Students will launch the Moonlit Mix-Up project by experiencing model performances, analyzing how audience reaction is shaped, and making first low-stakes choices about ghost story and blues remix directions. They will gather early user-centered evidence from a live expert, peers, and their own observations so later phases can build from real audience needs instead of preferences alone.

Students will investigate audience experience in ghost storytelling and blues performance by studying a chosen Moonlit Road transcript, gathering evidence from a Charleston Ghost Tour guide, and organizing insights into empathy and assumption-checking tools that prepare them for later design decisions.

Students will synthesize user research and performance analysis into clear design decisions for both the ghost story and blues remix work. They will sort evidence, define audience-centered problems, draft and revise a design brief, and complete a checkpoint that shows they can justify next-step choices before moving into prototyping.

Students will generate multiple ghost story and blues remix possibilities, build quick low-fidelity prototypes, test them with peers and one outside user, and choose a direction based on evidence before moving into full revision.

Students will refine their chosen ghost story and blues remix through structured critique, a real-user feedback round, revision documentation, and a rehearsal checkpoint that prepares them for the upcoming showcase.

Students will present their polished ghost-story and blues performances for a real audience, gather authentic response data, and document how audience needs and feedback shaped their final artistic choices.