THE CHALLENGE
I have a grandmother who's been the producer and director of a small theatre troupe called The Myanmar Cultural Variety Show for decades. She called me one Friday evening and asked if I can build a website for her.
I had a lot on my plate at the time but I really wanted to do something new, exciting, and immersive for this project. The reason being is that I am a fan of Myanmar dance theatre and Myanmar arts in general, and I have long felt like it's under-represented. I was also tired of the shamefully popular concept that media produced by foreigners about Myanmar culture is a lot better then local productions.
So I got myself together and gave a harsh deadline of 5 hours to deliver something immersive, dynamic, and exciting but simple and clean for The Myanmar Cultural Variety Show.
I had a lot on my plate at the time but I really wanted to do something new, exciting, and immersive for this project. The reason being is that I am a fan of Myanmar dance theatre and Myanmar arts in general, and I have long felt like it's under-represented. I was also tired of the shamefully popular concept that media produced by foreigners about Myanmar culture is a lot better then local productions.
So I got myself together and gave a harsh deadline of 5 hours to deliver something immersive, dynamic, and exciting but simple and clean for The Myanmar Cultural Variety Show.
THE CONCEPT
Myanmar dance theatre emphasizes on incredibly dynamic and demanding postures, not movement. The Orchestra’s cornerstone is the 31 piece percussion set, not strings. What that means is with every step in Myanmar dance, the dancers fly out at incredible speeds and land in superhero postures, synchronized to the sound of drums. My website had to embody that.
Myanmar dance theatre emphasizes on incredibly dynamic and demanding postures, not movement. The Orchestra’s cornerstone is the 31 piece percussion set, not strings. What that means is with every step in Myanmar dance, the dancers fly out at incredible speeds and land in superhero postures, synchronized to the sound of drums. My website had to embody that.
THE EXECUTION
I arrived at the the idea of using parallax scrolling. I had the buttons or scrolling, act like the drums. So when I click or scroll, the site FLYS out like the dancers do and rest at anchors featuring incredibly dynamic page layouts.
I arrived at the the idea of using parallax scrolling. I had the buttons or scrolling, act like the drums. So when I click or scroll, the site FLYS out like the dancers do and rest at anchors featuring incredibly dynamic page layouts.
