Design Exploration: Animator vs. Animation / Mr. Doob

I've decided to show off 2 different pieces that I found. I think they compliment each other quite nicely, since one is story-rich 2D animation, and the other is interactive design with no story behind it. The first is definitely the more popular of the two, and it's a series called "Animator vs. Animation," by Alan Becker.

(Here's a link to a playlist I made: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmOjLD6Y_3LFCZLqePwdpciBF1DHArXA6)

The first episode actually debuted on Newgrounds on June 3rd, 2006. Since then, he's made three more for a total of four episodes, excluding the Minecraft-themed one. The premise is as the title implies: an animator who made an animation that he can't control, and is trying to destroy his computer. I chose this series as my first pick because it's made entirely in Flash/Animate CC, and Alan even has a separate channel (with over 200,000 subscribers) devoted entirely to Flash/Animate CC tutorials.

The second part is this site I found years ago, called mrdoob.com.

It's so old that the blog he has listed doesn't even exist anymore. Mr. Doob has a real name, and its Ricardo Cabello. He's a self described "Award losing non creative junior developer." He does tons of 3D modeling and animation work along with his developer work, but this mrdoob.com place seems to be a dumping ground for all the things he made over the years that he didn't know what to do with. Some of them don't make any sense, but some are really amazing, especially for when they were created (most of them were 2009-2010). A few of them are entire interactive stories themselves.

Shake It Off: A rotoscope experiment

For a class project, 49 students at the University of Newcastle in Australia rotoscoped the video for Taylor Swift's hit song, Shake It Off. Each were provided with 52 frames, then proceeded to splice them all together to make a full video experience.

While not exactly an interactive demonstration, it should definitely provide a look at the variety of methods to be taken with a method our class has become familiar with.

New Media Exploration: Technology DForrester

When people think of virtual reality, they often relate the concept and intent to video gaming.  A way for gamers to fully envelop themselves in an artificial surrounding for the purposes of a more immersive gaming experience.  But virtual reality has the potential for so much more and it will soon be integrated into a dynamic multimedia experience that can and likely will, revolutionize the design, production and experience of internet content.  As we know it now, our interactive media is mostly displayed in a 16:9 aspect ratio format that presents a small window into the marvel of internet technology.  We sit within our organic world and gaze into a window of the digital world, always separated by the obvious border between the two realities.  Virtual reality, when used for interactive media purposes, will completely destroy that border.  Imagine if instead of going to a website, you went inside a website.  Your search brought you to a virtual door and when you activate the door to open, you step inside a website’s design that surrounds you with a virtual room tailored to their artistic tastes and principles of design.  At first, it may be difficult to full grasp the extent that virtual reality technology will change multimedia and the limitless applications that it presents.  Attached is a video that demonstrates just one small example of how you could enter inside a website and become immersed in their multimedia experience.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMzh-s8qeSo

Imagine if the website had 3D icons that you could virtually interact with, that take you to new rooms, new environments, new places.  Companies are working on 3D photos that will virtually take you anywhere in the world and submerse you in life like photographic replica environments.  The possibilities on a flat screen are indeed limitless but in virtual reality, the interactive multimedia experience will overwhelm the senses and allow developers to engage their audiences in ways never before thought possible.

Solace

A very interesting and interactive example of story telling. You are hearing the story of Solace, a drink with 6 different potential flavors. You are able to play around with different physics and animations as the story progresses! 

"Solace is an interactive, animated film by Evan Boehm based on celebrated science fiction writer Jeff Noon’s short story about a near future in which marketing and addiction are disturbingly intertwined."

Solace Interactive Story

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