Interactive narrative; progress on idea 1 - phone reconstruction

this was the first idea that i came up with, brainstorming in class, but im really considering this idea, i'm not sure if the narrative is good enough, il have to talk to Shaun Belcher about it. If the narrative is ok, then i think i would like to further develop this idea; putting a mobile phone together in order to turn it on.

IT HAS BEGUN

After researching some existing narratives, i will now start posting some initial ideas for my own

INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE

I've also started learning Flash, thanks to the Adobe online tutorials, im starting to understand the interface a lot more, already having knowledge of photoshop, its not too difficult, as posted earlier, i have done a test animation, just proves i am learning...

anyway, back to initial ideas, i need to start physically drawing these, but first I'm going to post a few written ideas now, some of which i may be thinking of as i type this, but they are initial ideas and thoughts, not final ideas... here we go

IDEA 1 - PHONE RECONSTRUCTION

Simply beginning with a picture of a mobile phone, in pieces, as it comes in the box. The user then has to choose the order in which to place the pieces of the phone (eg battery, sim card, cover etc) and hopefully, if they do it right, bring the phone back to life aka turn it on. If they fail to put the right pieces in the right order, the phone wont turn on, and so they must start over.

IDEA 2 - MESSY ROOM

Starting with a picture of a clean room, just throwing items of clothing into the room, or not just clothing, it can be anything, wallet, phone, keys, ipod, rabbit, box, woman, bag of rice, anything the list can go on, but just simply throw it in the room and make it as messy as possible. Purpose... relieve some stress? still only an initial idea...

IDEA 3 - IS MAYBE TOO HARD TO DO

You choose the character, its weapon and what it does, to a certain thing, person or creature.

for example... out of a list of characters, you choose a 'dwarf', you then choose a light sabre, and you choose for that 'dwarf' with a lightsabre to slay a dragon, and so you see a small man with a light sabre slaying a dragon, obviously in pictures, or drawings. Possibly too hard.

IDEA 4 - MODIFIED CAR

Side view of a car, possibly a choice of car, unsure now. Then the user can change the colour of the car, change the wheels, wether to lower or raise the ride height, turn the lights on/off etc. I think this wont be too hard as i have experience in digitally modifying cars, so this is a possibility, wether the idea is good or not i don't know, but i would enjoy doing this 1.

IDEA 5 - MONKEY WITH A FEZ

pretty much all i have so far on that idea... hmmm...

yea thats all i have so far...

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Best advert on TV right now

Interactive Crime Map

the police has made a public interactive map of where crime is happening the most in the UK, i thought this would be interesting to post, it is an interactive feature in which the user can see different locations in the UK and wether or not the crime rate is high or low there.

Sky News Online Crime Map

the online interactive crime map

my first animation using Flash :)

its just a quick 1, nothing special

i had to post this...

interactive narrative; example 4 - DAYS WITH MY FATHER

This is by far one of the coolest photo albums/stories i have read recently, a photographer's interactive photo album with a narrative, simply telling the reader about his father, but with such meaning, and great photo's of his father at the later stages of his life, reading this reminded me a lot about my granddad and so this website has a lot of substance and depth.

For me anyway.

http://www.dayswithmyfather.com/

Interactive narrative; tutorial

i found this tutorial online, it shows you how to create there own existing interactive narrative, i thought it would be useful to post, i know it will help me in using flash

http://www.abc.net.au/arts/strange/workshop/flash.htm

you have to see the funny side...

beach ball 1 - 0 liverpool


love it

Interactive narrative; example 3 - SOUTH PARK CHARACTER CREATOR

the south the South Park character creator on www.sp-studio.de is a simple interactive game, where you create a character, and customize everything, based on characters from the cartoon South Park.
According to the site it is the first and biggest flash game to create your own character in south park style.
it is a very addictive game, you don't do anything with the characters once they are done, its purely just to have fun, and yes i did make my own character, because its a very fun game and i enjoyed creating a South Park character based on me.

this is the user interface for the website, as you can see its very simple and easy to use, so anybody can create a character with ease, they dont need to have any artistic talents whatsoever, its fun, have a go.

Interactive narrative; example 2 - (2008) THE YEAR IN PICTURES

This site allows the user the see 2008 in New York in pictures, the ability to first choose which category; eg sport, politics, the region, economy etc.
    Once a category is chosen, a slideshow is available to see many pictures of what happened in 2008 regarding that category, but being interactive you can see an index menu to choose a picture to go to and view.

http://nytimes.com/packages/html/photo/2008-year-in-pictures/

interactive narrative; example 1 - THE HISTORY OF LAS VEGAS - WITH ANALYSIS

http://www.lasvegassun.com/history

This website has a section dedicated to the history of Las Vegas, i think the interactive feature of the map is very exciting for someone who hasn't been to vegas, like me, i am able to move around the map and select where to go, and then learn more and see more about that location. This extract from the overview of the website explains exactly what the website is about;

The Las Vegas Sun’s History of Fabulous Las Vegas site has been a massive undertaking to offer an all-encompassing look at the colorful history of Las Vegas through a variety of multimedia, including text, photos, video, audio, flash graphics and 360-degree steerable panoramas. The goal was to show the transformation of the city from its humble birth as a railroad way-station to its present day status as the “Entertainment Capital of the World.”

