E-STORYBOOK

EXTENDING INTERACTION WITH THE STORY

The concept for the audi0-visual E-Storybook was developed after the delivery of the Southwark Theatre Educational Partnership (STEP) Arts Festival.  The E-book was designed to enable the participants to re-connect to the project, engage peers and family with their story and archive the process for Crying in the Wilderness Productions.

CREATIVE

SUSTAINING ENGAGEMENT

The audio-visual design of the E-storybook included photographs, film footage and sound clips from the play that were animated through a series ipad apps. These elements were layered alongside typography and narration to tell the story of The Secret Rhythm of the Dance. The size, dimension, style and movement of the fonts mirrored the action in the story creating a dynamic experience for the viewer.  

The E-storybook concept bought the notion of a storybook into a contemporary context and by using digital technology the special needs participants where able to view their story collectively on an interactive whiteboard in the classroom or at home on a smartphone or ipad with their family. 

CONSULTANCY

PURPOSE OF THE E-STORYBOOK

During the project it was evident that the students made a real connection to the story they had created with the creative director, musicians and the choreographer. Inspired by CITWP's workshop process, NOMAD felt it was important to provide an accessible medium for students to return to their story after the project and so the E-storybook was conceived. 

The E-storybook concept highlight the special needs participants creative potential and enable them to see themselves as storytellers as they became an animated digital tale. The play that they performed would now be immortalised in the pages of the E-storybook that they could be shared again and again on an interactive whiteboard, a smartphone or on an ipad with their family. A empowering legacy.