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HEARTLAND ANTHOLOGY
Heartland is a multimedia cd-rom which showcases the work of 56 Irish writers. The viewer can view and hear a piece of poetry or prose by each contributor. Text animates on-screen in synch with an audio recording of the writer. Biographical information is also included.

Create Interactive had full responsibility for the total development process - from initial concept development through to product delivery at the clients offices.

The project involved the following main components:

• project management
• concept development
• graphic design & layout
• multimedia authoring
• photography
• on-site sound recording
• sound editing
• testing
• manufacture and delivery.
  

project approach

One of the opening screens.

Contributor photos randomly fade in alongside audio of authors reading the title of their piece.

Head and shoulder photos are the main navigation device. Rolling the cursor over an image triggers an audio sample of the author reading the title of her piece. Clicking a photo launches that author's reading.