Crit Changes

Since crit there are quite a few things that I have changed.

The first thing that I did was take away the blocky heading in my opening movie and created a title page which is made to look like a book showing the user where to start the story, this also sets the scene and tells the viewer what the story is about and where it happened, as like the rest of my book this is all in the cut out effect.

The next things I changed were the photo gallery on section two and the phone interaction on section three. The complaints I received about the gallery were that it was too close to the side of the page and was meaning that when people swiped it was turning the page instead of the photo and the other problem was that some people didn't realise it was a gallery, so to solve both issues, I added thumbnails to the gallery so that it could be clicked rather than swiped and it is now obvious that there is more than one photo to see. The phone in section three was not interactive before crit and people suggested that I do as I planned and make it ring or do something, so i sourced a couple of sound effects so that the phone sounded like it was dialling a number then ringing it when it is clicked on. 

The next big thing I changed was the whole scene for section four, this was originally the same scene as the previous scene but it was suggested that I make it more interesting by changing it to a different scene like in the reception of Kit Wilson, I agreed that it was a better idea to make it different so I fully remade the scene to look like a reception desk keeping the same cut out effect as all the other scenes. I also then added animation and sounds to the scene to make it interesting, I added a ringing sound behind the phone so when it is clicked it can be heard and I also added a search on the computer for my mothers details which can be played when you click the screen.

On the home scene we had the same suggestion that I make an animation to keep it from being a still static page, so I have created a short animation of my mother and the dog walking toward the front of the house.

The second opening house door scene had the same problem as the phone in which people said they didn't want it to be the same scene. So like with the other I made a whole new scene to flow on from the last, to do this I took the same brick wall effect and added a window and a tree, when the window is clicked the blind rolls up and an animation of Archie playing with his ball runs across the inside of the window, then blind then rolls back down when the animation is over.

The last couple of things that I did were create a front cover which I have done to look like a red leather bound book which suits the theme of my contents page with the open book on it and I have also added two extra pages at the end still carrying the theme of the red book. In the second to last page I have a page in the book giving an ending to my story and concluding it nicely and along with that I have photos of Archie, one of which is with the other dogs to show how he is now getting on with them and fits right in. The last page which continues off from the previous shows more photos of Archie, one of which is with my mother to replicate the fact that she had said he was part of the family. There is also a note pad with my book credits on it, saying that I created it and my mum and Archie started in it. The final thing I added to the last page is a business card for Kit Wilson, when you click on this it takes you to their website so that you can see all the good things they do, they did an amazing job helping save all of those dogs including Archie from the shed and I wanted to make sure that they got a mention in my Ibook.