With the help of veteran Sun writers, intensive research at UNLV's Lied Library, and archival TV footage from the Las Vegas News Bureau and KLAS TV, the Sun New Media team was able to put together a converged narrative that speeds readers through the fascinating journey of Las Vegas — from its billing as the “Gateway to the Hoover Dam,” to its notoriety-inducing, fireworks-producing home for atomic tests, and finally to its rise as the gambling mecca of the universe.

Highlights include:

• An interactive map featuring renderings of 40 current casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and Downtown and 40 old casinos in the same spots. Each casino is clickable with a pop-up window providing several photos, quick facts, opening/closing dates, misc. info., and a casino description.
• On the interactive historical map, you'll find a clickable drop-down timeline that shows keys events for every decade from 1900-to-now, with photos or slideshows also depicting the key moments/individuals of the time period. Another tab clicks over to entertainers, which tell the story of some of the top performers of the era. To see a non-flash timeline, 1829 to 2008, go here.)

my analysis:

I love this interactive website, it is very informative of the past and present Las Vegas strip, and is very fun to use. The audience is able to view a 3D style Animated interactive map of the Las Vegas Strip, Downtown or the Valley. everything on the map is interactive, you can click on a particular building and a pop up is shown with more information about that particular building, within this pop up there is a short description, some quick facts about it and pictures of it. At the top of the map there is also a timeline, so you can go all the way back to the 1930's and view the map how it was back then, and view the map after every 10 years until the present. So you are able to see the changes made over the years, for example in the 1930's there was only 1 building on the Vegas Strip, you can see that on the map and read about it too, with pictures.

Within the Timeline there is also a smaller drop down type button, under each decade, for the audience to see a time period overview, so you can read about what has happened every year within that decade, which is yet another informative feature. The use of video is also used, but in a separate part of the website, it isn't linked in with the interactive map, but is easily accessible using the menu.

It is obvious that the Map is the main feature of the website and so does take up most of the page, but that doesn't mean that the title or the menu's are not very visible, the structure and layout is very user friendly.

I believe this site would be educational and fun to use for most people who are interested in Las Vegas, history or present; the audience can view pictures, view an animated map, and read about Vegas. I definitely enjoyed using this website.

arsenal 3-1 birmingham 17-10-2009

another competition; more relative, definitely interesting

I thought this competition was a lot more relative to the multimedia area, its done by Adobe, and recognizes and celebrates students works in 3 MAIN categories; Interactive Media, Video and Motion, Traditional Media. If i could produce a piece or pieces of work good enough then i would like to enter this, the 2009 awards have already taken place, so maybe i can produce something and enter it in time for next year. This year the winning prize was a trip to Beijing and Cash... so something to think about.

http://adaaentry.com

About ADAA

The Adobe® Design Achievement Awards celebrate student achievement reflecting the powerful convergence of technology and the creative arts. The competition — which showcases individual and group projects created with industry-leading Adobe creative software — honors the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from the world's top institutions of higher education.

Categories
Both individuals and groups may enter one unique project in up to three of the following categories:

Interactive media 
Browser-Based Design 
Non-Browser Based Design 
Application Development 
Mobile Design 
Installation Design Video and motion 
Animation 
Live Action 
Motion Graphics Traditional media 
Illustration 
Packaging 
Photography 
Print Communications

one of the 2009 finalists in photography


http://adaaentry.com/img/ADAA_2008_winners.pdf

first competition found

100%DESIGN London

this is from the '100%DESIGN London' website

http://www.100percentdesign.co.uk

What is 100% Design

100% Design London is the UK's leading architecture and design event showcasing everything for the modern building and interior. 100% Design London features world-class interiors show 100% Design, innovative and sustainable architectural products event 100% Detail, cutting-edge materials exhibition 100% Materials and emerging talent showcase 100% Futures.

100% Design is an exhibition with a difference. It is dedicated to the latest and most innovative contemporary interior products, and is renowned for changing the face of the UK design industry. The event will provide a designed commercial environment where exhibitors have an unparalleled opportunity to meet and do business with a professional audience of architects, buyers and other commercial specifiers.

This exhibition looked like something i should put in, i personally wouldn't enter my work into this exhibition because i don't design interior architecture, but overall it looked like a very impressive exibition for showing work and winning awards in that area of design, and i have a very good friend who does interior design/architecture, so putting this on my blog could help them also.

DONT SHOOT THE PUPPY

i reached level

15 b!tches

I WIN

competition search...

i need to find a competition, any type of competition regarding design/multimedia, just for research, i dont actualy need to enter the competition, but i need to start finding a competition to enter for next week...

my expectations

i want to understand virtual worlds and animation more as im from a graphic design background, and i want to know exactly what i want to progress further in.

DONE

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