1. Cristina DascalescuUniversity of Portsmouth A soldier’s life

2. Table of contents Waterloo200 The project The client Research Software Storyboard, Mind Map Storyboard, Mind Map Process

3. The Client The client, Carole Divall (published author) on behalf of Waterloo200 Education Committee (organisation approved and supported by Government to oversee the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo (Waterloo200, nod)), requested an animation aimed to show how a British soldier was living during the Napoleonic Wars period.

4. Waterloo200 In 2015 it will be celebrated the 200 th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. In this battle, the French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition comprising of a British army under the command of Duke of Wellington and a Prussian army commanded by Gebhard von Blucher.

5. The Project Title: A soldier’s life Format: Flash animation Purpose: To provide information about different aspects of life as a soldier in Wellington’s army, outside the battlefield Audience: 12 to 14 year old children Deadline: Unit’s deadline

6. Research "Inside the regiment", by Carole Divall "The armies of Wellington", by Phillip J. Haythornthwaite "Wellington's army ", by Neil Leonard

7. Interactive animation, where the user will explore a scene to find the Information available. There will be a main character, which will be spea- king with different other characters about the life in the army.

8. Research (similar animations) BBC(2013.AncientGreeks: The Greek World. Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/greek_world/ BBC(2013.Anglo-saxons:Who are they? Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/anglo_saxons/who_were_the_anglo-saxons/

9. Welcome screen

10. Software & hardware

11. Storyboard - The welcome screen slides down, revealing the main scene -The soldier introduces the subject of the animation - Button to the main scene of the animation

12. Storyboard - The main character walks to the scene - The button on the bottom explains the rules of the animation: *The user has to explore the scene with the mouse to reveal the subjects available *By clicking or dragging the soldier to the chosen subject, the user can access the information available - Each subject scene starts with a short dialog - More information is revealed by clicking the “next” on the bottom

13. Storyboard - After reading all the information available, a button will take the user back to the main scene, where he can choose another subject

14. Mind Map

15. List of subjects 1. Reasons to join the army 2. Recruitment process 3. Payment 4. Daily food ration 5. Uniform provided + other necessaries 6. About marching 7. Punishment 8. Soldier's wife plus duties

16. The Process 1.Select an image 2.Draw with pen and paper 3.Ink in Illustrator 4.Colour in Illustrator 5.Import in Flash

17. Thank you for watching