Help Wanted

We can’t wait for you to join our scholars from around the world on this interactive 4D shooting ride as you strive to preserve the world’s most extraordinary structure,

the Library of Alexandria.

About

Project

Concept design for THED 425 (Master Planning). Create an interactive ride in order to develop a strong understanding of standard design criteria specific to large-scale themed entertainment attractions.

Learn how to create effective communication and collaboration skills through large multi-disciplinary team designs. Work through the complete design process for large-scale attractions, from concept to final master plans.

My Responsibilities

Written
- Logline
- Overview
- Backstory
- Nomenclature
- 10 min. Presentation Script (also acts as treatment)
Research and Mood Boards
Presentation Design
Storyboards
- Facade
- Courtyard
- Orientation Room
- Accounting Room
- Bridge
- Astronomy Room
- Architecture Room
- Goddess Room
- Load Out
Illustrations
- Orientation Room
- Accounting Room

Team Members

Dana Schrack
- Responsibilities:
- 3D model
- Floor plan and Elevations
- Illustrations:
  - Facade, Goddess Room, and object call-outs
- Cart Design
- Greyscale for Storyboards:
  - Lobby, Boarding Area, Archives, Cart Lift, Grand Scroll Room, and Literature Room
Julianna Silva
- Responsibilities:
- Signage Design
- 3D Glasses Design/Illustration
- Physical Cart Model
- Line Art for Storyboards:
  - Lobby, Boarding Area, Archives, Car Lift, Grand Scroll Room, and Literature Room

Ideation and Research

Backstory

Here at the Great Library of Alexandria, we are committed to housing the world's most important documents. This universal library began with Demetrius of Phalereon, advisor to the King of Egypt. The King recognized Demetrius' vast knowledge and hired him to build the library up to what you see today. To create such a magnificent place, a quest for books and scrolls commenced throughout many lands. They were obtained through voyages across land and sea, amassing almost 700,000 books and scrolls form cultures all over the world, with languages ranging from the most well-known to the least. Scholars far and near travel to the library seeking knowledge to enrich their minds and bring back to their own cultures. We are always looking for new books, scrolls, and a lending hand from those who aspire to be a part of this ever-growing team and environment.

*As college students, we had limited resources and we used what we had to fully understand the ride time and how the measurements of the cart would fit into the spaces. While we may look silly, by putting ourselves into the ride like this, we were able to make the guest experience even better.

Overview

Need to get out of the heat?

The Library of Alexandria is now hiring trainees to assist expert scholars in uncovering the secrets of our universe. During orientation you will learn all the ways to assist scholars in their studies and how our beloved Goddess Seshat likes the library organized. Feel free to take a seat in a handy scroll cart and enter the bustling Archives, where you can help passionate scholars in their studies. Have fun using the pulley system compartment to take the scrolls you’ve collected to the Grand Scroll Room.

Preferred skills include:

Torch bearing, organization, problem-solving, fast-paced scenarios, and teamwork.

WARNING! The library houses many torches needed for light. If a fire breaks out, you must help the scholars save the scrolls. Run from room to room gathering scrolls before all written knowledge is lost.

BEWARE to those who set aflame the library. The Goddess Seshat does not take kindly to humans who destroy her accomplishments, and she will have her revenge!

*The inspiration for our overview and our presentation script/treatment were hiring practices you can find in the real world. Examples of this include job application pages and orientation videos.

Presentation Elements

Presentation Script/Treatment

Final Presentation Powerpoint

*The inspiration for our overview and our presentation script/treatment were hiring practices you can find in the real world. Examples of this include job application pages and orientation videos.

Story Beats

Guests enter the queue
- entering the library, with occasional windows overlooking the city and port
Guests receive “orientation” for their first day
Guests board carts
- off they go!
Carts are pushed around in "crowded room" while guests are given orders
Cart enters grand, central room, where the cart bumps into torch, sets room ablaze
Cart rushes from room to room while guests gather scrolls with motion tracking tech
- regular library room to architecture room
- as guests gather scrolls, they earn points
Carts enter a crumbling causeway, where they veer around fire and debris
Cart rushes from room to room while guests gather scrolls with motion tracking tech
- astrology/astronomy room to accounting room
Guests encounter the goddess Seshat, who angrily drops them
Scrolls and some points are lost
Guests escape through entrance
Unload area
- cast members inform them that they are fired