Graduation Project - Storybook by Else Wisselink

WHO ARE SPOOK & ANGEL?

Spook and Angel were invented by IMPS&ELFS’ head of design; Jacqueline Streng. When IMPS&ELFS was founded in 1997, Jacqueline created two personas on whom she based the first IMPS&ELFS collections. And so Spook and Angel were born.. Spook is an adventurous and mischievous girl who loves to play outside. Angel is a more sweet and loving boy who loves animals and reading books. In this little booklet you will read about Spook’s and Angel’s adventures. The story is inspired by the original Cinderella fairytale and is supported by images that visualises the look and feel of an application we will eventually create. This application will be created for tablets and smartphones. A voice over tells the story of Spook and Angel. The visuals that are shown in this book will be animated and will support the story. On top of that, there will be four interactive moments included to make the app even more exciting! Have fun discovering Spook’s and Angel’s story! 5

HAVE A QUICK GLANCE a synopsis

Once upon a time in a faraway city, there lived a young boy named Angel. Angel was a unique and eccentric boy, very much like his father. Before Angel’s father had the chance to see his son grow up, he died. Angel’s mother’s second husband turned out to be the haughtiest and most stuck-up man in the world. He already had two sons of his own; Biff and Bunsen. Angel’s two new stepbrothers were terrible bullies and disliked Angel because he was always doing his own thing and had an unusual style. The stepfather despised Angel as well and kept telling him he was a shame to the family. Angel loved to dream and he was creative too. He always created his own clothes out of his mother’s old rags. Even with the ugly clothes the stepfather and stepbrothers bought for Angel he managed to create an outstandingly astounding look. Not that Angel really cared about his looks, he just liked to keep himself busy with what-ever his stepbrothers didn’t like. Biff and Bunsen made every child in the neighbourhood think that Angel was a naughty, weird and mischievous child so that no one would ever play with Angel. Some miles away there lived a little girl named Spook. She was always extremely bored and always looked for adventures. Every child in the neighbourhood desperately wanted to become friends with Spook because her mother was so exceptionally rich, and she could buy her daughter and her friends everything they wanted. But Spook wasn’t interested in the fake friendships. She longed for a real and authentic friend, someone who could be like a sibling. Spook’s mother was fed up by her bored daughter so she decided 9

to hold a party to which she invited all the other rich kids. Biff and Bunsen received their invitations as they were well connected. Angel was extremely jealous of his brothers as he wasn’t allowed to go to the party. Angel’s neighbour Aaron saw how disappointed Angel and he decided to help Angel going to the party. Aaron changed a muesli-bar, a mouse and a rat to a limousine, a door-woman and plump driver with only a touch of his ring. On top of that, Aaron magically conjured a closet with the coolest clothes. Angel looked incredibly cool in his brand new clothes. Before Angel whizzed away, Aaron told him he must be home by midnight because if he stayed at the party one moment more, everything would turn back to normal. At the party, everyone was amazed by Angel’s spectacular looks. Spook was intrigued by him too and asked him to play a game with her. As soon and Angel were playing, an enormous silence descended amongst all children. Spook and Angel were laughing so extremely loud, no one could hear themselves think anymore. Suddenly, Angel heard the chimes of the clock striking quarter to 12. He got up and ran off as quickly as he could. When Angel got home, he discovered Biff and Bunsen hadn’t recognised him for one moment. The only thing they could do is talking about an extremely cool boy who was at the party. Next day, the brothers decided to imitate the look of the awesome boy that showed up at the party the day before. This way, they hoped to catch Spook’s attention too. Angel went

