Idea

As a lot of you know, I work at a theater during the holidays and on some weekends when I go back home. It’s a big place with three floors (three bars, two levels of the theater, a snack shop, box office etc) and as well as showing performances and films, it can also be hired out for weddings and other functions.
Here is the web page for it.

My idea is to produce an interactive map that people can use to view all of the facilities that the theater has to offer and to help them find places in the theater itself. The three levels could have clickable sections, which bring up photos and information when clicked on. It would be a new way of advertising the venue.

I also noticed over this Christmas holiday that a lot of people were upset with the view they had of the stage from the seats they were given. So I thought that there could be another section on the map where people could click on each seat and have a view of the stage from those seats appear. They could then make note of which seats they liked and book them specifically. There could also be a section where they could reserve seats on the interactive map itself. There also may be room for a section that advertises upcoming shows and gives the prices.

I decided that the best way for people to see the interactive map would to have a touch screen kiosk near the box office in the foyer. The theater itself is in the center of town so it would get a lot of notice from passers by.

I looked at the interactive map of The Tate Gallery which can be found here and I liked the way it presented all the information. I would like to do something similar to that.

I also during my research found a couple of videos of kiosks that I found interesting. I obviously wouldn’t be able to do anything like the second one, but the first one was inspiring.

(This last one is more corporate)

Oh and during my search I also found this really funny Jay Leno video about a Photobooth. If anyone is interested, they can find it here!

ETA: Sorry to anyone who saw the big mess of code I just made now – never used this blog before.