My Final Project Space 

Purpose

My idea started with thinking about how I would teach a class about some form of literature in a fun way. I decided to go with the idea of trying to teach students about William Shakespeare and his play Henry VIII. 

Intended Audience 

 I think that students in high school or college could benefit by learning about a play in a virtual environment like I have created. 

Highlights and Interactivity 

• Being greeted by a Pandorabot named CharlesLife.
• Being able to interact with an object to find out more about CharlesLife.
• Being able to learn by clicking and being taken to different areas of the World Wide Web to learn new information. 
• Being able to identify why objects are placed in a space to recognize symbolism. 
• Having the ability to view the space individually or as a class. 
• Providing an environment where students feel more comfortable, as there is no pressure on right or wrong answers in a virtual environment. 
• Feeling completely immersed as if students are at the actual Globe Theatre. 
• Providing a great space for a class discussion. 
• Providing a path of yellow and red circles to guide students around the Globe Theatre.
• Being able to click on the "Beer and Ale" barrel to get a beverage.

Machinima Commercial

I created the commercial to advertise my final project in Windows Movie Maker and then uploaded it to YouTube.

Here are some pictures that I took that are not in my commercial:

This is a downward view of the seating that I created for the bottom rows of the benches in the stands at the Globe Theatre.  I took a picture of one of my "real" couches and made seat covers with it.

 

If you look at the roofs of the stand they appear to be on fire, which is exactly what happened to the real Globe Theatre during one of the performances of the Henry VIII play.

 

This is an up close view of what the outside of the walls to the Globe Theatre look like.  To create this I painted this in the "Paint" feature on my computer.

 

A picture of William Shakespeare

A picture of John Fletcher.  I thought that it was important to include him in my project as he did assist Shakespeare in the writing of some of his  plays.