Microsoft Research - Rich Interactive Narratives

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Client : Microsoft Research

Objective : To Create a Rich Digital media Narrative on the Rich Interactive Narratives(RIN) Platform provided by Microsoft Research.
The Project involved Conceptualizing and Documentation of content over a topic in the form of rich digital media and compilation into a narrative in RIN studio

Work :
We in a team of four decided to create a narrative on the Assamese Local beverage The Rice Beer or Laupani.
The work included conceptualization and brainstorming, on-field research , Interviewing locals ,Gathering and documentation of information in the form of Photographs , Panoramas and HD videos.

Result :
The Narrative was Shortlisted by Microsoft in the top four narratives and was presented and Microsoft's annual research symposium Techvista'13 at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Procedure followed :

Field job : The work included travelling to nearby villages and interviewing people and gathering information in form of photographs videos & panoramas

Story boarding : Arranging the data in a story line according to the user in order to ensure proper information output to the user

Software jobs :

Editing and Arrangement of photographs and videos
Recording of narrations
Compilation on RIN platform and test runs