folded format

 

The video above shows a couple of prototypes for my folded format and also vaguely outlining the general story of my folded format, at first I was toying between the story of Mansa tanking the value of gold in Egypt and the story of Mansa using the drinking water meant for his pilgrimage, to build his wife a single use swimming pool in the desert. I storyboarded the first idea but I decided that It would better fit the animation. 

The folded format was interesting to me because one of the prototypes was a complete accident and laid the ground work for my final piece. After this prototype I wanted to plan out how my folded format would come together so I drew up the design that would be bound rather than folded.

In the end I did change this slightly and opt to make the cover out of a thicker textured paper rather than use it for context, as I wanted my story to unravel purely as you flip through the different pages. I think that in the end I achieved what I wanted to do and I think you can see that in the video below.

I decided that the cover was a little bare so I decided to decorate It with his signature sash which I incorporated into his design. I am very happy with the way my folded format came out and when holding it, it really feels quite weighty and almost kind of grand in presentation. In the end it ended up looking exactly as imagined and I am extremely happy that my idea came together to tell this crazy love story.