Video portrait and research report
So we visited the skate park again to make our video portrait . We approached Skaters who were professionals and had years of experience. The skater was ready for a video portrait but not a up close interview. They were interested in their practise and did not want to be interrupted . We also took interviews of skaters and non skaters who were present there. We added their voice as a narration in the background of the video. We also decided to focus on social issues that are prominent in the skate park. People felt uncomfortable with some issues like hesitation, intimidation , social activities like smoking , drinking, etc. Hence we mentioned all the important insights in our video.
Accordingly through brainstorming, we were able to generate concept ideas. We focused on various ideas, activities, behaviours for our ideation process. We came up with many ideas that provide a playful experience to the skaters and the non skaters.
Our ideas are as follows which are part of our design research report :
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Skating Experience in a virtual location 
Stationary board with pivoting experience for non skaters 
Camera and sensors for recording every action and projecting them on the screen 
Turning Digital data of the users and planes into visualisations according to the their actions and behaviours
Playful Cities 