Friday 17 October 2014

Teaser trailer

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The main purpose of the teaser trailer is to encourage, inspire and entertain kids to enter the Super Summer reading Challenge and inform their care givers of the program. It will be shown at school assembles and a silent version will loop on the library T.V screens. It will also be available on the Libraries social media pages Face book, Youtube, Vimeo and Twitter.





                                      
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Tuesday 7 October 2014

Comic Pages

Here are the pages for the comic that the kids will receive each week.

Week 1: 



Week 2:



Monday 6 October 2014

Mascot Developments

After gaining feedback from the children, we have decided to change the girls clothing to purple and give the boy a full set of teeth. 



Sunday 5 October 2014

Testing and Feedback

We decided to work together with the Upper Hutt library, and get some feedback from our target audience from a school holiday program. We showed them our solutions, engaging with the children and asking them questions around what we could do to improve and encourage them to want to take part in the Summer Reading Challenge. This was our feedback:

MAP
-Needs to be clearer
-Small sticker slots need to be labelled
-Make it clear that they can do any form of reading (ie comics, listen to audio books, etc)
-Trentham Trickster should be hidden throughout the map e.g hiding behind trees, houses, etc


ACTIVITY PACK
-Really like key rings
-Feels a bit girly. Needs to appeal more for boys
-Should be called a 'Hero Pack'


PROMOTIONAL POSTERS
-Trentham Tickster, bad guy, should stand out more, and be more 'evil'
-Prizes should be advertised on the poster
-Should be more relevant to reading e.g an image of a book, mascots holding books, etc


WEBSITE
-They should be able to register through the website


MASCOTS
-Boy should not be missing a tooth
-Girl is too feminine in pink - change to purple


OVERALL KEY POINTS
--People should go around the schools and promote the program, as majority of kids like the sound of it but have never heard about it
--Prizes are the key motivation to encourage the kids to participate. Suggested prizes were Xbox, Playstation, Ipad and vouchers.






Monday 29 September 2014

Map Development


Previous iterations of the map we felt were too rigid. We thought it would appeal to children more if it was more dynamic. The winding roads also make the map feel less like a real map, which would not appeal to children.

Saturday 27 September 2014

narrator script for teaser trailer

Script:
text:txt
sound effects: sfx
narrator: “...”
scene notes: ()

Scene 1:
sfx: villainous, dark, sneeky music starts.
txt: THIS SUMMER
“he came like a shadow among shadows”
sfx:SMASH

“and before we anyone knew it..”
sfx: thunder
“it was too late”
(quick shot of villain on roof then he vanishes after the thunder bolt)

txt:Upper Hutt must face its most powerful villain

“all that was left behind was a note saying: Ne he he he Upper Hutt shall be mine and no one can stop me...”

“insincerely The Trethum Trickster

txt: WE NEED HEROSE
“but not all hope is lost”

sfx: happy jazzy or heroic music starts

txt: WE NEED YOUR HELP
“for we have you”

txt:Upper hutt library

“you may be young...and the Tricker may be strong and wicked”

“but every great heroic underdog tale starts on page 1”

(boy gets excited and attacks the hologram of the Trickster, goes through hologram and hits wall)
sfx: splat

“stopping the Trickster is not a task for the faint of heart”

“but we all believe you can save the city”

txt: Super Summer Reading Challenge,
Get your hero pack today 
starts 15 January 2014