![]() These are the people who can really show us what happens when storytellers, animators, film-makers, and new technologies collide. Having these creative minds let loose on something that can easily be described as a children’s book app is something that the publishing industry should be excited about. Morris Lessmore is now an Oscar nominated project is a telltale sign of their capabilities. Moonbot is a small, agile and highly-creative studio prepared to take on the big players. Is it no coincidence that the app’s visual identity is cradled in this bygone era of filmmaking? Can we draw parrallels between those industry creatives and today’s publishers and developers embracing another new medium for telling and sharing stories? Are we, like early 20th century filmmakers, entering a ‘golden era’ of storytelling? As Moonbot’s founding partner William Joyce says: ‘ We’re getting to explore a whole new avenue of storytelling, but at the same time, it’s the same pragmatic ideas about plot, just mixed with all the new toys that keep showing up.’ And the stark black and white landscape broken towards the end by brightly coloured letters reminded me of the more recent William H.Macy film Pleasantville. Visually the app harks back to the 1930s – an era of great innovation and experimentation as defined by Charles Ebbets’ iconic photograph ‘Lunchtime atop a Skyscraper’ (the one of the construction workers sitting on a girder above a developing New York city), and films such as Fritz Lang’s Metropolis or the original 1933 version of King Kong. Not least because so many of the cultural references will be lost on the younger ones whereas adults will be both intrigued and amused. It’s aimed at children but the market is really wide open. ![]() This app isn’t a quick hit, it’s a slow-burner, one in which you invest some time. In this stark black and white landscape, single red lights are prompts inviting us to take part.Īs the alphabet takes shape so this inspirational tale progresses. Users are encouraged to spin pedestals, fire canons, bounce a trampoline, hammer metal to help craft each individual letter. And this is where the interactive games begin. Together, these 5 small beings start to manually create letters. The story gathers momentum when we meet our breakaway group of Numberlys – numbers 1-5 – who begin to ask questions and express a desire for something ‘different’. The animation is interspersed with quirky alliterative text that fills the page in a big, blocky type and is read aloud by a germanic-sounding narrator. The production line provides the backdrop for the story: highly-industrialised, monochrome, repetitive. Due to the various media used in this interactivity, an uncertainty about its identity emerged: game or eBook Thus, from a descriptive and analytical method, using bibliographical references on digital books, hypermedia narratives and game design to characterize the eBook-app, The Numberlys display the game features proposed by Juul 1. Theirs is a world ordered by numbers and that’s what the Numberlys produce – day in, day out. Meet the Numberlys – small martian-like creatures who speak gobbledygook because the alphabet, words and language have yet to be invented. As books were blown around the screen, the minds of those watching blew in a more metaphorical sense. ![]() These are the folks who brought us the award-winning and now Oscar-nominated The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Kombouaré, who was reportedly at odds with club president Waldemar Kita for some time, has deep links with Nantes.Numberlys is the second story app from Louisiana-based Moonbot Studios – a digital animation and development company founded in 2010 by William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg and Lampton Enochs. Kombouaré led Nantes to the French Cup title last year, the club’s first trophy since 2001, having saved it from relegation the previous season.Īlthough Nantes reached the French Cup final again this season, his side was routed 5-1 by Toulouse, and Nantes has not won any of its past 11 league games. Auxerre is two points ahead of Nantes in 16th place, with Brest and Strasbourg three points ahead of Nantes. When her soul is mysteriously switched with that of a psychopathic serial killer, an ambitious Tokyo detective watches her fate take a turn. Nantes is in 17th place in the league, with four of the 20 clubs getting relegated this season. 2021 Maturity Rating: TV-14 1 Season Drama. He will be replaced on a temporary basis by Pierre Aristouy, who is promoted from his position as reserve team coach. The club said it reached a mutual decision with Kombouaré, a former Nantes defender, to end his contract. NANTES, France (AP) - French club Nantes fired coach Antoine Kombouaré on Tuesday with four league games left to play and the team deep in relegation trouble.
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