7 Days
Courtesy of project lead and team mate Al Sinoy, you can play 7 Days here.
Or you can view the trailer for it here.
The Project
The first assignment for our Visual Story class required us to make an interactive photo-film. We had to pick a strong image and then storyboard a number of narrative lines that all used that one image.
We decide to build a storyline around the idea of a man dangling from a ledge, being held onto by another man who could determine his fate.
We then weave this into a storyline that involves a supposed love triangle between three central characters, good friends Dave and Mike, and Dave’s wife Mia.
My Role
On 7 Days, I played the role of Head Writer, fleshing out a multi-strand, cohesive narrative. I also acted in the production as the husband Dave, created a production blog for our group over at teamhotspot.wordpress.com, created and edited sound clips, and assisted with the overall game design.
What I Learned
Because we were working with the ideas of flashbacks and innuendo, almost every line of dialogue in the project was a double entendre. It was difficult to make it all seem natural, and was rewarding when I thought I did.
I also gave myself a crash course in Adobe Soundbooth and recorded, created, edited and spliced audio clips for our film.
The Team
Nick Lewis, Al Sinoy, Shahrzad A., Anshul Goyal, Jeffrey Lane, Milim Kim
Tools
Adobe Flash CS4, Photoshop, After Effects, Soundbooth, iPhoto, WordPress.
