This was a pilot for an interactive soap for the BBC. The audience would have a mocked up ‘desktop’ and would receive video messages from the characters, each containing a segment of an episode’s plot. Occassional ‘instant messages’ would allow the audience to interact with the characters, altering plot outcomes by making decisions.

I was heavily involved in the development of the concept and the eventual show. I helped structure the interactive segments of the drama and how they fitted in with the main plotlines.

I also built the Flash application for the pilot, using Flash video, XML data and components to create the desktop effect (to a design by Will). The interactive sequences required the video to seek and jump to different cue points depending on the audience choices.

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