Our App Of The Day – 02/20/11 – Unwanted Guest
As our App of Day, all our regular readers know the trailer for this app will feature on every page of our site for a whole day. Just scroll to the bottom of this page to take a look.
Following up on their innovative and best selling Pedlar Lady of Gushing Cross app, Moving Tales Inc have created The Unwanted Guest . It is an adaptation of a traditional Jewish folk tale, where a poor old man, down on his luck and living in a tumbledown house, is visited by an unwelcome house guest. The story tells of the old man’s attempt to rid himself of his surprising visitor once and for all. Get it now from iTunes for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
This is such a creative app and one we are sure all our readers with love.
* Sophisticated 3D animation on every page
* Original music, voice over and sound effects
* Animate the text using the devices accelerometer
* Option for the user to record their voice
* Cover Flow-like navigation
* Page swipe or tap for page turning
* Auto page turning option
* Sound effects only sound option
* Compelling narrative
* Randomly selected alternate views and extras to ensure no two viewings alike
* Sophisticated and dynamic typographic layout
* Evocative poetic language
* Spanish & French options — choose to hear and display the story in Spanish, French as well as English
* Localized in Spanish, French and English
$4.99/Download
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
