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The Wellcome Collection Museum Analysis

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The Wellcome Collection is a London museum that “explores the connections between medicine, life and art in the past, present and future.” One of the prominent ways in which The Wellcome Collection is utilising digital media is through the use of digital storytelling. This is a relatively new term that describes a form of digital media production that allows people to share stories through video, animation, photography, and audio. This makes the stories compelling and emotionally engaging, and, like narrative based computer games, often involve user interaction. The resources available to incorporate into a digital story are virtually limitless, giving the storyteller enormous creative latitude. 175 The Wellcome Collection have created a number of digital stories around the history of medicine and tales from Old England. The Curious Gardener is a digital story in the …show more content…

It explores the idea of illusions creatively by designing this interactive website with illusions of space, depth and movement that the user can delve into, again utilising parallax motion. Visually the website is stunning and it’s use of parallax scrolling to allow objects to fly towards the viewer (figure 2) and to give a sense of depth is innovative. This use of motion and depth could be used to explore a range of objects and subjects, such as ornaments, painting and furniture. An incredible example of how parallax scrolling can be used to display objects is Sony’s Be Moved website. This is a very detailed and technical website that really pushes the boundaries of animation and parallax motion. As a way of exploring and displaying objects it is visually stunning and creates an experience that captivates the viewer. Some more examples of websites with scrolling that creates a sense of depth between objects are HotDot, Madwell and Bagigia (this also features rotating objects for an in depth

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