[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-storycloud-down-the-plughole-goes-live-today":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Today you can see the interactive story I made for the Cultural Olympiad with \u003Cb>Philip Ardagh\u003C/b>! It's called \u003Ca href=\"http://www.storycloud.co.uk/\">\u003Ci>Down the Plughole\u003C/i>\u003C/a> and stars a little boy named Morris who goes just there. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.storycloud.co.uk/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcintyre_storycloud-7aae71e2ba.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nPhilip reads the story and you can read along, karaoke-style, then you can have clicky-click fun all over my intereactive illustration (there's a 'Pull Me' sign! and a bare bum!), then go on and finish the story yourself, for the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.discover.org.uk/\">Discover Children's Story Centre\u003C/a>'s web gallery. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.storycloud.co.uk/\">Go on, try it!\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/storycloud_ardagh_pullme2-80fb936116.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's the video the Discover team shot in their offices. I mention a bathtub that doesn't actually appear in my illustration, and that's because Philip and I were the guinea pigs; we went first and tried out a few things before \u003Cb>Neal Hoskins\u003C/b> and his team at Winged Chariot Press settled on the format they used for all the stories. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"1848\"/>\\r\n\\r\nHere are a few outtakes from the bathtub scene. You could click on soap and a sponge and Morris himself to make things happen in the bath. The one with the green bubbles would've had a kickin' sound effect, but I'll have to save that for later. :)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/storycloud_outtakes-05d8fd62aa.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nCheck out the other amazing illustrations! Go to the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.storycloud.co.uk/\">website now\u003C/a>, scroll down under 'More Stories', and you can click all over them and make things happen. Here's \u003Cb>David Roberts\u003C/b>' picture for \u003Cb>David Almond\u003C/b>'s story:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/storycloud_roberts-1a734718a6.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Chris Riddell\u003C/b> illustrated a text by \u003Cb>Malorie Blackman\u003C/b>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/storycloud_riddell-701d5bbd39.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Adam Stower\u003C/b> illustrating \u003Cb>Andy Stanton\u003C/b>'s: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/storycloud_stower-6cce77368f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Kristyna Litten\u003C/b> illustrating \u003Cb>Michael Rosen\u003C/b>'s:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/storycloud_litten-1f632a01b3.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThere's more on the way! The Discover centre is releasing a \u003Cb>NEW STORY every Monday\u003C/b>! And here's a photo from the launch party, with collaborators \u003Cb>Elissa Elwick, Candy Gourlay, Adam Stower, Kristyna Litten\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Chris Riddell\u003C/b>. Click \u003Ca href=\"\\r\nhttp://jabberworks.livejournal.com/486796.html\">here\u003C/a> for more fun photos of that day!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/storycloud_group1-baafc9ac1d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd are YOU and your family going to take part in this year's \u003Cb>SUMMER READING CHALLENGE?\u003C/b> Get down to your local library, there's great stuff laid on for you! Find out more about the \u003Ca href=\"http://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/\">Summer Reading Challenge 2012 here\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"1849\"/>","2012-07-16T07:32:00.000Z","storycloud-down-the-plughole-goes-live-today",[],"storycloud: 'down the plughole' goes live today!",1776628723979]