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GR1 - Project Proposal and Analysis

Who We Are

Problem Statement

Choreographers and theater directors are responsible for creating formations, arrangements of people and props on the stage at different moments in time. For these users, the process of making these formations is often very tedious, time consuming and inefficient.

User Analysis

Our user class is choreographers and stage directors.
Note: Names of interviewees have been changed.

Choreographers and Stage Directors

1. Danny Zuko

Danny choreographs dances for both small groups and groups of over 40 dancers.
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2. Sandy Olsen

Sandy choreographs dances for groups of roughly 10 dancers.
Current process of creating formations:

Problems:

3. Betty Rizzo

Betty choreographs dances for both small and large groups.
Current Process:

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4. Jean-Luc Goddard

Jean Luc was the director last year for one of MIT’s premiere musical groups.
Jean Luc clarified that the acting troupe he worked with was rather small, but he worked with professional director over the summer, so he was able to give us both perspectives.
The process of making actors move to different places is called blocking.

Current Process:

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5. Sofia Coppola

Sofia is the current director of a musical being done by an MIT theater group.

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Task Analysis

1. Choreograph the dance / Read the script
2. Create visual representation of the stage
3. Create a formation for different moments in time
4. Modify existing formations
5. View formations
6. Save and distribute formations

7. Get feedback on the formations, and repeat steps 4-7 as needed. 

User Goals

1. Efficiency
2. Customizability
3. Dynamic Interactions