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	A Break in the Road		video
	A Break into the Road leads the users into the scene of low budget, underground music creators. The Flash-based project creates an authentic atmosphere of a subculture with a creative mix of animation, narrative and sound. The user takes on the role of an up-and-coming hip-hop musician, given the chance to create a tune within a day to be performed at a club that night. Creative decisions shape the outcome of the tune and thus the narrative itself. The city is filled with sounds and rhythms such as the underground train, a girl’s voice or small wind chimes on someone’s veranda is the source of 'the sound of the streets'. Promising sounds are recorded. Back in the music studio they are mixed down. Performing the composition at the club is the moment of truth. If the crowd screams for more and the 'crowd-o-meter' hits the point the musician has really 'made it'. If not he is sent back out into the streets, to collect new sounds. The challenge to one’s creativity arises again for the next day. Produced by: Luky Whittaker Ben Brown Katherine Bidwell Nick Parton University: Bournemouth University www.media.bournemouth.ac.uk Supervised by: Mik Parsons Adress: The Old Mill Riverside, Eynsford, Kent DA 4 0AE Dartford United Kingdom Phone: +44 1322 863386 Email: whittaker_luke@yahoo.co.uk Mediaformat: CD-ROM for Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Mac OS