NFB Collection
Crankytown (Web Site)
2010Interactive: Web Experience
By: Vanessa MatsuiLiane Balaban
Production: Kat Baulu (National Film Board of Canada)Paulina Abarca-Cantin (Studio XX)
Produced by Studio XX in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
Crankytown is an interactive village themed around menstruation and menopause, where women of all ages can get information, share stories, play games, and be entertained. It is a town that uses humour and fun to deliver cutting edge "period" edu-tainment, via video, audio, text and animation.
With First Person Digital, we will build the very first part of Crankytown: Camp Cranky.
Camp Cranky is an all girls sleepover camp for tweens, populated by funny characters who provide historical and worldly views on menstruation.
At Camp Cranky, users will be able to visit:
THE BONFIRE (Girls from around the world talk about their first period! Watch videos or listen to recordings of their stories)
THE TUCK SHOP (Find out about all the different products you can use for your period, and how to use them!)
THE NURSE (Learn the amazing facts about your body! And check out links to other resources)
SPONSOR A PERIOD (Help a girl in Nairobi through HURU International.)
OUTHOUSE (Listen to fierce and funny poems inspired by periods.)
Future phases of development include more videos, the launch of icranky (a period-tracking web widget), and the expansion of interactive hubs inside Camp Cranky, and surrounding Crankytown.
Availability
Subject categories
- Women - Portraits > Group Portraits
- Women > Sexuality and Reproduction
Credits
- producer
- Kat Baulu
- Paulina Abarca-Cantin
- creator (Web)
- Vanessa Matsui
- Liane Balaban
- creative director
- Jenna Wright
- Web developer
- Mark Trischuk
- sound designer
- Kari Rae Seekins
- cinematographer
- Ian MacMillan
- editor
- Ian MacMillan
- art helper
- Sonny Gerasimowicz
- health consultant
- Lyla Spring
- law consultant
- Jonathan Ethier
- advisor
- Reisa Levine
- Kathy Sperberg
- Susan Nosov
- Julie Matlin
- Jane Grenier
- Rebecca Cogan
- teen consultant
- Shannon Fraser
- Zoe Goulem
- Olivia Gray
- Caroline Kamar
- set builder
- Brent Skagford
- production assistant
- Vanessa Butler
- Clara Altimas
- Gillian Ferrier
- additional sound recording
- John Tate
- Mary Ellen Matsui
- photographer
- Meaghan Rath
- contact
- Karina Chen