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Juan And Maria Sad Story Analysis

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A Simulation E-book of an Interesting Tagalog Folk-tale
(The Sad Story of Juan and Maria)

A Capstone Project
Presented to the
School of Multimedia Arts and Sciences
Mapua Institute of Technology

In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements of the Degree
Bachelor of Science in Multimedia Arts and Sciences

by

Rizelle Ann D. Tan
August 3, 2015

ABSTRACT

The sad story of Juan and Maria is about a forbidden love called incest. The poor orphan siblings were separated when they were young due to an accident. They continue find each other for a long time, until they end up getting married not knowing their real relationship. Recently, most Filipinos lack the knowledge of Philippine Literature because of modern influences of …show more content…

It was made by an unknown filipino author. The story is all about a sinless crime called forbidden love in incest, were their lives saddened forever by a huge mistake. At a young age Juan and Maria’s parents died. They decided to stay at their uncle’s place. While helping in the farm, Maria followed a beautiful bird that she saw. While searching for the bird, she got lost and was adopted by an old couple feeling blessed. Juan never found her sister and gave up and grew up to be rich. Juan wants to marry the most beautiful woman that everyone talks about. They meet and married each other not knowing that the woman is his real sister. After, they created a family together. Then, their daughter eventually discovered from a frog that her parents were totally siblings that resulted to forever sadness among …show more content…

To create an E-book presentation of: The Sad Story of Juan and Maria through using creative animation and motion graphics.
2. To develop an interactive script for the story-telling/narration.
3. To recognize the works of famous book illustrators to be used as an inspiration to create a creative output for ICT (Information and Communications Technology) devices.

1.4 Scopes and Limitations

This study will focus on creating an E-book of a tagalog folk-tale entitled “The Sad Story of Juan and Maria”. There will be narration/story-telling, some animation, graphics and script development. This study will produce a 10 to 20 min presentation were the audience will be the one to operate the application in their ICT devices. With the inspiration of famous artist, the study will not focus on getting the same design and technique. And the project is not a full animation but a series of slideshow of graphics/image originally made with some animation selected objects, and for dialogues.

1.5 Operational Definition of Terms

• Literature written works of a person’s stories based on experiences, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.
• Word of Mouth is the passing of information from person to person by oral communication also known as

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