publication but also the text on screen. So, what is the meaning of a book in nowadays? It must be a printed object? Or it can be virtual thing? Or I can just keep my content but visualized on the screen?

For my initial idea, a web achieve is set as the extra database for storing some extra reading materials which are not showed on the printed book. But now, I started to rethink the function of that web.

By combining the discussion on the pervious section, a web can be the new medium of a book. And it just ignored the limitation of a printed form publication. Moving images can be added on a web but it can never present in great form in a printed book.

So, the format of this project is now changed. A book is kept for showing the still image. But a moving version is planned to be appeared on the web.

But what is the linkage between the printed book and the web? Special passwords and codes are a idea for making the linkage of that two species. Audience must get the passwords on the books for reaching the web.

The relation between the book and the web is the “Form still to move”. So, both parts would be presented together as a installation. Audience can choose whether they want to read the still version in printed form, or even the moving version on the screen.

The whole work would be presented in a room with many computer screens. So, a computer laboratory is preferred.

The meaning of moving images is either video or animation. Video is about shooting at the real location and animation is the creation with still images.

It is sure that video is always attracting, but there is a potential problem appeared. As the technical concern for playing thousands of videos at a same time, there are around 20 videos are recorded are presented on the web. The rest of the parts of the road are still appeared in a still form.

It is a hard decision for choosing the spots for making the video. Applying rules can be a way but it is still something missed on the rest of the road. Finally, for a easy management, the video recorded is based on the distance. Each spot for video recording is distanced with 50 street numbers.

Animation may be a better solution in this case. Making a Flash web animation may solved the problem of the limitation of the canvas of the video. The whole road can be exactly the whole canvas of the animation. But, it may need much more time for doing by comparing with video shooting and editing. However, animation is still preferred as the personal interest.