Summary

This will be the last post in my Multimedia Blog, so I will give a summary detailing some of the many things that I have learned over the past year.

The course, in my opinion, was quite successful. In Multimedia Design, we learned elements that make a good design and the various things that people do not want to see in a design. We looked at many design briefs, detailing how a client would want their design to look, and created the design with the given information. Creating the logos for "Green Hands", "Scungilli", "Raven View Guesthouse", and other logos including an Italian restaurant.

In Multimedia Project Development, we participated in several group projects including a review of a website, creating a design brief, and creating an Interactive Quiz. During these projects, we learned about the importance of working in a group, meeting deadlines, communicating effectively, and producing work of a high standard. We also gave an evaluation of a Photo Kiosk, detailing the good and bad features, giving a brief user-guide and  recommending how it could be better.

We also learned about Multimedia Authoring, where we were taught how to use HTML and, as a group project, created an Interactive Quiz. The project involved writing up the HTML codes, inputting images and audio, and giving the appropriate questions, answers and hints.

At the end of the year, we gave in a Collection of Work, which provided evidence of Editing, Animation, Interactive & Navigational Skills, Control of Volume, Tempo & Duration and Instruction Guidelines. We created videos earlier in the year that incorporated several of these elements, one of which involved using Windows Live Movie Maker to input pictures that coincided with the lyrics of a song and playing the music at the right speed, making sure the pictures were in sync.

Overall, the year studying Multimedia at Dunboyne College of Further Education has been enjoyable and educational. I would not have known many of the things we learned without the help of our tutor.

Next year, I plan on doing a similar course in Creative Digital Media in either ITB or DkIT, to further my knowledge in this area.

Go Animate

Go Animate is a website that lets users create animated videos for free. It is designed to give users a quick and easy way to make animated videos for whatever reason they want.

Users do not need to download any software or have experience in art or film.

Users can:

• Sign up/create accounts
• Link their accounts to email addresses/social networking sites
• Interact with the community
• Watch other users' videos
• Watch tutorials
• Enter contests
• Contribute to the sites' forum

To create a video, the user browses through the various video templates available. They can then choose the setting for their video. From there, the user clicks on the "Next" button and can progress to choosing their desired characters. When finished, dialogue can then be put into the video. After the dialogue is chosen, the user can preview their video and edit it before saving and uploading it.

The websites' design uses large lettering and colourful images to attract attention but has a very plain background. It is slightly cluttered and its target audience appears to be mainly teenagers.

Here is a video that I created by using Go Animate:http://goanimate.com/videos/08oSawYuLe18?utm_source=linkshare&uid=0-BFy-LjrS7c

HTML - continued...

Today, we continued learning about different aspects of creating HTML. We used the template of what we did last week and added more features. One of the things we added was a table. Using this, we could put a border around some of the text. We also resized pictures to place alongside the text, inside the table. We also learned how to create hotspots on images using HTML pages.

HTML - 8/4/2012

Today, we learned how to write webpages using HTML. First, we learned how to create basic HTML documents following guidelines that we were given. Then, we learned how to input colour and text fonts using HTML. After that, we learned how to add links to a webpage using HTML and finally we learned how to insert pictures onto the webpage.

Collection of Work

Today, I gave up an assignment which was a collection of work I had completed over the past few months. It consisted of a storyboard for a multimedia pen called a "Scanpen", a flyer design for a table quiz to be held in Dunboyne Community Library, a sketch and written piece about my favourite object, a flyer for a fast food restaurant and a logo design for an Italian restaurant.

I also gave up an assignment that outlined a logo design that had to be done for a new gardening centre opening near Dunboyne called "Green Hands".

Multimedia - 02/02/2012

Today, we designed a production plan for a Podcast. The Podcast is about Focus Ireland, a charity organisation that sets out to prevent homelessness. First, we formed a group. We then identified each member's roles in the group and assigned certain tasks. John was the leader and did most of the editing. Sean did most of the typing and drafts of the work. Connaire took the minutes, taking notes of everything suggested in, and added to, the podcast's production plan. My role was to to research various information to better the podcast's production plan. We then edited and refined the different elements of the project. A logo for the group was designed and the production plan was finished.

Multimedia 19-1-12

Today, we had to make a video with images of the letters of our names, designed on MS paint, played along with a song, using windows movie maker. We then had to design a logo for an Italian restaurant after we had been given the requirements for the logo. I researched various restaurant logo designs and incorporated the given requirements. Here is the logo that I designed: