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Animation as an Effective Tool for Communication: A Digital Prototype for Midwest Alive

Steele, Samantha L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1393194727

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2003, Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Industrial, Interior Visual Communication Design.
This project displays how a designer uses animation to convey multiple complex layers of time-based information concurrently through the use of functional and visually engaging graphics rather than static text and images. This project consists of developing a combination of visual graphics such as a web interface, linear 2D animation and 3D animation, an interactive timeline, and a virtual environment. In order to develop these displays successfully, the project also consists of establishing design criteria that are applied to this project and can be referenced for projects of a similar scope. The visual displays developed are used to better explain early roadway development in the Midwest using computer animation rather than static mediums. This is done to take advantage of the ability to layer and cross-reference pertinent material in order to better communicate the process of how, over time, trails were formed and how those trails became major roads and highways throughout the Midwest. This project also shows how early roads influenced the path direction and development of later roads. The project focuses on the first major thoroughfare in Ohio, called Zane’s Trace, and how that route influenced the development of the National Road, State Route 40, and finally 1-70, all of which opened up the Ohio country and the land west of it to exploration, trade and settlement. This visual representation will be the first in a series of interactive and linear works, used specifically by Midwest Alive, a group responsible for creating graphics for the Encyclopedia for the Midwest. The project can be viewed on the CD-ROM included with this document and online at the existing Encyclopedia of the Midwest website (http://www.allmidwest.org).
Maria Palazzi (Advisor)
Peter Chan (Committee Member)
Christian Zacher (Committee Member)
104 p.
Industrial Engineering

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  • Steele, S. L. (2003). Animation as an Effective Tool for Communication: A Digital Prototype for Midwest Alive [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1393194727

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Steele, Samantha. Animation as an Effective Tool for Communication: A Digital Prototype for Midwest Alive. 2003. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1393194727.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Steele, Samantha. "Animation as an Effective Tool for Communication: A Digital Prototype for Midwest Alive." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1393194727

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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