Scene 3
Concept: For this moment you have hope. You search and he comes back to you. You think maybe this time you can all be happy.
Environment: Ocean, clouds, net
Animated: Ocean, castle in sky (constantly changing)
Characters: 11 brothers, girl, 11 swans
Initial Character State: Swans and girl sit by the ocean together.
EVENTS:
Text: “We brothers,” said the eldest, “have to fly about in the guise of swans, as long as the sun is above the horizon.”
1. Third scene animates in.
Text: “When it goes down we regain our human shapes.”
2. Sun sets, moon rises. Swans turn into princes.
Text: “There is another land, just as beautiful as this, beyond the sea; but the way to it is very long and we have to cross the mighty ocean to get to it.
3. Sun rises. Brothers change back into swans.
Text: “Have you courage to go with us?”
4. A large net from willow bark appears. Girl gets into the net. Swans take net up in their beaks, start flying.
KNOCK:
Third scene animates out. Intro text of fourth scene animates in.
The progress and development of my MFA thesis: an interactive Flash augmented reality work inspired by the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen.This interactive augmented-reality piece will explore the story of The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen from a personal perspective. Interaction in the form of page flips will trigger the next scene. Text will visually describe the narrative. The piece will be created in Flash, and its final form will be an installation. The interactive installation will focus on creating an experience in which it appears as if a book has come to life.
