The context

This creation is anchored both in an artistic and academic reasoning. :

• As regards the artistic reasoning, this creation paves the way in the approach of Daniel Bouillot concerning the interactive narration and its relation to the text. Initiated with his former creation, “Annalena”, and thinking about a new project of interactive fiction, he wanted to experiment the use of machinimas while setting up this concept decomposed in 24 scenes. It has enabled him to evaluate both the technical feasibility as well as the diversity in the elaboration of the various situations. The result seems convincing enough for him to be persuaded of the interest of using machinimas within his interactive fiction.

• As regards the academic reasoning: the realisation of the project gave the opportunity to three students (Yannick Berthier, Claire Bonaventure, and Christel Cerruti) of the hypermedia and communication degree of the IMUS to collaborate actively to the conception and then the realisation of this project:
  • literary research
  • scenery research
  • sound research
  • creation of some 3D sceneries and elements
  • Flash integration and programming
  • Setting up of communication,…
• An intense collaboration work took place between February and June 2008 with the implementation of a “pipeline” in our production as well as a coordination agreement. This latter enabled the project, which aims were, as early as the beginning ambitious, to progress easily and efficiently, in spite of the other various and often heavy tasks the members were involved in…