Assignment 5 (Re-uploaded) - Donnie Darko Film.com

The site www.donniedarkofilm.com hosts a collaboration of intricate javascript animation, text, and still-imagery. Since the movie it was based on was so cryptic, it only makes sense that the site itself would be equally if not more as such. Immediately from the first page you are faced with an almost entirely white screen with a small looping video with a red circle. One you click on it, the words “The tangent universe collapsed 3419 days -hours, -minutes and -seconds ago.” The days, hours, minutes and seconds are all relative to the visitor of the site. That is perhaps the only indication of the creators wanting to display anything about the actual production of the site. Aside from this, there is absolutely no information on its creation; no copyright information at the bottom, no list of the animators and programmers that worked to make this incredible interactive website.

The choice for the “behind the scenes” work to be a mystery was a very understandable and effective choice for the creators of this site. It adds so much more to the mystery and intrigue of wanting to reach the end of the series of questions and riddles being presented. In contrast to how actor resumes and commercial profit websites work, this website displays not even the slightest intent of proving authorship or to be recognized for anything honorable. This site merely serves to educate and entertain anonymously. Perhaps merely the site's existence, the work on the internet being viewed and interacted with by users around the world is enough satisfaction for these website designers.