- One
- 1
- Hare Krishna
- We HARE Kr1shna
- We are One
- Krishna Krishna
- Krishna in different languages
- One in different languages
- Spiritual Souls
- Spirit
- Spirit and Soul
- Many
- Hare. Rama. Krishna
- Tilaka
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Title Ideas
Interactive Question Ideas
Guru Krishna Das
- Involvement
- How did you get involved with the Hare Krishna movement?
- How did you get involved?
- What's your story?
- Plans
- What's your plans after London?
- What's your plans after January?
- What's the next step of your journey?
- Where does your journey take you next?
- Living in the Ashram
- What's life like in the male Ashram?
- Clothing
- What's the significance of your clothing?
- How does your image relate to your beliefs?
- Beliefs
- What do you believe in?
Miriam
- Involvement
- How did you get involved with the Hare Krishna movement?
- How did you get involved?
- What's your story?
- Growing Up
- How was life growing up around Hare Krishna?
- Did you have a religious upbringing?
- What did you believe growing up?
- Living in the Ashram
- What's life like in the female Ashram?
- What's your routine while living in the female Ashram?
- Beliefs
- What do you believe in?
Dan
- Involvement
- How did you get involved with the Hare Krishna movement?
- How did you get involved?
- What's your story?
- How did you meet the devotees?
- Background
- What made you seek spirituality?
- Transition
- How was the transition?
- How was the religious transition?
- How did you find your religious transition?
- Arti
- What happens in an Arti?
- What is an Arti?
- Music
- What part does music play?
- What is the importance of music?
- What role does music play?
- Beliefs
- What do you believe in?
- Temple
- Why do people from all over the world come to the Radha Krishna Temple?
Olga
- Involvement
- How did you get involved with the Hare Krishna movement?
- How did you get involved?
- What's your story?
- Role
- What is your role within the temple?
- What do you do in the temple?
- Beads
- Why are the prayer beads significant?
- What do the beads mean?
- Tell us about your prayer beads
- Life
- How has the Hare Krishna movement changed your life?
- How has your involvement changed your life?
- How has it changed your life?
Layout/Design Experimentation
Rough Idea for Interactive Interview Page - We liked the idea of making the background black and white as it would draw more attention to the interviewees skin tones, highlighting the diversity of the Hare Krishna religion (we didn't have a photo of one of the participants at this point, hence two of the same photos). We also decided to focus on the eyes, as the eyes are said to be the entrance to the soul
and when speaking to the participants, they talked a lot about how they are spiritual and believe that every person is a soul.
Rough Idea for Interactive Interview Page 2 - We tried to make the images horizontal as well but we felt as though the first idea was far more effective and fit in with our theme more.
Rough Idea for Rollover Captions - We liked the gold, as we felt as though gold is utilised a lot in patterns seen around the Radha Krishna Temple. We were unsure whether to place the captions all on one side, or alternate like is seen in this mock-up. We felt as though it looked quite inconsistent placed alternately.
Rough Idea for Rollover Captions 2 - We liked the contrast of the white text, but overall we liked the gold better. However, we felt as though the layout of all the text on one side looked cleaner. We decided to go for the gold text but the captions all on one side.
Rough Idea for Title Name and Font - We haven't 100% decided on a title, but this is one of our options. Although we really like the little leaves on either side, we weren't 100% sure on the font and felt as though it wasn't very representative of the Hare Krishna movement.
