For our final project before winter break we had a project about revolutions, my group was the Russian revolution, for the project we had to create a “Metaphor Machine” witch was a Rube Goldberg machine but each connection of the machine had to represent a key part of the revolution. (If you don’t know what a Rube Goldberg machine is then watch this video-
We had to work together as a team because it was not only the machine we were making, we had to organize costumes, food, and decorations for the exhibition. The first thing we had to do for this project was to create a infographic about the Russian revolution witch was to get us familiar with the revolution and to start getting some ideas before we go into our groups.
Not only did we have to learn about the revolution but we also had to develop and use technical skills to plan the machine and actually make it work. This project was fun because we got to work in groups but also because we actually got to make a physical creation instead of something on an iPad. I wish that we had things a little more figured out during the building process but the machine still came together pretty well so I can’t really complain.
Alongside the machine we had to create a documentary about the making of the machine. It was supposed to be a behind the scenes type of video but it did not get the attention we thought it would at the exhibition. Here’s the video
This project was a good send off to the break and I enjoyed it. The run through of the machine was never fully filmed but there are clips, ill show them below. Thanks for reading.