VICTORIA HAMILTON

Around this time last year, I was using period dramas that your grandma probably watches as a way to distract myself from the stress of schoolwork. I did one project in Web Art I, where I illustrated Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria from the PBS period drama, Victoria, and then used Zappar to enhance it. When hovering the camera in Zappar over the poster, a video that I edited would play, which explained Queen Victoria's life. 

 

For my first independent project, I want to expand on this idea and create a series called, the Drama Queens. I really enjoyed this project the first time, and this is why I want to expand upon it even more. While it was awesome to have the first poster, I think the idea would work so much better in a series of posters that feature augmented reality. Going off my idea from before, I want to design two other posters of Queens in popular period dramas to create a series, which are all enhanced using Zappar to play videos when you hover the Zappar camera over them. I'm also considering using Adobe After Effects to make the art in the posters move.

 

In doing this, I will be incorporating my love for illustrative design with augmented reality. I will be using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign to create the posters first. Then, I'll be editing biography videos in Final Cut Pro that will play on them when using the Zappar camera.

 

My schedule will first be illustrating the posters and using the rest of my time to edit the biography videos. The posters shouldn't take a long time to illustrate, which saves the rest of my much-needed class time to edit the videos, since I don't have Final Cut Pro at home.