Interactive Flash Project

Interactive Flash Project Description

Overview: create a multimedia product about a personality, real or imaginary.

Objective: show that you can apply

Interactive features of Flash
Basic principles of visual design

Minimum requirements

600 x 800 size
Four distinct pages/screens
Publish on your blog
Use standard fonts or embed required fonts
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

Citation: lschilli. (2007, October 08). Interactive Flash Project. Retrieved May 20, 2012, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/computer-applications/applied-multimedia-technology/projects-1/interactive-flash-project.