Victoria's Project 4 Proposal

Proposal: After learning what this project was about and knowing we had to use a strong memory, the memory of my best friend passing away in a car accident was the only one that came to mind. I didn't even have room to think about another memory because that one is so strong. I want to use my website to display the wide range of emotions I felt between the time she got into the car accident till when she passed away. This isn't going to be a happy website because it's not a happy memory but I do hope to incorporate some comic relief in it because the girl that passed away was hilarious and I have nothing but funny memories with her. Everything with her accident happened so fast and was so shocking and I want to emphasize how quick it all happened using flashing images and quick motions. Everything is kind of a blur now and the feelings I was overwhelmed with made me numb so I'd like to incorporate those aspects into my website. I think I'd like to use a purple rose as my object that will unravel different parts of my story. Purple was her favorite color and the rose will represent her life and death. I hope to make each pedal reveal either a memory of me and her or a different part to her fight to survive the crash. When I first found out she was in an accident I was confused and skeptical as to how concerned I should be. When I got to the hospital she was so banged up that I didn't even think it was her. I hated going to the hospital, always have. The constant beeping and heavy breathing from the EKG's and respirator's and all of the machines puts me on edge and I want to put those sounds throughout my website. I also want to incorporate the nightmares I have of the crash and her scream. This part of my website will be dark and make the viewer somewhat uncomfortable to get a taste of how painful it is to think about. My friend fought for a full two days before she passed, I stayed in the hospital the whole time until I decided to go home and get some rest and go back in the morning. She was in a coma, I thought she'd wake up again if enough of us kept praying. I didn't sleep much that night but my eyes were tired from crying so much. I finally fell asleep and when I woke up it was over and my mom let me know she didn't make it through the night. This part of my memory is extremely blurry but I hope to make one of my pages being seen through my eyes (literally) and as my eyes slowly close I want the EKG noise to stop and the long beep representing dead heart to linger in the viewers ears. I also imagine the rose having no pedals left in the end but I am still contemplating this. I also may not want to leave the viewer feeling sad in the end because she's in a better place but I'm also indecisive about that so there is still a lot I need to make choices on.

Websites: This website is beautiful and powerful. The graphics within it are fantastic and so well put together. I found this flash site to be of the same aesthetic I wish to use in my sight. Beautiful but sad. I never want to stop listening to the music used on it either because it evokes my memory and my strong feelings of nostalgia. I found this website which I found relevant to this project not just because of the use of flash but in the use of sound. This kind of irritating sound is one that I want to use. The way they used the fast paced imagery also could be effective with my project because my memory is all kind of a big blur. The website also made me dizzy which ultimately gave me a headache. That could be a good way to describe the way I felt that day when I was overwhelmed with a million emotions at once. This website uses the same sounds of the heart beat with music that I would like to use in my website. Although this site is only a clock, it's layout is extremely unique and clean. It's making a comment on time which is also something I can think about while making my website. This last website is just plain silly but it is using flash in a humorous way. Whenever I start to get sad about my specific memory, I always think of something funny that my friend used to do to make me laugh and everything seems better again so this just gives me one more thing to think about.