Sure, but Ratatouille is not meant to be read to young children. Feature-length films are not comparable.
I know that. I'm simply saying that when it comes to length and materials meant for children, it shouldn't really matter (but then it is understandable if something like "The Moon That Wanted To Be A Human" reaches over thirty minutes...I mean, a little bit under would be just fine).
Cool. And my question is about "how" to use it? Is this a book? Is this a video? Why is this a lightly-animated film, instead of still images on a page or even in a PDF or other eBook format? There's no interactivity aside from "forward" & "backward", which is essentially automatic page-turning. There's no audio cues or rewards for having it play as a video. There's no special events that get triggered for attempting to manipulate or interact with the onscreen images. There's not even any way to "flip through" the material that someone might want to skip to get to Page 5.
It's something new (at least that's how I intended it to be). First off, and I don't want to sound desperate here, but I want so badly to be an artist, to create something to inspire and to tell a wonderful story, whether it is making a film (which I really want so badly to create this movie that I have been told was really expensive, what with the visions I have intended for this project) or creating just about anything with an artistic appeal. But not having a lot of money on the side, I had to do something that requires a very little to absolutely no budget but still shows a great sense of aesthetic.
I feel by doing "The Moon That Wanted To Be A Human" I wanted to show everyone that, with the minimal resources I had, creating any kind of artwork was (and is) possible. Now originally, I did intend on voicing the characters and creating the music but I did not have the equipments to make the sounds perfect and I am not really a good musician (and in case you're wondering, I don't really have a lot of friends that could help me; I am somewhat of a recluse which is not something I'm proud to admit).
Now for your questions about interactivity, I really would love to see this story be a part of something like that. But I really don't know who to go to or where I can sent this story to in order for something like that to happen! And with only 40 views on this video and no word-of-mouth situation happening, I'm not sure what to do!
Should I load this onto a tablet to snuggle up with my child, to read them a good-night story? Or stream it onto the HD YouTube-ready big-screen in the living room? Pop it onto lil' Jenny's cellphone?
Do whatever you can to read this story to your kids (the cellphone idea may not be good unless you can see the words). The tablet idea is definitely the best but that's why I'm hoping for something to happen to make "The Moon That Wanted To Be A Human" an interactive experience so that reading it could be a lot more easier (especially when watching the video, you would have to pause at a certain point which isn't all that difficult or if you have to rewind back to something which usually is a little difficult).
If it's supposed to just be a book... why is it not a book?
I never really said that this was to be just a book. I wanted it to be the first children's literature made specifically for YouTube. But turning it into a book may be problematic since I don't know how successful it would be making those stars dance or the Moon cry on a book! But then again, in today's day and age, with high technological advancements, anything's possible!
Bear in mind, I did all that I could with the limited resources I have. I just want to inspire people to do great things as well as tell great stories. Isn't that what we all need due to recent hardships are great stories and inventive and inspiring projects?
