Primary goals of the Website:
-Showcase the edited interviews in a visually appealing and user-friendly manner
-Provide a deeper dive into the stories through slideshows and raw interview recordings
-Provide a good experience across all devices (desktop, tablet, mobile), with a tablet-first approach
-Ensure that assets are easily sharable so that users can share them with others
-Encourage users to watch Last Days in Vietnam on TV or online
-Provide visibility for partners and funders who made this project possible
-Provide a deeper dive into the stories through slideshows and raw interview recordings
-Provide a good experience across all devices (desktop, tablet, mobile), with a tablet-first approach
-Ensure that assets are easily sharable so that users can share them with others
-Encourage users to watch Last Days in Vietnam on TV or online
-Provide visibility for partners and funders who made this project possible
Website Highlights:
-responsive design
-seamless audio player
-index of twenty showcased stories
-slideshows of images for each showcased story
-access to all 100 raw interviews
-seamless audio player
-index of twenty showcased stories
-slideshows of images for each showcased story
-access to all 100 raw interviews
Since this project was inspired and produced by a television show, the initial concept was to showcase these audio stories as videos with still image slideshows. As an avid listener of audio, I encouraged the team to be open-minded to a more audio-focused approach. I pitched the idea of a seamless audio player that would play all twenty audio stories back to back. The user could then user this site in a variety of ways. The seamless player gives the user the freedom to explore the site at their own pace.