Saturday, April 24, 2010

Aaron this is the doctor we thought you would be perfect as!

In addition to the chosen text here is more important to review BEFORE monday!

PROPS

Rose | Paper Ravens (with fishing line), Bird Mask, posy satchel
Skye | Children
Esther | Cloak, Black Rose Petals
Aaron | Black boots, your goggles (because you will play the creepy doctor see image below!)

CHARACTERS

Aaron | as the creepy doctor
Children | as children

DESCRIPTION

Shot One | Children participating in the act of “Ring Around the Rosie,” holding hands and circling, laughing.
Shot Two | Children participating in the act of “ring Around the Rosie,” holding hands but slowly circling and looking sad, sick maybe.
Shot Three | Variations of shots with the Creepy doctor such as Medium Shot, Close-up shot, Wide Shot…
Shot Four | Top down of children laying down on the ground, feet touching
Shot Five | Doctor in the circle holding hands with kids.
Shot Six | Close Up of Hands (stationary camera and camera to follow)
Shot Seven | Doctor take a child by the hand and take her/him away

STORYBOARD DRAWINGS

Skye will draw these based on the description above.

pre-storyboard sketches for camera angles




Text


OUR AGREED TEXT IS:
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Ring around the Rosy
Pocket full of Posy
Ashes, Ashes,
We all Fall Down


RING AROUND THE ROSIE

One of the first visible signs of infection were red rings surrounding a rosy bump, all over the victim's body.

POCKET FULL OF POSY

A common belief of the time was that the plague was borne on "foul air." The rationale was that people could protect themselves from the bad air by keeping their local air smelling sweet. That, and it also helped them deal with the smell of death...
On the other hand, another sign of infection was the foul stench that would begin to emanate from the victim's body as their lymph system began filling with blood. Those still mobile endeavored to mask their stench and avoid detection by carrying flowers on their person
referred to the sweet herbs that people collected in pockets or pouches to carry with them in an attempt to prevent the disease. People believed the plague was transferred by bad smells so the posies were considered a beneficial ward against infection.

ASHES ASHES

The phrase ashes, ashes refers to the cremation of the dead. Nearly 60% of the population died from the bubonic plague. The disease was not halted until the Great Fire of London in 1666, which turned the rats who carried the disease into ashes.
The variation A-tishoo! A-tishoo refers to the terminal phases of the disease, in which victims would be hemorrhaging internally, sometimes triggering sneezing as it irritated the breathing passages. "Ashes" is a child's approximation of a paroxysm of sneezing. In this weakened state, a victim could, and often did, sneeze their lungs out. Messy...

WE ALL FALL DOWN
Falling down clearly refers to death.



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Links to sites about Ring around the Rosy's meaning:

Ring Around the Rosy (line by line)

THE PLAGUE:

More documents and links are up on Smartclass at:
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Thursday, April 22, 2010

ipad technology

To start out, I've found some videos describing the process behind magazines on the ipad. This first video describes the way some of the modern ipad magazines function:


iPad Magazine Art Direction from Brad Colbow on Vimeo.
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And then, to get more practical, I link you to an early development of an ipad-type application. This may be the most important video I have with regards to User Interface movements - this may not be directly relevant to THIS project but I think it's very important to keep these concepts in mind re: the directional flow of information.


Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.

Lastly, here is the application of the Mag+ technology - Popular Science magazine on ipad.


Mag+ live with Popular Science+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.

These three videos may give us something to think about regarding the possibilities and UI of the ipad technology.