Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Barsoloi, Kenya

This one is good. This interactive narrative is about how the people in Barsoloi, Kenya are transitioning from a nomadic lifestyle to a more stationary way of life. The site is made up of slide shows and text. It also has some really quick video footage, which is nice because it takes a shorter time to load. The entire design is rather cohesive as well. Everything from the chosen font to the way the story of this transitioning tribe is told is attractive to the viewer. Furthermore, it is really well organized for the amount of information that is contained on it. A few pages bring up text (pretty boring), but then at the bottom there are interview links that are pretty short. This is an interesting aspect of this narrative. They really took some of the main ways to tell the story and pushed it to make each aspect of it interesting. There is also a photo gallery tacked on at the end. I thought this thumbnail possibility was pretty unique, and should be explored when looking into different methods of creative conduct within a narrative. Overall, it is cohesive, well-organized, and, well, it isn't annoying like some of the other intense loading video sites or boring.

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