Final Characters

This post shall be the last of this project, the sample of the interactive comic is now complete. It has been compiled into a video 4:30 long. There have been many iterations of each scene but I am happy with how they now combine together to give the full concept. There are three main scenes consisting of the introduction i.e. title page, setting the scene with the palace and then the grand opening of the story with the theatre. The interactivity builds as the story develops, initially only a button needs to be pressed to go to the next scene. The following scene involve a quill that is able to write itself with swiping all parts of the scene away to progress further to the next scene. The theatre involves the viewer much more to hopefully become more immersive, firstly they must open the curtains and then they can interact with the characters in the scene. The concept has been helped greatly by the addition of music and sound effects although the last part may go on to long but I felt I should keep in the spirit of the Baron and just go over the top. There is no need for half the stuff at the end but it just felt right. The final video has been edited into an i-pad screen just to show the concept in a more realistic fashion as shown here.

 Below are the remaining characters who have been added to the final scene. This project has been great fun to work on, mainly due to the Baron's character and the freedom this gives to be slightly ridiculous and allows for much humour. This is something I may decide to take further in future although I realise to create a full chapter will require a huge amount of work and may take some time to get a really polished version.

Palace transition

The transition between the outside of the palace and entering the ballroom of the palace has been bothering me. My initial idea was to allow the user to go through the doors by knocking on them first, however upon looking back at this it is clear that it does not work very well. I tried changing the doors slightly but this made no difference. The sense I was missing was a sense of grandure as the Baron is introduced to the story. This got me thinking more about his theatrical personality and how to give him the entrance he deserved. Due to his character I began thinking of the theatre and the opening of production, which would seem fitting for the Baron. I have since drawn curtains and then done a short media test which includes music just to let me begin to see how each scene feels, if the music is appropriate and get a sense of timings etc. These drawings are below the media test is to large a file to allow upload.