Brainstorming For Team A's (stichcastles) Team

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circusole'

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Or we could name the tree one of the Swahili words for home. I looked some up, here they are...
nyumba
kwao
kao
makao
ukazi
asili
masikani
maskani
makani
watani
 
stitchcastle

stitchcastle

Well-Known Member
awesome!

I love Watani, or Nyumba.

I was also thinking we could put the tree in that space between Kilimanjaro Safari and the train to Rafiki's Planet Watch. That way it serves to draw people into the train station. It also provides a good vantage point for the tree house as it will have a good view of Kilimanjaro Safari's savannahs.
 
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FutureImageneer

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We have to think about names!! This is what I came up with:
Goofy's Imagineering Troop
Chip 'n Dale's Imagineering Rangers
The Imagineer's of Tomorrow*

* I loooooooove that name!! <3 :sohappy:

Maybe for the treehouse it could be a walk through of the movie maybe they could show the original artwork???
 
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MathewGW

Member
I'll be totally honet here and say that I think a treehouse is kind of a lame idea, I'm busy doing reasearch into african culture to try and come up with something a little more interesting, a little more unique. I'm thinking some kind of giant carving or something.

A treehouse also seeems a bit too out of place given the theaming in Africa, we need something a little more tribal, a little more traditional.

I'm also thinking that what's inside could be simmilar to the interactive desplay that used to be in the hat at DHS, giving information on african culture, history and wildlife.
 
figmntal95

figmntal95

Active Member
stitchcastle said:
As for the significance of the tree house itself, I think its story is that it is this huge monument that has been in Harambe for centuries and has been pretty much the home of the tribes that lived there. the tree itself could be called "Harambe" and it has served as a beacon for lost peoples. This would explain all the cave paintings and evolving displays within as tribe after tribe would come and camp there and add their own piece of history into the tree.

The design of the house on the tree itself could be an amalgamation of several african cultures. from the northern more moroccan features to east african, like Kenya, to the more tropical southern part like Gabon or South Africa. The tree house on top of the tree should be very colorful, reminiscent of say, the giant mask displays in AK lodge.
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That's a great idea (reminds me a lot of the tree in the movie Avatar :lol:) but wouldn't it have to in some way involve animals? How about we include all the ideas you had, and make it the current home of an African storyteller, and his home has all these pictures and writings from African folklore that involves animals.

And I do like the idea of the baobob tree as the base of the treehouse.
 
figmntal95

figmntal95

Active Member
I'm also suprised nobody suggested a mountain :lookaroun

Also, is it too late to suggest something else? I always thought that Egypt should be somehow represented in WDW, and Egypt is part of Africa, so why don't we do something there? How about an Anubis or Sphinx (keeping it animal themed) statue and inside it would be a walktrough showing how animals were represented in Ancient Egyptian culture.
 
stitchcastle

stitchcastle

Well-Known Member
Yeah I'm beginning to think a tree house would be too much and too expected.

fgmntal, We can't really do a mountain because that would be too big to have no real attraction inside and we can't really have something egyptian since Harambe is really more of a Kenyan village.

I still think that putting a weenie in Africa is kind of redundant since they already have a baobob tree to serve as its icon.

Would Matthew's suggestion of a giant carving be too simple? I kind of like it but what do you all think?

I was thinking something as simple as a towering little hut with a thatched roof, a sort of tribal meeting area turned gift shop with authentic wooden figurines of Africa's big Five. something that kind of looks like this: http://www.destination360.com/africa/kenya/images/s/kenya-resorts.jpg
 
Tazer19

Tazer19

Active Member
Sorry to just be checking in guys. I had a charity event yesterday that went really late, which made recovery this morning a bit tough. :)

Anyhow, I agree with Mathew's post above. I think we should see if we can find something a bit more interesting.

Sorry I don't have more ideas now. I am going to start working on some research and will check back in in a bit.
 
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MathewGW

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I've spent some time looking at african carvings, statues, masks etc, and this caught my eye. It's fairly intricate, and could easily be used on a large scale. Theres lots of detail, and a nice bit of background we could embelish a little.

The shape and structure also lends itself nicely to putting something inside it, such as an exhibit, walkthrough or shop
 
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MathewGW

Member
Grassland, Cameroon

Ceremonial Royal Mask. The Grassland Region is a hilly and mountainous area. The northern part of Cameroon has been Islamized and has no sculpture; on the other hand, the savannas of the west, the Grassland, are inhabited by three ethnic groups with ancestors in common and keeping old traditions. The Grassland was divided into ninety kingdoms each governed by a king, the fon. In the past, he was believed to be endowed with supernatural powers that allowed him to change into an animal – an elephant, leopard, or buffalo. He ensured the protection of his people and guaranteed the fertility of the fields and the fecundity of the women. This mask tops a kind of bamboo cage surrounded by a tufted collar of palm fibers. The large masks of this type with a complex design on top were specifically used during the royal festivities held within the king’s palace. Up to thirty different masks might perform in an event.

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That's the text and image incase the link doesn't work for anyone else. It's just an idea, not sure if people think it's going to fit well with the themaming of the area. Anyone know if we can hacve gradual build up to help our structure belnd in?
 
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MathewGW

Member
We are Team A aren't we? I think we do quite quickly need to agree on a basic idea so we can develop it and get the thing polised asap.

My vote would be for the sculpture/statue idea

It fits in better with the idea of a "weenie". We're focusing too much on what goes inside I think, which should be secondary to the visual asthetic.

FutureImagineer, carving scenes on a tree is just copying the tree off life IMO.
 
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FutureImageneer

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MathewGW said:
We are Team A aren't we? I think we do quite quickly need to agree on a basic idea so we can develop it and get the thing polised asap.

My vote would be for the sculpture/statue idea

It fits in better with the idea of a "weenie". We're focusing too much on what goes inside I think, which should be secondary to the visual asthetic.

FutureImagineer, carving scenes on a tree is just copying the tree off life IMO.
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I was stupid and I didn't read the whole thing sorry having a bad day!
 

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