Monday, 1 May 2017
Klynt Tutorials
https://youtu.be/86ryrq70HcU
https://youtu.be/b9zreuPBrGE
https://youtu.be/jq08FW1Yq7A
https://youtu.be/MHW3-aRzqis?list=PLRKso68bDY9_3RgDWQajbbY7k9tWlgInh
https://youtu.be/VG5EGfpRKCg?list=PLRKso68bDY9_3RgDWQajbbY7k9tWlgInh
https://youtu.be/b9zreuPBrGE
https://youtu.be/jq08FW1Yq7A
https://youtu.be/MHW3-aRzqis?list=PLRKso68bDY9_3RgDWQajbbY7k9tWlgInh
https://youtu.be/VG5EGfpRKCg?list=PLRKso68bDY9_3RgDWQajbbY7k9tWlgInh
Potential Structure for Idea
Structure
INCLUDE SOMETHING TO DO WITH PAINT ON FACE, maybe split cents in a way that encororates the lines
Kabul
INTRO - outside temple establishing shot cars going past, people walking round (1st Person).. click enter -
establishing promo shots of reception, then click on receptionist and watch interview (welcome speech, introduce place)
Then back to 1st Person POV walk up stairs, take off shoes and option to enter the temple room pops up
Click to enter room
Establishing shots/sequence, also could show the spiritual rituals (pour water on head) ****could include in interviews
Then chapter 1,2&3 options pop up, giving the viewer 3 characters to chose from that they would like to learn about
Make sure that each character has different things to say so it's no too repetitive
Environmental photographs - works v well
When the viewer clicks on one of the characters they get the option to ask them several questions. Click the question and then the character will answer - mix between an interview and then footage relating to the subject of matter (e.g talk about praying and mediating, then show them praying and meditating)
Could also chose objects to learn about, most important things or traditions around the temple
Could include text on screen to educate the viewer
INCLUDE SOMETHING TO DO WITH PAINT ON FACE, maybe split cents in a way that encororates the lines
Towards end of tour - join the Street parade
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Different subjects
Various stories within each subject
ASHRAM
Environmental portrait for the background
EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT ROLES
Feather lady
Russian bag man
Potential storylines for 1 character:
Street parade
Meditation and praying
Background
Handmade Stories
http://www.handmade-stories.com/en/#Portraits
Handmade Stories is a character based interactive documentary that focuses on craftswomen all over the world.
The first screen you come to is extremely simple, just a looped short clip of a woman doing her craftsmanship with "Handmade Stories" across the middle of the screen. It gives the viewer just the right amount of context - giving them a quick snippet of the content to come while keeping them intrigued.
Slightly further into the interactive documentary, there is a split screen which allows the viewer to hover over the characters name. When they do, a portrait of the character is shown, along with an illustration of a map of the craftswomen's home country. The geographical reference is great as it is not only visually pleasing, but also gives the viewer context of the character in terms of where they fit in the documentary. The use of portraits looks great and was definitely something that inspired us to use a portrait as the first visual of our characters. The use of people from different countries also encouraged us to explore the diversity in our topic, allowing the viewer to learn from many varying cultural points of view.
After clicking on a character, the participant can choose to enter a "discussion" with the craftswoman. The viewer can choose from three different quotations depending on what they want to hear the character talk about. This interactivity inspired us to allow the viewer to ask our characters questions in order to feel as though they themselves are interviewing the person, letting them learn from a more personal experience rather than simply being told the information. This is one of the most important parts that we took from the documentary and largely shaped our interactive documentary's structure.
Handmade Stories is a character based interactive documentary that focuses on craftswomen all over the world.
The first screen you come to is extremely simple, just a looped short clip of a woman doing her craftsmanship with "Handmade Stories" across the middle of the screen. It gives the viewer just the right amount of context - giving them a quick snippet of the content to come while keeping them intrigued.
Slightly further into the interactive documentary, there is a split screen which allows the viewer to hover over the characters name. When they do, a portrait of the character is shown, along with an illustration of a map of the craftswomen's home country. The geographical reference is great as it is not only visually pleasing, but also gives the viewer context of the character in terms of where they fit in the documentary. The use of portraits looks great and was definitely something that inspired us to use a portrait as the first visual of our characters. The use of people from different countries also encouraged us to explore the diversity in our topic, allowing the viewer to learn from many varying cultural points of view.
