By Christopher Kairalla and Jury Hahn
An interactive 3D Virtual Pop-Up Book.
"The Seven Deadly Meals" is an interactive story about sin, eating, and the American Dream. Each sin/meal is a unique scene, fully rendered as a pop-up book in real-time using openGL, with video tracking for user interactivity. Although the scene exists solely in a computer, every element is hand drawn.
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Credits
Creators: Jury Hahn and Chris Kairalla
CAST
Amanda: Kristen Meinzer
Rob: Robert Faludi
Jane: Kate London
Jim: Chris Kairalla
Kate: Fiona Carswell
Bill: Matthew Burton
Greg: Jeff LeBlanc
MUSIC (used unofficially for demo purposes):
"A Man and a Woman" Theme- Francis Lai
"Ode to Isis"- ...and you will know us by the trail of dead
"Loquasto International Film Festival"- Mark Mothersbach
"Let me tell you about my boat"- Mark Mothersbach
"About a Boy" Soundtrack- Badly Drawn Boy
Personal Statement
The pop-up book is the original 3D interactive story. We wanted to acknowledge that history and combine it with openGL, which is usually considered a tool for rendering video games, a modern day form of 3D interactive storytelling.
Audience
"The Seven Deadly Meals" strives to be intuitive enough for anyone to use, but the subject matter is probably best suited for late-teens and adults.
User Scenario
The user places him/herself in front of the screen and is presented with pop-up book style hand-drawn scenes. He/she can use their hands and body to trigger certain elements in the scene, which is analagous to pulling tabs in an old fashioned pop-up book. The user can turn the "page" by simply waving their hand from right to left over their head.
Implementation
"The Seven Deadly Meals" utilizes openGL and java for rendering. The elements were hand drawn and prepped in Adobe Photoshop. The elements were placed in After Effects, and the data was exported to Java using a proprietary script. The Audio was recorded and mixed in Apple Soundtrack and is rendered using openAL.
Exposure
"The Seven Deadly Meals" was in the 2006 ITP Spring Show and was featured on the Coolhunting.com VLOG.