Interactive Family e-book

This is the start of a new year. In this assignment we are going to produce an e-book. We will have to produce a piece of interactive documentary narrative, utilising a wide range of media to produce an e-book for the iPad. The e-book will based on an aspect of my family history allowing me to draw on an archive of material which is close at hand. My aim is to bring aspect of my family history to life with mixed media. I can interpret it in a wide range of ways, retelling stories of events and histories of past and present members of my family. The challenge of this brief is to find an interesting and engaging angle to convey the story.

I will have to source or generate text, images sound, moving images and animation. The e-book must contain at least the following:-

A title page or cove which may be animated.

Text and images.

At least one audio interview with a family member, edited to tell the story in one minute or less. Animated visual elements to accompany the interviews.

The animations will have to be created using After Effects and the e-book authored in iBook Author.

Project planning and design process will reflected in my sketchbook and this blog. Elements will have to include at lease the following:-

A plan of my time using a production schedule.

Research and analyse examples of interactive documentary narrative.

Research and analyse of animation in a documentary context.

Visual research which contributes to devising the look and fell.

Design graphical style, interactivity an animation.

Undertake design and technology research into developing content for the iPad.

Key events in the project.

Monday 24^th September Assessment to be set.

Monday 22^nd October I will have to pitch my proposal for my family e-book, showing proposed content and design solutions in the form of a presentation. It must contain mock ups, navigation plans storyboards and animatics and/or sequences which experiment with my animation style.

Wednesday 5^th December I will have crit on the final and complete product so the group can evaluate it.

Wednesday 12^th December I will up load my final submission after any changes arising out of the discussion in crit to the server, completed my blog and submit my sketchbook for assessment.