Tuesday, 15 December 2009



Here is my favorite One Shot film 'The paper series'. Another thanks to the contribution of Callum for his Voice over, and Stewart for staying up most of the night to make the paper swans. I liked trying to create one of those moments that no one really ever gets to see, even if the story is a little bit farfetched.

Here is the first of our One shot films 'Gone Fishing'. We did two films we thought were of a good standard, and I just want to Holla! Stewart and Callum for the special effects with the rain and the speech bubbles.

Interactive Narrative.......Link

I'm on a roll, my interactive narrative as required (another hyperlinked image). I'm kinda happy with it but as usual i've had a ton of different ideas and improvements on this one. Its nothing like the map of the Galapagos Islands that i looked at, and I kind of wish it was
Here is my pixelation, at last i've been able to upload something onto here (even if it is only a hyperlinked image), I feel a bit guilty for not uploading stuff but it just never works!!!

It didn't turn out quite how I wanted it too, but i'm quite proud, to say i've never used Premiere Pro before now.

Thursday, 5 November 2009

The cbeebies website (I have a 3 year old niece i go on there with her...Oh who am i kidding)

The cbeebies website has lots of examples of interactive narratives...

On the stories and rhymes section of the cbeebies website are many stories with multi-choice characters, stories and scenarios. They are really bright and bold and fun to keep small children entertained so for some examples check out www.cbeebies.co.uk

Thoughts on a piece...

http://www.livinggalapagos.org/...

On this website is a great example of an interactive narrative. The website starts off with a 40 second introductory video about the website. After the video a map of the galapagos islands loads up, and dotted around the maps are pins. If you hover over the pins a video or an image loads up and tells you a small story.

I think this is a great example of an interactive narrative and gives you a real insight into the lives of the people of the galapagos islands. I like the use of the pins as the buttons to each narrative and also the idea of a map to choose your direction and story. At the top right hand corner are the hyperlinks which means it is out the way of the main feature. At the bottom right of the page is an image of a little tag with 4 buttons, stories, people, places and facts. If you click on one of these the colour of the pins change and also move around and tells you more about either the stories, people, places or facts

unfortunately my internet connection is only a mobile dongle so until i move into my new place i can't get proper broadband, therefore i can't upload images or videos. sorry

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Friday, 16 October 2009

Interactive Narrative

My idea for an interactive narrative
  • As a new student not quite sure where they are, my narrative is about exploring Nottingham for the first time.
  • The user has the options of different directions each ending up in different places and scenarios.
  • Has alternate endings to each direction and scenario.

If you go left or right you could end up at your next destination, in a tussle, dead or even back at home. If you get to the end you could end up at the pub, at home or in hospital/dead.

I will take photos of junctions and destinations in each direction to deliver option

Tuesday, 6 October 2009

Hi

My name is Jake, and throughought the duration of this course I would like to learn new skills, make new friends and achieve the best that i am able to achieve.

Jake Stanfield - 1st year MultiMedia NTU

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