After clicking on a character, the participant can choose to enter a "discussion" with the craftswoman. The viewer can choose from three different quotations depending on what they want to hear the character talk about. This interactivity inspired us to allow the viewer to ask our characters questions in order to feel as though they themselves are interviewing the person, letting them learn from a more personal experience rather than simply being told the information. This is one of the most important parts that we took from the documentary and largely shaped our interactive documentary's structure.
Kabul Portraits
Kabul Portraits is an interactive documentary that highlights the reality of the characters that live in Kabul, a conflict-torn region.
It begins with a brief paragraph, explaining the relevance of the content of the documentary. This is something that we have taken into consideration and will probably implement in our final project, as this allows the viewer to understand the context of our piece. We would like the introduction to be spoken by someone (possibly an authority figure) who is part of the bigger picture that we are trying to capture, therefore allowing the viewer to be drawn into the topic from the very start. It also gives a sense of authority and will encourage the viewer to entrust our take on the topic.
The next page you come to is a screen split into 6 triangles, each containing a portrait of a character which you can choose to learn more about. When hovering over a portrait, it provides the participant with the name and occupation of the character. We had always wanted our documentary to be quite character driven, and this gave us the first idea on how to style the home screen - drawing the viewer in without revealing too much, encouraging them to continue exploring the website in order to find out more.
When you click on a portrait, it takes you to their 'profile' page, and allows you to choose between different categories such as 'video', 'audio', 'memories' and 'possessions'. This is a nice way to separate content into consumable sections, allowing the participant to engage more interactively with the piece and therefore being able to control what they see, and in what order. Without this interactivity, the piece would be better off as a documentary which encouraged us to think about how we should add interactivity, and why our piece should be interactive. The aspect of allowing the viewer to be in control, selecting the content they consume themselves, is really important. We feel as though it is a way to allow the viewer to learn at their own pace, which is a really beneficial if you want your piece to be educational, which is our current focus. Also, allowing the viewer to explore encourages them to delve deeper into each section, immersing them in the experience that we will hopefully provide.
Overall, Kabul Portraits was extremely helpful and influential in coming up with ideas for our final project. It was the first time that we had experienced a really character driven interactive documentary and it showed us one way in which we could layout and section off our content.
It begins with a brief paragraph, explaining the relevance of the content of the documentary. This is something that we have taken into consideration and will probably implement in our final project, as this allows the viewer to understand the context of our piece. We would like the introduction to be spoken by someone (possibly an authority figure) who is part of the bigger picture that we are trying to capture, therefore allowing the viewer to be drawn into the topic from the very start. It also gives a sense of authority and will encourage the viewer to entrust our take on the topic.
The next page you come to is a screen split into 6 triangles, each containing a portrait of a character which you can choose to learn more about. When hovering over a portrait, it provides the participant with the name and occupation of the character. We had always wanted our documentary to be quite character driven, and this gave us the first idea on how to style the home screen - drawing the viewer in without revealing too much, encouraging them to continue exploring the website in order to find out more.
When you click on a portrait, it takes you to their 'profile' page, and allows you to choose between different categories such as 'video', 'audio', 'memories' and 'possessions'. This is a nice way to separate content into consumable sections, allowing the participant to engage more interactively with the piece and therefore being able to control what they see, and in what order. Without this interactivity, the piece would be better off as a documentary which encouraged us to think about how we should add interactivity, and why our piece should be interactive. The aspect of allowing the viewer to be in control, selecting the content they consume themselves, is really important. We feel as though it is a way to allow the viewer to learn at their own pace, which is a really beneficial if you want your piece to be educational, which is our current focus. Also, allowing the viewer to explore encourages them to delve deeper into each section, immersing them in the experience that we will hopefully provide.
Overall, Kabul Portraits was extremely helpful and influential in coming up with ideas for our final project. It was the first time that we had experienced a really character driven interactive documentary and it showed us one way in which we could layout and section off our content.
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