FLASH  BASICS

Alejandra Jarabo
MAT 116
Media Arts & Technologies Division. Santa Barbara City College
FINAL PROJECT

 

The Final Project counts as a final exam for your class and can add up to 800 points.

When you do the final delivery, the final needs to work from a server (you can use the School server, Xythos).

I don't want to define it exactly because It is a creative project, and I want you to add anything you consider the project needs to look complete and professional.

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It needs to be a Multimedia project that includes some animation, some graphics, sound and interactivity.

You choose the subject matter. It will work better if you work on something you are personally interested in.

It should have a unified theme, an specific design, at least 2 or 3 distinctive content areas.
The navigation should be clear and constant through the project (no dead spots)and easy to use.

You can integrate most of the techniques that we have been seeing and will see in the next modules.

Although you can use scripts that we haven't covered in class to build any special feature you need, you should also use some of the techniques we have covered, with special attention to framelabel navigation and use of movieclip symbols.

  

 

Final assignment's rubric and grading table.

Main achievements/
goals being graded		 Clarification of goals student
points		 MAX
grading
points
Project's structure

Clearly organized in Sections or chapters.
Parts are visually apparent and easy to navigate from one to another.

If the nature of the project is purely creative (not a portfolio/business site),are different sections introducing an element of surprise, of interesting variation. How is the structure of the sections or scenes playing with the overall story.

Each section contains sufficient content (has been developed)

200
200
       
NAVIGATION

There is a Visual theme that has been followed across the design of the Navigation elements.

Navigation is easy to use (functional) but also attractive.

It doesn't cut too much space from the content, or is so small and constricted that becomes difficult to use.
Creative solutions to this problem (screen real-state)
100
200
       
Media Integration

Are you using Flash animation, Flash symbols (movieclips and buttons),
interactive/navigation sounds, background sounds.
Bitmap graphics and Digital Video if the project needs it.
100
100

ACTION SCRIPTING USE
Is the content organized in movieclips and accessed through ActionScripting.

How much can the user interact with the content.

How smooth is the interaction?
200
200
MATERIAL LOADING FROM SERVER

Smaller swf files loading on demand to the main movie if needed.
(or mp3 files, or jpegs).
Preloader animation&script if needed
 
TOTAL
700
700