Deep Space Doris
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Just starting a thread to encourage me to put WIP's in and actually get a move on with this one. Planning on releasing it in episodes...sort of a web experiment.
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I can't wait!!
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Ok guys, need a bit of help with this one.
Doris is going episodic; like a comic book with a bit added regularly. What I want to do, rather than just have a picture and text on the screen is to reveal parts of the book slowly. Maybe timed, maybe by clicking.
So, for example, you get a picture of Doris reading the paper fading in then the box with text appears. As Doris spots a job, a close up of the ad appears in the screen. Another part of the story then appears. Suddenly (on the story) a bird crashes into the window. Wallop! (we get an image pop up along with sound).
Get the idea? Basically, I am gonna have a little fun now I am not constrained by print plus this will allow me to reveal the story while I am writing it rather than having to wait a year or so to complete it.
I am guessing this would be best done in flash, but I have no idea where to start. I am great at 'tweaking' existing code but have no idea where to begin.
Anyone suggest a starting point or way of doing this?
Doris is going episodic; like a comic book with a bit added regularly. What I want to do, rather than just have a picture and text on the screen is to reveal parts of the book slowly. Maybe timed, maybe by clicking.
So, for example, you get a picture of Doris reading the paper fading in then the box with text appears. As Doris spots a job, a close up of the ad appears in the screen. Another part of the story then appears. Suddenly (on the story) a bird crashes into the window. Wallop! (we get an image pop up along with sound).
Get the idea? Basically, I am gonna have a little fun now I am not constrained by print plus this will allow me to reveal the story while I am writing it rather than having to wait a year or so to complete it.
I am guessing this would be best done in flash, but I have no idea where to start. I am great at 'tweaking' existing code but have no idea where to begin.
Anyone suggest a starting point or way of doing this?
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this is also something that i'd like to learn and also don't know where to start, so i'll be watching for the suggestions posted here...
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No ideas on the above then?
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I decided that Doris needed something a little more 'british' as a logo. I also love the kitsch 50's style of design seen in games such as Fallout 3.
What do you think of this?
What do you think of this?
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Actually the chrome version works well as part of Doris' spacesuit.
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Good logos.
I don't know flash but this sure sounds like a job for it.
So it is not exactly animated but each page or part (reading paper, box with text, spots a job) is a still picture that would appear using special effects like fades, sound, motion, user interaction, etc.? You want to use the web medium's abilities. That sounds like a good idea to me!
You would have to know the basic story line at first so that all the episodes fit together into a good story. Otherwise you might find yourself in the writer's equivalent of "painting yourself into a corner".
Will it be open ended with limitless new episodes possible?
I don't know flash but this sure sounds like a job for it.
So it is not exactly animated but each page or part (reading paper, box with text, spots a job) is a still picture that would appear using special effects like fades, sound, motion, user interaction, etc.? You want to use the web medium's abilities. That sounds like a good idea to me!
You would have to know the basic story line at first so that all the episodes fit together into a good story. Otherwise you might find yourself in the writer's equivalent of "painting yourself into a corner".
Will it be open ended with limitless new episodes possible?
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Yup that's right. Flash sounds like the way or i would be happy with some sort of script that faded in each part at the click of a button....sort of like a powerpoint presentation really.
I decided Doris would not wear blue...maybe a nice purple!!
I decided Doris would not wear blue...maybe a nice purple!!
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