Spirits of Medoc - Vol. 1
"Spirits of Médoc" is the first volume of a series of comics designed to promote wine-tasting tourism, and the whole of the France's vineyards, via transmedia techniques.
As a child,, Violette Carignan has survived a serious car accident and discovered she has now the gift of "seeing" the dead. Nowadays, the young woman is advisor for major wine estates throughout France while helping the spirits she comes across to reach an eternal rest.
Written and designed by Eric Corbeyran and Nicolas Otéro, this book meets a similar success as "Châteaux Bordeaux" or "Drops of God"… but with an addition: through young ooenologist consultant Violette's fantastico-detective adventures, a smartphone application (downloadable from AppleStore and GooglePlay) allows the reader to conduct his own investigation and access to hidden contents by scanning certain spaces of the comics. The story then becomes interactive and permits to discover in total immersion a region and its vineyards via enhanced reality… just with a smartphone or a tablet in hand.
Increased reality is a technique allowing to insert in real-time a 2D or 3D element in a picture and enrich the reading experience through video contents related to the tourism or historic context. This mobile application invites you to visit the places appearing in the comics and solve a series of puzzles. By going to vineyards discovery you will be able to help Violet in unlocking the mysteries she faces and discover what these strange phenomena are hiding.
Whatever, you will discover beautiful landscapes and meet landowners always happy to open for you the gates of their châteaux and unveal their winemaking techniques as well as the local story that binds them to their land.
As the first connected comics it comes as an innovative way to discover the Médoc vineyards. If you are a wine lover and would like to visit Médoc, either from your sofa or in reality, this comics is for you.
Increased reality is a technique allowing to insert in real-time a 2D or 3D element in a picture and enrich the reading experience through video contents related to the tourism or historic context. This mobile application invites you to visit the places appearing in the comics and solve a series of puzzles. By going to vineyards discovery you will be able to help Violet in unlocking the mysteries she faces and discover what these strange phenomena are hiding.
Whatever, you will discover beautiful landscapes and meet landowners always happy to open for you the gates of their châteaux and unveal their winemaking techniques as well as the local story that binds them to their land.
