cristina dascalescuuniversity of portsmouth a soldier’s life

Cristina DascalescuUniversity of Portsmouth

A soldier’s life

Table of contents

Waterloo200

The project

The client

Research

Software

Storyboard,Mind Map

Process

The Client

The client, Carole Divall (published author) on behalf of Waterloo200 Education Committee

(organisation approved and supported by Government to oversee the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo (Waterloo200, nod)),

requested an animation aimed to show how a British soldier was living during the Napoleonic Wars period.

Waterloo200

In 2015 it will be celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.

In this battle, the French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition comprising of a British army under

the command of Duke of Wellington and a Prussian army commanded by Gebhard von Blucher.

The Project

Title: A soldier’s life

Format: Flash animation

Purpose: To provide information about different aspects of life as a soldier in Wellington’s army, outside the battlefield

Audience: 12 to 14 year old children

Deadline: Unit’s deadline

Research

"Inside the regiment", by Carole Divall

"The armies of Wellington", by Phillip J. Haythornthwaite

"Wellington's army ", by Neil Leonard

Interactive animation, where the user will explore a scene to find the Information available. There will be a main character, which will be spea-king with different other characters about the life

in the army.

Research(similar animations)

BBC(2013.AncientGreeks: The Greek World. Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/greek_world/

BBC(2013.Anglo-saxons:Who are they? Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/anglo_saxons/who_were_the_anglo-saxons/

Welcome screen

Software &hardware

Storyboard

- The welcome screen slides down, revealing the main scene

-The soldier introduces the subject of the animation- Button to the main scene of the animation

Storyboard

- The main character walks to the scene- The button on the bottom explains the rules of the animation: *The user has to explore the scene with the mouse to reveal the subjects available *By clicking or dragging the soldier to the chosen subject, the user can access the information available

- Each subject scene starts with a short dialog- More information is revealed by clicking the “next” on the bottom

Storyboard

- After reading all the information available, a button will take the user back to the main scene, where he can choose another subject

Mind Map

List of subjects

1. Reasons to join the army

2. Recruitment process

3. Payment

4. Daily food ration

5. Uniform provided + other necessaries

6. About marching

7. Punishment

8. Soldier's wife plus duties

The Process

1. Select an image2. Draw with pen and paper3. Ink in Illustrator4. Colour in Illustrator5. Import in Flash

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