Unit 4 – Design and produce multimedia products

AO1 – Review existing interactive multimedia products

Mr S Farmer

What is an interactive multimedia product?

• A product where the content can be viewed in a non-linear way and requires user interaction (usually using a navigation structure) – INTERACTIVE

• Combination of images/graphics, audio, video and text - MULTIMEDIA

AO1 – Review existing interactive multimedia products

• Advanced Searching• Audience & Purpose1 - Introduction

• Technical Details & Main Features• Colour, Multimedia & Interactivity

2 – Presentations

• Good features and not so good features• Improvements

3 – Shockwave Flash (Animation/Game)

• What will you include and why?• What will you avoid and why?4 – Multimedia Websites

Getting Organised• Create a Unit 4 Folder– 6 AOs

• Download the Front Cover & Objectives

• Download Unit 4 AO1 Review existing interactive multimedia products 1.doc

Objectives/Learning Flowchart/Success Criteria

Pass-Merit –Distinction -

• Locate an interactive multimedia product• Describe the purpose and target audience

for your Multimedia ProductLocating

interactive multimedia

products

Purpose Audience House Style?

Merit Distinction Candidates identify the aim

of the interactive multimedia product.

Candidates identify the aim and the audience of the interactive multimedia product.

Locating an interactive multimedia product

• What is an interactive multimedia product?– Search Engine – Advanced Search– Useful websites

• Activity – In pairs, find 2 interactive multimedia products and add their links to the wall.

Audience• Read the flash cards on the wiki, play

the scatter game & then test yourself to make sure you understand.

Audience• In your pairs, discuss who the target

audience is for each multimedia product

Audience• Choose one of the multimedia

products and complete the target audience section of the review.

Purpose• Read the flash cards on the wiki, play

the scatter game & then test yourself to make sure you understand.

Purpose• What is the purpose of your

multimedia product?

Plenary• Who are the main target audience

types?• What are the main purposes of

interactive multimedia products?• Review/Discussion of your products,

their audience and purpose.