OVERVIEW
This interactive film tells the story of the famous Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936 that helped give birth to the United Auto Workers Union. The style of the film was achieved using costumed actors with simple monochromatic 3D backgrounds that created a look that resembled a graphic novel. Historical photos of the actual events were composited along side of the actors to help give context to the story. The three part film is viewed on touchscreen kiosks throughout the gallery using a thematic menu interface.
FEATURED SKILLS:
Creative / Art Direction, Team Coordination, Interactive UX / UI Design, Video Production, Digital Compositing, Animation, Audio Production, Layout, Illustration.
Creative / Art Direction, Team Coordination, Interactive UX / UI Design, Video Production, Digital Compositing, Animation, Audio Production, Layout, Illustration.
SOFTWARE:
Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Media Encoder, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Flash Professional; Avid ProTools.
Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Media Encoder, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Flash Professional; Avid ProTools.
PROJECT SAMPLES
INTERFACE DESIGN: This clip shows how users interact with the kiosk to see each scene from the story in the context of before, during and after the strike of 1936-37. (clip contains no audio)
MENU COMPOSITIONS: The main menus for each section were loosely inspired by classic propaganda posters, where the heroes and villains were shown in conflict to each other by order of their visual hierarchy in the scene. Historical photos of the people and events were combined, composed and then rendered as hand tinted photos from the 1930's
VIDEO COMPOSITING & VISUAL DESIGN: Black and white historical photos don't always appeal to younger audiences. Telling this story required a more contemporary approach to meet the target high-school audience. Shooting live-action costumed actors on green screen and then compositing stylized, color themed, 3D backgrounds gave the film the look and feel of a graphic novel.
Here are some additional images from the program that show scene composition and visual design.
