Objectives of Honours Project

 Objectives as agreed with Alison Varley and Phil Turner

1.     Nature of the Project The idea is to create an interactive movie presenting full-motion video of live-action footage. The main tasks that will be completed to meet my objective are divided: I.     Preparatory work ·     Analysis of interactive movies, technology and literature II.     Development ·     Design the interaction ·     Develop pre-production plan. Components contributing to such an interactive movie may include: 1.     Storyboard 2.     Script 3.     Characters 4.     Visual Style/Techniques 5.     Use of foreground/background elements 6.     Use of Camera Angles 7.     Influence/References to other media 8.     Setting/Environments 9.     Notes ·     Produce the interaction movie  1.     Recording scenes 2.     Editing scenes 3.     Adding Visual Effects III.     Evaluation IV.     Report including self-appraisal During my studies I have learned a range of skills that I will demonstrate in my project, including use of several professional suits Adobe Flash and After Affects. Some of the modules, such as Digital Storytelling and Motion Graphics might be very helpful to produce my media piece. By now I should have realised that the work I can do draws upon a wide range of skills that include: animation, digital imaging, visual design, video production, use of text and visual effects. The information sources that exist for my project idea are mainly: ·     Websites: http://www.creativecow.net/ http://www.kaleidoscope-multimedia.com/gameDesign/gameDesign.pdf http://www.sufferrosa.com/ http://layersmagazine.com/ http://artbeats.com/video_tutorials ·     Literature: Krasner, J. (2008) Motion Graphic Design: Applied History and Aesthetics. Focal Press Adobe Creative Team (2008): Adobe After Effects CS4 and Adobe Flash CS4 Classroom in a Book. Adobe Press Hand, M.(2008) Making Digital Cultures: Access, Interactivity, and Authenticity. Ashgate Press

2.     Interim Deliverable: Week 12 Report The milestones are research and analyse of interactive movies, which will be useful to draw up pre-production plans, put the production into action by creating an interactive movie and evaluating the visual artefact. This will be related to preparatory work and draft of pre-production plan discussed in the previous section). The interim deliverable may include: ·     Literature review (I. Preparatory work) ·     Draft of pre-production plan (II. Development) including: Characters, Storyboard, Script, Visual Style, Use of foreground/background elements, Use of Camera Angles, Setting/References to other media, Notes ·     Outputs from initial exploratory fieldwork with potential audience/users of my deliverables

3.     The Additional Deliverable The additional deliverable will be an interactive movie: ·     A cross-platform CD or DVD containing: ·     A “Project” folder (interactive movie) containing the Adobe Flash/After Effects project file (.fla, aep.) and all of the assets used to create the interstitial.