Project 1: Discussion

1) Navigating the site would be similar to traveling through the setting of the film because it is playful and uses elements of the film in the layout.

2) The character I chose to work with the most is Latrine. Though she is not visually present on the site initially (besides the heart with her name carved in it) you can see a visual of her by click on the heart mentioned. The character has a haggard appearance and is often a comedic relief in this comedy film. She is over the top, more of an observer throughout with a few moments of action, and somewhat desperate in a playful way... something that hopefully is somewhat present in the layout.

3) The world has a period look to it though in incorporates some modern elements to it. The fashion in decor and personal style in the film is not completely accurate to the times but just enough so, that one is able to understand the setting and the characters being portrayed.

4) Things in the movie move at a moderate speed. The story has a beginning, middle, and end. There are moments of slowness and speed that are not without some form of mockery or jest. For my site, I would like to incorporate the feeling of moments and characters being documented and kept in a kind of virtual scrapbook.

5) The index page created is playful mixing cartoon hand-style drawings with photographic elements. It is done in a collage/scrapbook style and is mildly chaotic because there is no initial sense of direction tells you to go to 'this' object first. There is limited use of text and is very visual in appearance, hopefully, bringing a light-hearted feel to the site, much like the loose lightheartedness in the movie.

6) Most of the buttons present on the index page are character representations. These character representations when clicked play audio voice clips or target animation.

7) It is hard to tell who specifically I used as a stylistic influence. I used collage in the piece layering objects on top of one another. Hannah Hoch is one artist who worked a lot with collage work and though this is a collage piece it uses a mix of drawing and photography and by no means garner the same emotional and visual style/feeling of her work.

8) Motion on the page is present on the buttons and the actions presented once a few of the buttons are clicked.

9) I wanted this index page to relate quite a bit to the characters of the movie and some of the experiences that are presented to them throughout the film.