Exhibit Development: Activating All Spaces III

Special FX
2002 - 2007

Green Screen for 5 and under:
Many families visited Zeum with younger and older children. If a child is too young for the production studios, there was very little available to engage them in video production. Early on, Zeum was limited by studio spaces run by staff where the visitor couldn't just wonder and engage creatively on their own. Special FX began as a way to introduce green screen FX to the very young and put the creative tool 100% in the hands of the visitor. It was a green bench, a monitor, and three buttons. It would count down and then record you for 30 seconds and play your short movie back, compositing your image onto various backgrounds. You could fly in clouds, surf or run through fire. Eventually, the addition of a slide structure allowed for the effect of falling, flying or hiding (if you cover yourself in green cloth.) These are simple, short, visitor run experiences that provide a successful video making experience to kids with short attention spans and adults wanting a simple activity. Eventually, responding to visitor requests, we added the ability to buy a still photo of your movie. These are available in the Zeum store which was a nice opportunity to get people to the retail store if they weren't already curious to check it out. The photo printing was so-so on the success scale. See below.