Project8 - Jeff C.

Project 8

How did sound improve my movie?

I was looking through my photo albums for an image that I wanted to make a trace bitmap of for the background. I decided on a picture that I took of the Golden Gate Bridge. The bay made me think of sharks, the sharks made me think of jaws. So without the sound it would have just been a poorly drawn shark fin movie around the bay. With the sound its scaarrrrrry.

What are things to be aware of when using sound files in flash? What program did I use to modify it?

Sound files can easily be thousands of kb and would take a long time to load, which we have to be conscious of as flash designers. I used sound flower to cut the part of the mp3 that I wanted for my movie. I didn't need to, but I used the settings in flash to slightly lower the quality.

What were my intentions when using masks?

My intention was to make the shark fine appear as if it was dissapearing under the water instead of just going off stage at the end of the movie. My intention for the text masks was to meet the requirements of the project and show you that I can make text that is masked.

Do you think that adding stop to the end of the movie will improve the users experience?

Yes because most flash movies look instantly cheap if it just keeps repeating. Movies with sounds get very annoying if the same sound plays over and over and over.

What challenges and benefits did you experience when using sounds and masks?

I experiences no challenges at all when using sounds and masks. Both are fairly simply and straightforward. The benefits is that it adds another dimension to movies when including sound. Masks allow you to make images and text disappear in a different way than filters, alpha and moving items off stage allow you to.

File size log
Entry Size Date Time
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1 280.8 KB 5/31/11 9:45 PM
2 280.8 KB 5/31/11 9:44 PM
3 280.6 KB 5/31/11 9:43 PM
4 280.5 KB 5/31/11 9:41 PM
5 278.1 KB 5/31/11 9:30 PM
6 278.1 KB 5/31/11 9:30 PM
7 278.2 KB 5/31/11 9:28 PM
8 278.2 KB 5/31/11 9:27 PM
9 276.8 KB 5/31/11 9:24 PM
10 276.6 KB 5/31/11 9:22 PM
11 276.1 KB 5/31/11 9:10 PM
12 546.7 KB 5/31/11 9:03 PM
13 546.7 KB 5/31/11 9:01 PM

-Jeff