Interactive Flash Project

Objective: show that you can apply

1. Interactive features of Flash
2. Basic principles of visual design

Minimum requirements

1. 600 x 800 size
2. Four distinct pages/screens
3. Publish on your blog
   
4. Use standard fonts or embed required fonts
5. Incorporate sound and images

Content

• Personality - actor, superhero, politician, musician, athlete, author, scientist, cartoon character, professor, or ...
• Text may be copied and pasted from web sites, but credit must be given.
• Page ideas: biography, timeline, works, news, friends, links, gallery, FAQ, quiz, games, store, credits
• Optional: introductory animation
• It can be funny or serious.
• Media should be used with a purpose, not randomly.
• Most of the Flash work must be original. If you incorporate open source material or a template you must give credit.

Visual Design

• Color – choices, contrast
• Elements – font choice and readability; appropriate use of media; use of shapes and lines
• Layout – arrangement of elements, balance, consistency, density (use of white space)

Possible forms of interactivity

• Ask for and display users’ names
• Track content user has viewed
• User takes a quiz and computer gives a score
•  User enters numbers and computer calculates something
• User sends email feedback
• User plays a game
• User moves pieces around to solve a puzzle
• User controls the sound level of background music
• User skips introductory animation