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Scholastic Banner Ads

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:58:08 +0000

I designed and animated a campaign of 4 different interactive, animated banner ads for Scholastic to promote their Bookbox Blog. The ads will run widely all over the web.

4th Wall

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:41:43 +0000

My MFA thesis for Parsons Design and Technology Department was called 4th Wall. It is self-contained, casual Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that explores the expanding boundaries of interactive narrative in the digital age. The game lives entirely within an alternate reality that is created by several fictitious organizations and characters that exist solely online. Unlike traditional ARG’s this one tracks and saves a players progress using a MySQL database and PHP and Flash interfaces. I was assisted by Eric Chung on the project.

The project was presented as part of the “Keeping it Casual” Panel at ARGfest in Atlanta, GA in 2010.

An ad for Pantazon that gets disrupted by theyknowweknow

4th Wall Installation at Parsons

Mapping the entire user experience took some time and energy, but was well worth it.

UX Whiteboard Sketch

User experience refined and mapped

Players must interact with these sites in order to solve the mystery of a missing reporter named Paige Stein who works for the Daily Informant online news organization. I built a site for the Daily Informant that streams live news from 4 different RSS news feeds and mixes it with news stories that are in the cannon of the game.

The Daily Informant

The players encounter a story on the front page about Paige going missing while working on a story about an unethical pharmaceutical company called Tyger Pharmaceuticals. The paper is asking for readers to help locate her.

Tyger Pharmaceuticals Home Page

If they fill out the contact form on the site, they will be emailed by Sam King, the Editor of the Daily Informant. He asks players to help find Paige by filling out a letter found in the wreckage of her apartment. The letter outlines her story about Tyger Pharma. The problem is that there are six missing key words. Players must pick up where she left off to find out what they are.

Letter from Paige

When the player gets a clue correctly, they are sent another email that will lead them to their next clue. The missing clues are hidden in the content of the sites in the game. As the players discover more about Paige and her story, they discover other organizations including the mysterious Metatonic Society…

Metatonic Society

…and theyKnowWeKnow, a conspiracy theory group dedicated to finding out the truth.

They Know We Know

Players must also interact with web-based games and videos to get further information to fill out Paige’s letter and discover the real conspiracy.

Paige Chat Video

A video of a chat between Paige and Sam King also offers clues to the players.

Chemistry Diagram Game

A game where players must match up pieces of a chemical diagram.

Cipher Game

One of the last in-games in the project involves using a cipher to discover the truth of the relationship between Tyger Pharma and the Metatonic Society.

Full project site here.

VIP Art Fair – Discussions Video Intro

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:21:06 +0000

Introduction credits for VIP Art Fair “VIP Discussions” video series. Featured in VIP 2.0 International Contemporary Art Fair. vipartfair.com

Skylight Productions Reel Intro

admin — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:49:13 +0000

This is the Intro animation I developed for Skylight productions for use in their promotional reel.

Parsons Fashion Design & Society

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:47:55 +0000

I have just finished a promotional video for Parsons new MFA in Fashion Design and Society. The program is founded by Shelley Fox and is an exciting new direction for Fashion education in the US. I was hired to assemble a promotional video using Shelley’s work in addition to commentary to Dona Karan – who endowed the program. Work from Boudicca and Kyle Farmer is also featured.

HEADSPACE Promotional Video

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:15:42 +0000

I have recently completed a video promoting the Headspace event that was held at Parsons on March 26 of this year. The event was presented by Parsons and MoMA with IFF, Seed, and Coty. I was responsible for editing the footage as well as creating the motion graphics for the video.

Headspace____ from Simeon Poulin on Vimeo.

Streaming Culture at Parsons

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:41:43 +0000

I was Brought in to help design and implement a streaming media system at Parsons. I helped organize the video equipment, help to find a real-time editing solution and assist designers Doris Yee and Chris Calmyn build the site for the project.

Mannahatta – the Game

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:29:45 +0000

User Scenario Video – Edited with Erica Osher

Parsons developed an iPhone game based on the Mannahatta Project by Dr. Eric Sanderson at the Wildlife Conservation Society. I helped to design the initial prototype of the game with Katrina Bekessy, Mike Edwards and Kyle Lee working under the direction of Colleen Macklin at Parsons.

I also directed and produced this user-scenario video to promote the game and produced the music for the video.

Shel Silverstien – The Googies

admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:17:23 +0000

Animating the classic Shel Silverstein Children’s book
Fall 2008

The Googies from Simeon Poulin on Vimeo.

The classic Shel Silverstein story from “Where the Sidewalk Ends”. I have animated it and added my voice to the story.

Visual Music Collab

admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:15:30 +0000

This project was a collaboration with an amazing composer named Mark Limacher at the New School Jazz Department. It was titled “Waning Industry”. This was a meditation about Death, Afterlife, and Rebirth. The aesthetic of the piece was concerned with industrial decay and the beauty of detritus.