L I F E I S A T R A I N R I D EPROPOSAL

O B J E C T I V E O F T H E P R O J E C T

• The whole project is about visualize a poem called 'Life is a train ride' with the method of parallax scrolling website.

• Bring new user experience on reading poem with parallax scrolling website.

• To let young adults appreciate and understand more about poetry.

– A N G E L M A R I E S C H M I D T, U S A

Life is like a train ride. We get on. We ride. We get off. We get back on and ride some more. There are accidents and there are delays. At certain stops there are surprises. Some of these will translate into great moments of joy; some will result in profound sorrow.

Some people consider their journey like a jaunty tour. They will just go merrily along. Others will encounter many upsets, tears and losses on their journey. Others still, will linger on to offer a helping hand to anyone in need.

Some people on the train will leave an everlasting impression when they get off. Some will get on and get off the train so quickly, they will scarcely leave a sign that they ever travelled along with you or ever crossed your path.

We’re all on this train ride together. Above all, we should all try to strive to make the ride as pleasant and memorable as we can, right up until we each make the final stop and leave the train for the last time.

All aboard! Safe journey! BON VOYAGE

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K E Y P O I N T S

• Mainly on Adobe Edge Animate, through self-observation, online tutorials.

• Adobe Illustrator & photoshop - How to make the charcoal painting effect look more realistic.

• Hand drawing of illustrator - Better visual quality of the illustrator.

D E S I G N O V E R V I E W

• The background of the project will be a crumpled paper, and the font of the contents I would use hand writing fonts, and make it as if a person is writing a poem. Illustration will be sketchy style to fit in the paper writing atmosphere.

• The landing page is a crumpled paper with typographic design poem title in the middle. As the user start scrolling, the screen will move horizontally with different types of transition such as fade in/out or slide in/out.

T H E PA C I F I C ( H B O M O V I E )

I N S P I R AT I O N

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtmAiNG2Lxk

• http://www.dangersoffracking.com/ Design of

• Tiny animate movement of http://www.evanshalshaw.com/bondcars/

E L E M E N T S

• VISUAL STORYTELLING

• CLEAR NAVIGATION

• GOOD ILLUSTRATION

• ENGAGING CONTENT

T O O L S

• ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

• ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

• ADOBE EDGE

• ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS

T I M E L I N E

• Week 5 - 7 : Creating illustrator

• Week7-9 : Work on Edge

• Week 10 - 12 : Work on After effects