:: Final Final ::

So here is my final. All the corrections have been taken into account. I tested this out on five different people and they all agree that this works better than my prior version of clicking text. Rolling over the arrows is less work for the user, and makes it nicer than having to click constantly. Its still up for change if need be. Enjoy.

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:: Flash Final ::

Here is my final version of my Pop-up Book. I really wish that I could have had a little more time to add a few finer touches. For the most part, this is what I have done, and I hope very much that everyone enjoys it. Zippyvideos isn't working currently so please select the  'view large' to start the book.

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:: Final Continued ::

My book is slowly coming along. The finessing will take place later, but for now this should give you a sense of how the book goes along. I am still planning to add soundeffects, along with making the rest of the tabs and hidden characters to be animated. The tabs will each have a glow to indicate that the user can pull them. The type still needs to be tweeked so that the changing of  the pages. The scroll bar can change, but for now this a starting point. The 'stickiness' of the tabs will be fixed so that your mouse doesn't get stuck to it. The easing will be corrected as well. For the most part, the background and book will stay the way they are. I might add some lighting to add to the book, but this works for now.

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:: Final Continued ::

I edited the book as to the suggestions and comments of the other students. I think the mask works much better in the overall appearance. I am Still working on the last illustration, and clipping the rest of the images to begin making the piece interactive. Almost there.

:: FP Story Board and Narrative ::

Sample of the style. Type will be done in a very nice traditional Serif font to reflect the old style of children's story books.

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Narrative for ‘Rotkaeppchen’


Page I : Introduction
“ a brief prose…..etc”
- Instructions on how to navigate the pop-up book

Page 2: Rotkaeppchen looking down on her offerings for Granny
Her internal dialog: “Hmmm, cake all buttery and rich with sugar and a chunk of cheese. What was mommy thinking, giving Granny a heart-attack? Like she needs that rich cheese?! Never mind, I’m in the will! And I have a naughty CD under the cake. Granny will like that the best – being all lonely in that cabin!”

Page 3: Little Rotkaeppchen meets the wolf in the forest and he standing upright with little effort. Rotkaeppchen wonders how that is possible. The wolf must have been eating the mushrooms like granny does or maybe he is just simply on crack!

The wolf: “Hey Rotkaeppchen, where are you heading? What you got cooking, precious, good looking? Lonely or something?”

Rotkaeppchen:” Ah –hmmm, LONE-ly! I bet you say that to all the girls in the forest? What do YOU want. I have no cigarettes and I ain’t got no change. Get out of my way, I’m off to my Granny’s house! MOVE, or I’ll kick you in the dingle-berries!”

The wolf: “Damn girrrl, you feisty thing. I don’t mean no harm – hey I got an idea. You oughta go thatta way and pick some flowers for your granny. You know, make some brownie points and them ole ladies really dig flowers!”

Rotkaeppchen: “Hmmm, what’s the catch? I bet you are lying!”
The wolf: “Hell no! Go see for yourself. Had I known I’d see a fine thing like you I’d got ya some!”

Rotkaeppchen: “Well I might stop by there, but don’t you try nothing funny you perv because I got pepper-spray, and I will mess you up!”

Rotkaeppchen skips off with her basket on a mission to score free flowers and the wolf licks his chops.

Page 4: Tipped off that an elderly lonely woman is expecting company, the wolf has hastened up to granny’s house and is stalking her now. He thinks to himself: ‘Damn that bitch must be sick or something, running her fire in the middle of summer. I hope I don’t catch nothing from that ole bag. That parvo last year almost knocked me off my ass. I wonder what the ole woman has in the fridge!’

Page 5: Rotkaeppchen has found a patch and is hastily putting together a tasteful bouquet. All the while she is looking over her shoulder, into the dark patches of forest. Her pepper-spray is at the ready for the foolish flasher, the peculiar perv or the wanton wolf. Oh this girl is ready and she is no fool.


Page 6: Rotkaeppchen has skipped her way all the way to Granny’s house, and all that flower-picking and dilly-dallying has barely set her back, time-wise and all. She knocks on the door ‘Boy, I wonder what Granny does with herself all day. What is that racket in there? Hmmm, I wonder if she is drinking again and fell out.’ Then she hears a crackling voice as though Granny (she was a wild one in her youth) had partied too much: “Hey Rotkaeppchen, I’m not feeling too well! Come in, the door is open!”

Page 7: Rotkaeppchen approaches the bed of Granny and is taken aback! Rotkaeppchen: ‘Note to self – live healthy! But WAIT, I know that face!’

Rotkaeppchen: “So Granny, what’s up with those huge bug-eyes of yours? Are you on crack or something? But wait, what is with that hairy face of yours? Doesn’t Medicare pay for electrolysis? OMG – and look at your teeth! Are those Halloween dentures or what is the deal?”


Page 8:
Rotkaeppchen (to herself): “You nasty canine! Now where is granny? HMMM. We all know a 140lbs timer wolf couldn’t possibly devour a sinewy senior citizen in one greedy feast!”

But although the wolf’s belly looks full, she feels she would get into trouble letting the woodcutter split open a perfectly good wolf. Besides the Department of Fish and Game might get really mad. Rotkaeppchen sees a lump on the other side of the bed, sure enough there is granny getting cozy with the wolf. granny pops up from under the covers. Granny looks like she didn’t take her meds, what is she playing hide-and-seek again?

In a hurry the wolf says to Rotkaeppchen? What's in the basket?

Page 9: The wolf, granny, and Rotkaeppchen feet are all hanging out of the foot of the bed. They all giggle.

In the last scene the user will scroll over the feet and watch the feet move and sounds of laughter will play on OnRelease. There might be other images like a dirty magazine, or box of dildos hiding that the user will pull out and discover with additional tabs.

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:: Story Board ::

:: Final Project Reflection ::

After much discussion, my peer helped point out some very valuable ideas when thinking about the execution of my project. First off, even if the target audience isn't children, the navigation needs to clear and concise.  In doing so, the illustrations will be clear and colorful in their aesthetic. Another important thing to think about is the way that the illustrations will pop up. This will determine the entire aesthetic of the book. Also, i will be incorporating sound effects when the user rolls over or on releases certain areas.

:: Final Project ::

I have always been interested in children’s books. I think the idea of making a piece of art that others can read or even physically take away is a powerful form of interactivity. I have chosen the story of ‘rotkappchen’ or ‘little red cap’ on her way to grandmother’s house. My final project will be a children’s interactive ‘pop-up’ book. The illustrations will be composed in a child-like or simplistic manner with additives of adult humor.

The reader will click on various symbols on the page to learn backgrounds and subplots. For example, clicking on an animal that says it claims to have raibies or mushrooms that promise to intoxicate. The images will be constructed as chapters, each individual chapter relaying the typical expectation of the story. The user will click on the ‘next’ button to see the next chapter. This sequence of images will guide ‘little red cap’ from her beginnings, to the final chapter which grandmother is delivered from the evil clutches of the wolf. The twist will be that the wolf is not killed in the end, but rather, domesticated or shipped off to the wildlife reserve.

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Flow Chart and Narrative Story Board
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Idea of style in illustrations
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simplistic line rendering
Simple color palette will be added
perhaps paper textures. etc.