Multimedia Assignment

Multimedia Assignment BY mck10101 Module loaferon 5M 299 Pre-production encompasses everything you do before you start recording and producing your media. Good pre-production will save time and hardship in the production and post-production stages. (McLaughlin, 2013). The overall goal is to maintain control during the high pressure production and post-production stages. Research and exploration i. on that point are two forms of enquiry that can be carried out before starting a project Primary Research (interviews, surveys, questionnaires, etc. Secondary Research (web ranks, reports, books, Journals, etc. Often it is secondary research that is undertaken as this is less time consuming and more cost effective. it. There are two categories that read exploration for an efficient project to take shape Analysing the industry and marketplace by comparing competiveness, usability and humankind Computer Interaction Getting to know your audience by carrying out usability tests, primary re search and site analytics (McLaughlin, 2013) Layouts and Sketches These play an integral part of creating a visual histrionics of any given project.They are employ for the following reasons Show the placements of elements Provide a rough plan for the client such as text, graphics, links, headers, footers and banners (McLaughlin, 2013) Layouts and Sketches can be for the Web, flare pass and Animations. Here are some examples of how layouts and sketches can be presented Content Generation There are two forms of field of study generation Client generated User generated Client generated content is where the client provides the webmaster with the text, images, word of honor and graphics.User generated on the other hand, is real time content with information flowing two ways. Social media is a prime example of this. Information Architecture, including storyboards and flow diagrams Information architecture is about availing people understand their environs and find what theyre looki ng for in the real world as well as online (IA, 2013). The goal is to convention a project where the navigation feels natural and the content is logically grouped.Some techniques that can be used to help with the visualisation of a project are Primary Research (getting feedback from real users) Storyboards (rough draft visual representation) Flowcharts (pictorial representation showing all steps involved in process) Here is a ypical example of a flowchart that is used in helping people understand the navigation process Another visual back up is a sitemap which can be created and understood by non- technical viewers Scheduling and project instruction These are vital to maintain that a project is delivered within a certain time-frame and that the objectives and requirements are distinctly defined throughout.According to McLaughlin (2013), Project management is a 5 step process 1. Initiating (Client commitment stage) 2. Planning (Pre-production takings stages) 3. Executing (Prod uction stage) 4. Monitoring and controlling (Production stage) . Closing (Post-production stage) File Formats and associated Extensions Video File Format Extension definition Audio Video Interleave Windows standards. Moving Pictures Expert Group 4 . mpeg4, . mp4 Good for Web as it is supported by everything. Flash Video Format . flv Delivers MPEG video through Flash. videodisk Video Object . vob DVD standard container. Audio Wave Files . wav CD quality and very large files. Moving Pictures Expert grout 2 Audio Layer Ill . mp3 Good for streaming and small file size than wave. excess Lossless Audio C . flac Half the size of WAV files. Musical Instrument Digital Interface . middlei, . mid Good for synthesised sound and easy to edit. Images Portable Network Graphics . png Standard format for web and fitting for crisp logos. Photoshop documents . psd Large files and adobe brick propriety files. Vector Image . i Adobe propriety and Adobe Illustrator project file. Scalable Vector Graph ic . svg W3C standard and specific for Web vector graphics. Animation live Graphics Interchange Format Very small, supports transparency but not sound. Shock Wave Flash . swf Good for web, compressed and supports audio playback. Requires Shockwave plug-in for browser. Abobe Flash Project file . fla Propriety Adobe format. Actionscript for user interactivity. non compressed and can create entire websites. SWISH Project File . swi Part of Coral scarper Graphics suite.Coral DRAW is the equivalent of Adobe . fla file. Can be export as wt, . avi, and . git angle of dip four examples of Devices and Platforms Devices According to the Macmillan Dictionary (2013), a device is a machine or piece of equipment that does a event thing. The following listed devices are capable of displaying Multimedia content Smartphones Tablets Laptops MP3 Player Platforms According to Merriam-Webster Online (2013), a platform is the computer rchitecture and equipment development a particular operating sys tem.Here is a list of different platforms available Smartphone Mac iPhone Windows Android osx iOS unidimensional and Non-Linear The difference between analogue and non-linear is on the interactivity. If the user can control the access and the order of the content then it is a non-linear structure. Watching a movie used to be an example of a linear media experience, but now the DVD format allows you to have a non-linear experience by choosing scenes and going onwards and backward (BMCC, 2011). 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