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VCT 1021 - Flash Interactive Media I

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None
Course Description: In this hands-on, project-oriented course, students will explore the concepts and practical applications of the multiple digital mediums of animation, digital graphics, digital audio, digital video and interactivity, authored with Adobe Flash. This course covers the fundamentals of interactive media with Adobe Flash including image creation, animation with motion tweening, special effects, and basic interactivity with ActionScript.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): VCT 1013 , VCT 1018  (or concurrent enrollment), or consent of instructor.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. The mediums of Interactive Media - text, graphics, animation, audio, video, interactivity
  2. The tools of Interactive Media - Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Soundtrack, Final Cut Express HD
  3. Using Adobe Flash - the interface
  4. Symbols and Instances
  5. Animation with Motion Tween
  6. Object Drawing
  7. Importing Bitmap Graphics
  8. Navigational Interactivity with Actions and Script Assist
  9. Using keyframes and layers to create animations.
  10. Preparing a Flash application for streaming Shockwave

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. discuss the concepts of design as they apply to interactive media productions
  2. employ a creative information design process
  3. employ the theories of interactive media production.
  4. employ the theories of motion tween animation as they apply to interactive media.
  5. employ the theories of sound and video as they apply to interactive media.
  6. design and draw storyboards for animation projects.
  7. use keyframes in the creation of interactive media animations.
  8. apply interactive navigation to Flash Projects.
  9. create interactive media projects with Flash and built-in Actions.
  10. employ a creative visual design process.
  11. prepare Shockwave Flash applications for streaming over the Internet.
  12. solve design and technical problems through the use of critical thinking.
  13. use creative interaction with ActionScript in interactive media projects.
  14. critique ones own work and that of other students in group discussions.


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