Ambivalence is an immersive narrative where a young girl, Melanie, is faced with a harsh and inescapable reality. In a coming of age story and small town murder mystery, we dive into the head of a teenager as she is forced to face her mental health issues. This project aims to expand upon this story and bring it into the physical world. Ambivalence as a project is meant to immerse a reader by offering tangible evidence of this book's world through maps, brochures, party flyers and diary entries from or about the characters.

Thesis

Precedents

Precedents

Precedents

Storyboarding + Sketching

Brochure

Flyers

Precedents

Narrative Precedent:

Night In the Woods, a story-based game.

Tangible Precedent:

Gravity Falls journal as a prop.

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Precedents

Narrative/Tangible Precedent:

Sea of Theseus which is a book that is meant to look like it has been annotated by two other people before you.

Project Statement

Ambivalent is an immersive narrative where a young girl, Melanie, is faced with a harsh and inescapable reality. In a coming of age story and small town murder mystery, we dive into the head of a teenager as she is forced to face her mental health issues. This project aims to expand upon this story and bring it into the physical world. Ambivalent as a project is meant to immerse a reader by offering tangible evidence of this book's world through maps, brochures, party flyers and diary entries from or about the characters.

OI Week 1 Timeline

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Day 4

Mon/ Day 5

Mon/ Day 0

Portfolio Day

Storyboarding and Map Development

Map Rough Draft and Writing Story Sample

Creating Brochure

Writing, Storyboarding, Feedback

Finalizing Brochure

Map Rough Draft

Writing Sample

When I was 11, my dad dragged me to the gas station in July. Our fading flip flops clapped against the cheap tile of the convenience store, padding our way to the back fridges to grab drinks. Artificial cans pumped full of colors and syrup sweat in our dry palms, I had chosen my favorite Arizona tea flavor - mango. I painted a small “hi” in the condensation of the fridge door, frowning as I realized it would be backwards after the door was closed. While attempting to draw a backwards “h,” I noticed my dad shuffling through the aisle behind me and scrambled back to his side. I heard a gruff voice at the front of the store, asking for two lottery tickets. My eyes trailed up to the voice, past the crinkly, plastic bags filled with snacks in my periphery. 

 “He was wearing jeans, and a brown belt,” I stuttered to the police, four days later.

Brochure

Brochure

1) Feedback about writing quality

2) Brainstorming about ways to physicalize this world

Seeking feedback on: