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.

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