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App Alert: La Luna: The Story Project

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I was provided a download code to check out LA Luna: the Story Project app. Opinions of the app are 100% my own.

La Luna was one of the most beautiful short films from Pixar that I’ve ever seen. It is the story of three generations doing a job. The grandfather, father and son. It is the first time that the young son had ever gone to work in the family business. You see him in his wonderment as only a young boy has. He tried to find his place and his own identity while both his father and grandfather offer him their guidance and attempt to get him to work as they do. Eventually the young boy find his own way of doing the job. He even manages to bring his two elders closer together.

La Luna Storybook

The Story Project app shows the reader multiple ways of looking at the movie. There is the short film itself. Then there is an interactive video, a storybook and a behind the scenes section. I love finding out more about the things I watch and this was a perfect app for me to learn more about La Luna. It also provided me with another way to share the story with the kids. I could read the beautiful book, show them the movie or we could listen to the book together. Then we can explore what it took to make the sounds, the characters and overall design of the movie. I especially liked watching the progression reel with the storyboard and finished film side by side. It would have been better if you had the option of making it full screen with one half the storyboard and the other the finished film. Continue reading App Alert: La Luna: The Story Project

App Alert: JoyTunes’ Piano Dust Buster 2

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I received an iPad 2 with some pre-loaded apps to try out and review. One of the apps was Piano Dust Buster 2. Opinions of it are 100% my own.

We’ve had a piano in our house growing up and while my sister played I did not. I banged on the keys and could play chopsticks, poorly. Eva has shown an interest in the piano when we visit my mom and Andrew likes to bang on the keys. I got the chance to try out the new Piano Dust Buster 2 game from JoyTunes. It is a cute way to get kids familiar with playing the piano on the iPad, but also on a real piano. I didn’t even realize that this app could be used on and actual piano or keyboard until I read the Press release below and saw the image above. I just thought it was a cute app that kids can use to play music. Continue reading App Alert: JoyTunes’ Piano Dust Buster 2