to the party as well, but as Aaron was taking his dog for a long walk, this time Angel went in his normal clothes and without his limousine. But of course he wore his smashing shoes he got from Aaron the day before. At the party, Angel and Spook had the greatest time until suddenly, Bunsen bumped into Angel. And there they stood. Face to face. Angel didn’t know what to do so he ran off and fled away from Spook’s home as fast as he could. In his flight, however, Angel accidentally dropped one of his shoes. He arrived home, completely out of breath, with only one shoe. When his brothers came home from the party, Angel already heard Bunsen yelling. When Angel’s stepfather found out what Angel had done, he grounded him for the rest of the year. In the meantime, Spook desperately tried to find the shoe boy. No child in the city wanted to tell Spook who the boy was as they were all jealous and wanted to become Spook’s friend themselves. Spook started to look for the other half of the pair of shoes. Every child in the city tried to fool Spook with their shoes but she could immediately tell that none of the shoes were the right one. When Spook came to visit Biff’s and Bunsen’s house, Spook heard a thumping noise. The brothers both turned pale. Spook ran upstairs to and found out Angel, the boy she was looking for, was locked up in his room. Spook couldn’t be happier she finally found the boy she was looking for. She told Biff, Bunsen and their father that they should be ashamed to lock up such a nice boy as Angel. Finally, it was Angel’s turn to giggle. Together, Angel and Spook went to Spook’s home and played ever since. Happy never ending! 11

READ THOROUGHLY Once upon a time in a faraway city, there lived a young boy named Angel. Angel was a unique and eccentric boy, very much like his father. One cold winter day, Angel’s parents told him that his father was extremely ill, and before Angel’s father had the chance to see his son grow up, he died. Angel’s mother was devastated and decided to find another father for her son. Her second husband turned out to be the haughtiest and most stuck-up man in the world. He already had two sons of his own, Biff and Bunsen, and his children took after him in every way. Angel’s two new stepbrothers were terrible bullies and disliked Angel because he was always doing his own thing and had an unusual style. The second wedding was hardly over before Angel´s new stepfather revealed his true

colours. The stepfather despised Angel and kept telling him he was a shame to the family. He found the boy insufferable. He and his two sons desperately tried to make a fool out of Angel with his funky clothes. Angel himself always loved to dream about what it would be like to fly or to run as fast as a cheetah. Angel was creative too, he always created his own clothes out of his mother’s old rags. Even with the ugly clothes the stepfather and stepbrothers bought for Angel he managed to create an outstandingly awesome look. Not that Angel really cared about his looks, he just liked to keep himself busy with whatever his stepbrothers didn’t like. Angel was almost always all by himself as Biff and Bunsen made every child in the neighbourhood think that Angel was a naughty, weird and mischievous child so that no one would ever play with Angel. Angel himself couldn’t help but admit that he was a bit mischievous every now and then, but he blamed his cruel stepbrothers for it. Angel had to bear everything the stepbrothers said and his mother was too much in love with Angel’s new stepfather to mention the bullying. The only person who appreciated Angel for who he was, was his neighbour Aaron. Aaron was a kind and tall man who always kept an eye on Angel and his family. Angel loved to be around Aaron’s house and cuddle with Aaron’s dog or play on his iPad. Aaron had a big garden with all kinds of animals: butterflies, squirrels, hedge-hogs, locusts and many more. When Angel was with Aaron, he felt at ease. Some miles away there lived a little girl named Spook. She was always extremely bored 15

and always looked for adventures. Every child in the neighbourhood desperately wanted to become friends with Spook because her mother was so exceptionally rich, and she could buy her daughter and her friends everything they wanted. Spook’s mother was fed up by her bored daughter so she decided to hold a party to which she invited all the other rich kids. Biff and Bunsen received their invitations, as they were well connected. Busy and happy, they set about choosing the garments and hairstyles that would suit them best, and Angel had to iron his brothers’ shirts and brush their shoes. They could talk about nothing except what they were going to wear. “I shall wear my denim shirt” said Biff. “Well, I shall wear just simple jeans but put my lime green cardigan over my space hero t-shirt and, of course, there’s always my penguin backpack, which is really rather special,” said Bunsen. Angel heard the brothers chattering about their outfits and felt very downhearted as he would like to go to the party as well. Angel tried to persuade his brothers to let him join them to the party, but the only thing the brothers could do was satire Angel. As Angel was watching the brothers styling their hair, Biff and Bunsen laughed and created the ugliest hairstyles you could imagine. “Hahaha, look at me I look exactly like Angel with his prehistoric hair.” 17

