Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Multimedia Portfolio

I have started making an online Multimedia portfolio which can be found here:



What it actually is, is a homepage which links to individual pages that hold my videos and other bits of web work. Most of these pages already existed and can be found within this journal.
I should also point out that it needs lots of work:
  • for one thing the pages containing videos need proper control panels, and I need to balance load time Vs picture quality.
  • Also lots of little things like having the links open in new Tabs instead of replacing the homepage.
  • I would also like to make the homepage look and feel more friendly and personable.
After showing the page to Jools and Simon they both pointed out that what is needed is a clear strategy for what should be included in the portfolio. They suggested looking into job adverts, seeing what sort of things are demanded by the area of jobs I want to apply to and then amend the portfolio accordingly.
So, I need to look at job titles, bite the bullet and think about post Uni existence.............. I think I'll do an MA ;¬]

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

PRP Artifact #01

My first artifact is to be an interactive web advert. After looking into stop motion animation, and then having a go at a short animated video I set out to make an advert using the Oxfam logo.

The reasons behind these choices are as follows:

Making a stop motion video requires a still camera which I had over the Christmas break and so I could begin the artefact before starting term 2.

The rambling aesthetic stop motion creates suits the materials I used which in tern suits an advert for a second hand shop.

The concept is an old school work desk littered with bits of bric-a-brac, some of which spell out the Oxfam logo. The pieces scatter and it is the users job to form them up again Into the logo.

Following my literature reviews new found understandings of interactivity I plan to centre the entire advert on the desk and the items on it in an attempt to engross the users attention fully on a small world of bric-a-brac. ActionScript Programming will also play its part and is still under way.

Certain underlying principles of web design (as taught by Snodgrass in year2: accessibility, low file sizes etc) will not be achieved by this artifact. I am deciding to ignore these on the basis that this is an experimental element of the project that just deals with ideas of interactivity within an area of personal interest - brand design.

Test video: I created this purely to realise the process needed for non-digital stop motion to work within Flash, and is an indication of aesthetics to come in the finished advert.


Advert base:



With buttons:


With buttons and video: