Welcome to Multimedia!

“Multimedia is for people who gladly take up new

challenges and are unafraid of learning curves and

intensely creative work.”-Tay Vaughn

Definition of Multimedia

• Purpose of media is to communicate• Interaction (involvement & interface)

– Interactivity & communication– “Tell me I forget, Show me I remember,

Involve me and I learn”• Multiple Medium(s) (the five/six

senses) (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell, time)

What is Multimedia?

•Text•Graphics/Pictures•Animations•Sound/Audio•Video

There are 5 elements in multimedia:

“When you weave together the sensual elements of multimedia: Dazzling pictures and animations, engaging sounds, compelling video clips- you can electrify the thought and action centers of people’s minds.”

Our goal is to understand and know how to implement the

mediums of Multimedia.

• Some of you will enjoy certain technologies better than others because everyone is different and has their favorite area.

• We have to move fast to be able to cover all the areas.

• “The implementation of multimedia capabilities in computers is just the latest episode in a long series: cave painting, hand-crafted manuscripts, the printing press, radio and television. These advances reflect the innate desire of man to create outlets for creative expression, to use technology and imagination to gain empowerment and freedom for ideas”. - from a presentation to the European Software Publishers by the Director of the Multimedia PC Council

• When the user controls what elements are delivered it is called-

• When you provide a structure of linked elements through which the user can navigate, interactive multimedia becomes.

• The people who weave the five mediums of multimedia into meaningful projects are called-

• The software vehicle, the messages and the content constitute a-

• If your project is finished for the end user it is known as a:

• The software tools that are designed to manage the individual multimedia elements and provide use interactions is known as what kind of software:

“Talking about multimedia is a lot like talking about love. Everybody agrees that it’s a good thing, everybody wants it, wants to participate in it, but everybody has a different idea of what “it” really is.”- Director of Eastman Kodak Company

Multimedia Jobs

• Producers• Directors• Script writers• Content experts• Programmers• Interface Designers• Audience• Clients

• Legal professionals• Business

Professionals• Graphics• Professionals• Sound Professionals• Animators• Video Professionals • Etc…

Types of Multimedia Titles

• Electronic books and magazines

• Kiosks• Databases• Training• Education• Edutainment• Games• TV shows

• Music• Sales and

Marketing• Presentations • Communications• Web Pages• Animation• Movies• Other Internet

Multimedia developers come from all corners of the computer, art literary,

engineering, film and audio worlds.

“The mere possession of the equipment does not make one into a videographer, film editor, set designer, scriptwriter, audio engineer, animator, or programmer. Some people do possess all of the innate talents required to produce decent multimedia, but few have mastered all the skills required to bring a major project to fruition. More typically, world-class productions are realized through the teamwork of a variety of talented people with specialized experience.