“YOU LOOK LIKE EINSTEIN” “Hahaha, you look like Einstein!” the other stepbrother said The boys both laughed and laughed and Angel felt vexed. He couldn’t wait for the day it would be pay back time.. The stepbrothers could not eat for two days, they were so excited about the party. They would love to become friends with that girl Spook so that they would be able to play video games in her gigantic private cinema and eat as much candy as they like. At last the great day arrived. When the brothers went off, Angel watched them until they were out of sight and then began to cry. Aaron saw how he was crying and asked him what the matter was. “I want … I want to …” But Angel was crying so hard he could not get the words out.

Aaron said: “I think you’re crying because you want to go to the party.” “Yes,” said Angel, sighing. “If you are a good boy, I’ll send you there,” said Aaron. He took Angel into the garden and said: “Go into the kitchen and get me a muesli bar.” Angel sneaked into the kitchen and started looking for a muesli bar. A clutter of pots and pans and kitchen tools lay around and the floor was extremely sticky. Finding the muesli bars all by himself would take Angel a coons age. Please help Angel find the muesli bars.

GAME - FINDING THE MUESLI BAR SCENERY

ASSIGNMENT

A rustic, messy kitchen with lots

Help find Angel the muesli bar by looking inside the pots, pans and

and pans everywhere.

jumping out of a pan, or a mouse running away with some leftovers.

of different drawers and pots

drawers by clicking on the items. Sometimes you will find a rabbit

But be aware of the cook! He’s taking his after dinner nap and he will

be furious when he finds our you’re stealing food. Don’t wake him up or you have to start over again!

After Angel finally found a muesli bar he took it to Aaron, although he could not imagine how a muesli bar was going to help him get to the party. Aaron struck the muesli bar with his ring – and instantly the muesli bar changed into a massive white limousine with leather chairs and TV screens in the back. Then Aaron went to look in the mousetrap, and found a little mouse there. He told Angel to lift up the lid of the trap enough to let the mouse come out but the mouse quickly escaped from Angel’s hand. Angel ran and ran and tried to catch the mouse but the mouse was too quick. After Angel had finally caught the mouse, Aaron struck it lightly with his ring. At the touch of the ring, the mouse changed into a door-woman. “Wowww!” Angel whooped “I’ll go and see if there is a rat in the rat-trap, a rat would make a splendid driver.” “Yes, indeed,” Aaron said, “Go and see.” There were three fat rats in the rat-trap that Angel brought to Aaron. One had particularly fine whiskers, so Aaron chose that one; when he struck him with his ring, he changed into a plump driver who had the largest glasses you could wish to see. Aaron said to Angel “There you are! Now you can go to the party. Aren’t you pleased?”

“Yes, of course. But I shouldn’t I dress up a little bit?” Angel asked. Aaron only had to touch Angel’s closet with his ring before the closet was filled with the coolest clothes. “You can wear whatever you want! Just choose” Aaron said

GAME - DRESSING UP SCENERY

ASSIGNMENT

Angel is standing in front of a

Choose your favourite outfit by swiping left and right. The whole

his home.

glasses, socks, jewellery and (rain)capes. Feel free to mix and match and

big, old wooden closet inside

IMPS&ELFS collection is available! There are also fun accessories like try to be as unique as possible.

Angel looked really amazing in his brand new clothes, the only thing missing was a pair of nice shoes. Before Angel could even look at his neighbour Aaron to ask for shoes, the prettiest pair fell into the bushes. Now that Angel was ready, he climbed into the car and before he whizzed away, Aaron told him he must be home by midnight because if he stayed at the party one moment more, his limousine would turn back into a muesli-bar, his door-woman to a mouse and his driver to a rat. Angel promised Aaron that he would be sure to return from the party before midnight. Then he drove off. 21

Meanwhile, the party at Spook’s house had been going on for a while now. Children were playing all sorts of games like hide-and-seek and egg-and-spoon race. Spook didn’t feel amused and was wondering if she could ever find a friend that would like her because of her personality instead of her wealthy background.

“YOU CAN WEAR WHATEVER YOU WANT” Suddenly everyone in the room started to whisper and laugh nervously. Spook looked around to see what was happening and saw a boy in the middle of the room. The boy looked spectacular and his coolness amazed every single person in the room. Spook 23

was intrigued by him and asked him to play a game with her. As Spook and Angel were playing, an enormous silence descended amongst all children. Spook and Angel were laughing so extremely loud, no one at the party could hear themselves think anymore. All the eyes were on the happy Spook and Angel and the other children were extremely jealous of the fun they were having. Even Spook’s mother could not help but gaze at the kids. While Spook and Angel were playing, Angel heard the chimes of the clock striking quarter to 12. He got up and ran off as quickly as he could. Angel’s limousine, driver and door-woman all turned back into their normal roles and as soon as Angel got home, his clothes were gone too. The only thing that was left of all the splendour were the golden shoes. Angel went to find Aaron and thanked him. While Angel was telling Aaron everything that had happened, his stepbrothers knocked at the door. Angel hurried to let them in. “What a long time you’ve been!” Angel said to them yawning, rubbing his eyes and stretching as if he could scarcely keep awake, although he had not wanted to sleep for a single moment since they had left the house. “If you had come to the party, you wouldn’t have been sleepy!” Bunsen said. “The coolest boy you ever saw arrived unexpectedly. He had a limousine and the most astonishing clothes and he made Spook so happy, she’s now desperately looking for him.”

Biff told his little brother Angel that there would be another party the following day because Spook wanted to find the boy she played with all night long. Angel was surprised his stepbrothers had not recognised Angel and asked the name of the boy but they told him nobody knew it, and that Spook was in great distress and would give anything to find out more about him. Angel smiled and said: “Was he really so very cool? Wowzy, how lucky you are you saw him. And can I never see him? What a shame! Biff, please lend me that old yellow shirt you wear around the house so that I can go to the party tomorrow and see that boy for myself.” “What?!” his stepbrother exclaimed. “Lend my shirt to YOU - you must think I’ve lost my reason!” Angel had expected a refusal; and he would have been exceedingly embarrassed if Biff agreed to lend him that ugly shirt and taken him to the party in it. Next day, before the brothers went off to the party again they sat about and discussed what they should wear this time. By imitating the look of the awesome boy that showed up at the party the day before, they hoped to catch Spook’s attention too. Angel went to the party as well, but as Aaron was taking his dog for a long walk, this time Angel went in his normal clothes and without his limousine. The only special thing he wore were his golden shoes. At the party, everyone was wearing the exact same clothes Angel wore the day before. However, Spook wasn’t impressed by it and when she saw Angel, she was

stunned again. She never saw a boy so elfish as Angel. Even without his limousine Spook did not leave Angel’s side. But as Biff and Bunsen were at the party too, Angel hide himself from the party. If the stepbrothers would find out that Angel sneaked out of their house to see Spook, they would immediately tell their father. Angel and Spook had the greatest time until suddenly, Bunsen bumped into Angel. And there they stood. Face to face. Angel didn’t know what to do so he ran off but he didn’t know where to go! Can you help him find the fastest way?

GAME - FINDING THE FASTEST WAY SCENERY

ASSIGNMENT

A map of the city, viewed from

Find the fastest route to Angel’s house. The roads are quite complex but

connections between Angel’s and

out and see what works best. But be smart, you’re only allowed to take

above. Different roads make Spook’s house.

you know you’ll manage to find your way! Try the different options 2000 steps.

Angel fled away from Spook’s home as fast as he could. In his flight, however, Angel accidentally dropped one of his shoes, and Spook picked it up. Angel arrived home, completely out of breath, with only one shoe. Spook asked the guards at her house if they had 27

seen a boy go out. They replied they had seen a weird little boy with only one shoe, but he ran too fast to catch him. When his brothers came home from the party, they knocked at the door. Angel already heard Bunsen yelling when he walked to the door to open it. Angel shook in his one shoe when Biff and Bunsen stumbled into Angel’s room and angrily yelled at Angel:

“YOU LITTLE IMP!” “WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE YOU LITTLE IMP!!?” Bunsen screamed. “YOU MADE A FOOL OUT OF US!” Biff cried. Angel’s stepfather came upstairs to see what was happening.

“Angel went to Spook’s party and played with her all night long, everybody at the party made fun of us because Spook was playing with our stupid little brother and we did not recognise him yesterday because he looked so awesome and he had a limousine!” Bunsen told his father. Angel’s stepfather was furious when he heard Angel went to the party and he grounded Angel for the rest of the year. Angel was only allowed to go outside his room for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Biff and Bunsen seemed to be very satisfied with Angel’s punishment and giggled. In the meantime, Spook desperately tried to develop a plan to find the shoe boy. The whole city knew who the shoe boy was except for Spook. No child wanted to tell Spook who he was as they were all jealous and wanted to become Spook’s friend themselves. Spook posted messages on Facebook, Twitter and she even looked at Instagram in hopes that she would find the boy she was looking for. No one replied. Spook was very sad that she didn’t know who the boy was to whom the shoe belonged. Days and days had passed before Spook developed her plan to find him. She announced that she would find the boy by looking for the other half of the pair of shoes the next day. As every child in the city dreamed of becoming friends with Spook, they all crafted their own shoe and hoped that she wouldn’t mention the difference between the fake and the real one. All the kids were eager to show Spook their shoe but Spook could immediately tell that none of the shoes 31

was the right one. At last Spook went to Biff and Bunsen who tried to find the real shoe in Angel’s room. Angel already expected his disobedient brothers to sneak into his room to find the shoe, so he carried the shoe with him 24 hours a day. The brothers decided to use their plan B: they went to stores to find the exact same shoe as the one Angel lost at the party. When they had found the perfect pair of shoes, it was only available in an extremely big size. However, Biff and Bunsen hoped Spook wouldn’t mention the difference in size so they bought the shoe and brought it home. When Spook came to visit Biff and Bunsen’s house, she saw the shoe the brothers bought and immediately felt there was something just not right. How did Biff and Bunsen know how the shoe looked? As far as Spook knew, she was the only one who ever saw Angel and his shoes. At that moment, Spook heard a thumping noise. The brothers both turned pale. They made up excuses and told Spook it was the neighbour’s dog, who was always a bit nervy when unknown visitors came. But Spook knew Biff and Bunsen were lying. Spook ran upstairs to find out where the noise came from and heard someone calling at the top of his voice: “SPOOK! SPOOK! It’s me! I’m the boy you’re looking for!” Spook hurried to the door the voice was coming from but Biff was in her way. “No, Spook, don’t go behind that door! He’s not as nice as you think he is!!” Biff said.

But Spook didn’t want to listen and forcefully walked to the door. There was a code lock at the door. Please help her to unlock it.

GAME - UNLOCK THE CODE SCENERY

ASSIGNMENT

A close up of a six digit code

Help Spook unlock the code! The first three numbers are already correct.

door is visible too.

be some kind of logic behind it.

lock. A detail of Angel’s wooden

Can you find out what the last three numbers should be? There should

When Spook finally managed to open the door, she saw Angel sitting on his bed with the shoe in his hands. Spook couldn’t be happier she finally found the boy she was looking for. Then Biff, Bunsen and their father walked into the room. Spook told the two lads and their father that they should be ashamed to lock such a nice boy as Angel up. She said she would take Angel to her house so that they could play and laugh whenever they wanted. Even Angel’s stepfather didn’t dare to grumble at Spook. Finally, it was Angel’s turn to giggle. Together, Angel and Spook went to Spook’s home and played ever since. Happy never ending!

HAPPY NEVER ENDING