The use scenario demonstrates the user’s mental experience after being shown DREAMStory.
“Husband tells wife that the doctor has told him he has diabetes. He shows her the doctor’s letter. He says they have to go back to visit the doctor together. Husband tells his wife he’s leaving for work and the wife waves to the husband as he leaves.
Housewife wipes the table and puts a cup of tea on it and sits down. A clock in the background says 10 ‘o clock. Housewife closes her eyes and puts her head on the table.
Suddenly she hears a voice and sits back up. Her eyes widen as she sees it’s the teacup talking to her. The teacup says “I’m getting really cold and there’s to much sugar in me.”
The housewife looks at the teacup and says, “Don’t tell me what to do or how much sugar to put in my tea.” (I’m really worried and a little extra sweetness will help me feel better.) Teacup says “(diet tip regarding sugar to control diabetes). Housewife looks at him, rolls here eyes and walks to the sink saying, “I have work to do and don’t have time to listen to a silly teacup.”
Water runs from tap into sink over a pile of dishes. Housewife puts her hand into sink and pulls out a plate. Plate says to housewife “You know housewife, teacup is right. A little less sugar (healthy substitute) on me.” Housewife gasps and looks closer at the sink. All the spoons and dishes and plates start cleaning themselves while shouting out different things to housewife.
(Messages from the dishes are shouted out as suggestions for the housewife)
Rolling pin finishes cleaning himself and flies over to housewife and leads her to the chair. Teacup slides into housewife’s hands while rolling pin starts talking. Rolling pin tells wife “so what if your husband has diabetes, you can still do so many things”. These ‘things’ are displayed above the housewife’s head.
Insert eureka moment. Female protagonist decides to make a change in her lifestyle.
Protagonist is shown waking up and looking at cold tea in teacup.
There is a sugar bowl on the table.
Ending undecided.”
I will be using my existent visual style to propel DREAMStory. Clearly visualised characters on organic, shifting backgrounds as a foundation structure to build on .
HEALTH OUTREACH+AWARENESS
in new york for south asians, dealing with diabetes
promoting behaviour
ENTERTAINMENT / INFOTAINMENT
culturally expected motifs, moodboards, visual styles
promoting behaviour
SOCIAL + CULTURAL COMMENTARY
on south asian dietary patterns in new york
VISUAL NARRATIVE
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION
PRODUCTION DOMAIN
DOMAIN ABOUT AUDIENCE INTENDED
Ethno-socio-cultural commentary
ps. ICT4D sounds so cool.
Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set to the 1920’s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as “The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.”
In lieu of a museum, I went to an IFC screening in collaboration with the New York Kids Festival and watched Sita Sings the Blues.
discoveries/questions through observation:
- how can i use text in interesting ways for transitions between scenes?
- could i use a map to begin my story to situate the story and characters?
(eg map of manhattan or queens zooming into home)
- how to use tapestries/ rugs interestingly as background and ambience
- can i have a puppetshow-like display above Laila (name in progress)
- her eureka moment should show: yes i can do this
- what are my strengths? what tools do i have to enhance my work?
CONVERSATION WITH NINA PALEY
Nina was great! She told me to get in touch with Andy London and Biljana Labovic, and research Ravi Swamy. We also spoke about the use of After Effects vs Flash.
Minilogue - Animals
From Fubiz : Very coloured images and fluos in this musical clip for the Swedish group Minilogue. A delirious animation and an elegant work of returned characters, by the designers Kristofer Ström and Erik Bucholtz.
Duration , simply music with text. Delivers the message.
love their mix of funk/hiphop/jazz,take from NipPop
Hifana are fast making a name for themselves in Japan and beyond by cooking up a fresh brew of club music that includes scratching, samplers, percussion, breakbeats, sound effects, gamelan, video, and a healthy sense of humor. The dynamic duo go by the names KEIZOmachine (born Keizo Fukuda) and Juicy (born Jun Miyata). Oddly enough, the two began playing together in a percussion unit backing belly dancers. In 1998 they began experimenting with samplers to diversify their sound, and then kept right on adding to their sonic arsenal. Their range is part of what makes them an interesting group to watch perform. As many clubgoers know, a DJ hunched over a turntable or PC can sometimes lack dynamics. Hifana’s live shows include drumming, turntablism, samples, and an upbeat tag team style of playing. They cut beats with a real time sampler, and incorporate scratch and percussion, without using programming. They also use clever, mostly animated videos, often with traditional Japanese themes, to spice up their performance. The Tokyo based group has so far released two albums, both on W+K Tokyo Lab, a DVD music label owned by hip ad agency Wieden Kennedy Tokyo. In November 2003 they released Fresh Push Breakin to a good but not tremendous response, and while popular in club circles it did not break to a mass audience. They did however merit a performance at 2004’s Fuji Rock festival, which helped them pick up a wider array of fans. In early August, just after their second album Channel H was released, Hifana played an enthusiastically received show at one of Japan’s biggest music festivals, Metamorphose. The album was released August 24, 2005, packaged with a DVD including over 20 inventive videos, and featuring guest appearances by Keyco, Twigy and Tucker. Channel H has received strong cricital reception, including landing them on the cover on Tower Records’ monthly magazine Bounce, and in the Oricon top 100.
original text http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-224/artist_name-hifana/
and why is it so hard to find their songs online?
The content rules the design decisions
