Creative Media Practice - Scan me

I understand that we had a lecture on QR codes, which I was excited about although they do not seem that exciting I find them quite interesting. Most things now such as food packaging, Facebook  pages, shop windows, film trailers, websites etc have QR codes which makes it easier for smartphone users to access more information than is already being given and me being my nosy self always seem to be the one scanning these codes to find out what lies beneath them. The fact of not knowing what information is held within them really interests me. 

QR codes can be generated on to pretty much anything now I suppose, you see them on all different types of clothing and signs and even on billboards and I think they are a really creative way of giving people more information on a subject without boring them to death with a load of writing, as they can be linked up to pretty much any type of media. When we had one of our 'Production Project' lectures I found in really interesting with the Block of Flats that had been made up of QR codes, where the QR codes represented different people and their witness statements and you had to scan each code to piece together a murder mystery which had taken place in the block of flats. I was really impressed by this idea because I had never thought about using QR codes in this way before and found it really creative.

OPINION?

In my opinion although QR codes are quite easy to generate it is all about the information you are generating them too and therefore you can make them as easy or as complicated as you like. This for me is a big pro as I am not the best with software which I make no secret about, the thing I like about this course is the point of coming up with ideas, I like story telling, I like marketing my story and attracting people to my story however the putting them into practice is a whole different game. So for me QR codes would be a really good option for my final project as I am familiar with them and know how to use the software.