Digital Media In The Film

Since this film is going to include some digital aspects in it, I have thought of many ways of implementing this. This will help make the film more engaging and immersive. Here are they:

2D Effects

After having finished shooting the film, I will add some 2D effects in it. These effects will be very subtle and simple. An inspiration for that is the stop motion joyful video Island by Max Moertl. All characters and sets in it are physical and have stop motion animation, however some parts of it like eyes, legs and hair are 2D. 

Video: https://player.vimeo.com/video/308876956

I'm planning to adapt this idea in my film. I'll have some 2D effects like exclamation mark for surprise, shake lines for fear, sweat drops for showing being uncomfortable and so on.

Interactive storytelling

This is more like "Choose your own journey" kind of story.  I will have the viewer make some small decisions on the story to give them a sense of interaction without changing the actual moral of the story. Some of these options are choosing the gender of the character, choosing the music the character is playing and choosing how the character is going to fall down.

One of my inspiration for this is the interactive music video "Ink" by Coldplay.

The interactive version: https://helloeko.com/v/coldplay-ink

Web Design Effects

Since I will be presenting the video in a website, I've decided to make use of the amazing web effects
to enhance the experience of the video. Some of these effects are:

Interactions

I'll show some elements using CSS and SVGs on the video where users can click on to make decision. They will also work as a good way to enhance the look and feel of the video on the website.

Google Maps API

Google maps provides great API services that can be easily implemented in a website. I'm planning to use their services to access current location of the viewer and then hopefully use that to include weather, language or something unique about the current city in the video.

Parallax and Transparency

This one is still not certain, as I still have to do more investigation on how to implement these features across all browsers and devices. I have found some JavaScript libraries to include parallax effect on the video, meaning that some parts of the video (probably the CSS and SVG elements) will be sort of floating when moving device or cursor. Regarding the transparency, I've only found one library that is called HTML5 Alpha video. It's only supported in chrome, which is not something I am keen on doing. I'll still research more on that, hoping I'll come up with something great.