Digital Art: Survey and Practice

I've seen a lot of Pixar animations and this has to be by far one of my favorites. The narrative opens with a little girl going to throw a coin into a fountain to make a wish but she is quickly bombarded by two musicians, each who are one man bands. They compete feverishly for the young girl's attention until she becomes frightened and drops the coin down a sewer drain by accident. She mourns the loss of her coin quickly before becoming enraged at the musician's foolishness and demanding payment. She demands a tiny violin off of one of their instruments and begins to play it, at first terribly, and quickly (after some quick tuning), quite well. Someone then drops a large sack of gold coins into her begging cup where she removes two and taunts the musicians as though she plans to give it to them. They approach her and she chucks the coins into the top of the fountain, much to their dismay. 

This narration is told completely without the use of dialogue, and simply through the use of music, sound effects and visual elements. Especially notable is the strong character compositions and distinct facial expressions that communicate personality to the viewer. These help tell the story and propel the plot and conflict along. 

I found this website that has an interactive story book here. 

I really think that interactive books of "e-books" will be more popular in the future and have already started showing a trend in sales. 

As for this website's interactive story book, I think it leaves a lot to be desired. It's framed in a sort of screen with little controls that tell a story with sound and images. I guess it's good for what it's supposed to do (tell the story of creation according to the bible) and perhaps it's simplicity was what the designer was going for, but I still think there is a little more that could be done to the border of the screen and controls.