Layouts

So now I've started placing all the frames into a final layout. Instead of just having the text of the story as a static element appearing line by line, I decided to have it move onto the page and scroll up so that when the book is being flipped it is also part of the animation. After a talk with Reg I realized that the point of including text in this flip book was to play with the whole issue of timing - the user can either flip the book and skim the surface of what's going on or they can choose to take the extra time and engage with the text, so the line by line thing wouldn't have worked as well for that purpose.

On that note I was also considering changing the last line of the story to play with the the idea of flipping through vs. taking the time to read by changing it to something like:
"One day as Marty is rushing out of his car to a very important meeting at work,
he sees himself, just a glimpse, in the reflection of the door as it slams shut.
A tired resemblance of his former being. Wrinkles, shadows, the fast life is taking it’s toll.
And he wonders, Will anyone even bother to read this story?"

Because there is a fair amount of text in the book I've included page numbers - they count down instead of up though to tie into the whole theme of the story and the character's impending demise.

Here are some example pages: