Portrait of Sadako

Portrait of Sadako Sasaki (aged 12) is a video installation comprised of a projection film masked on paper cranes. It tells the story of a young girl who was diagnosed with leukemia caused by radiation exposure she experienced as a baby during the atomic bomb dropping in Hiroshima, Japan. She began the task of folding a thousand paper cranes while in the hospital, in an attempt to be granted a wish if the task completed as said by an ancient Japanese legend.

Group Members: Jessica Ren, Kayltta Ng and Nancy Johnson 2012

Process log:
Initially our prototype was what we really wanted to achieve.  This was a good learning experience as we seemed to have strayed from our initial design.  In our second presentation we had presented a back projected image of video which depicted a more literal representation of our narrative.  After our critique we went back to the initial concept.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee247muswV0