Unit 1 Introduction to Multimedia Flashcards
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What is Multimedia?
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- Multidisciplinary and integrated approach to communication and content presentation
- multi sensory experience to the audience by engaging and captivating them
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What are the media elements and compast in multimedia?
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Diverse range of digital media elements like text, images, audio, video and animations
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Goals and objectives of multimedia:
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- Effective communication
- Engagement & interactivity
- Information visualisation
- Education and training
- Entertainment
- Marketing and advertisement
4
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Multimedia and Hypermedia
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What are the building blocks of multimedia?
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5 key elements:
1. Text
2. Images and Graphics
3. Audio
4. Video
5. Animation
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About Text
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- Foundation of information transfer and communication
- Handwritten and printed text
- Different languages (own rules and formats)
- Size and text fonts important considerations
- Found in books, letters, newspapers etc
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About Images and Graphics
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- Overtakes text based communication
- Communication via real images photographs and computer drawn graphics
- ‘A picture is worth a thousand’
- No visualisation with only textual information
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About Audio
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- Spoken language and phonics another way of communication
- Music and audio enhanced way of communication to emphasize and evoke emotions in audience
- Discovered through radio, gramophone, records and audio cassettes etc.
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About Video
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- Carries highest information
- Excellent for reference training and documentary sources
‘a movie is worth a million words’
Then via television, video cassets, YouTube videos, etc
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About Animation
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- Motion pictures and computer edited graphics
- Animated movies advertisement making use of moving images or objects good examples
11
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Overview of multimedia software tools
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Categories of software tools:
1. Music sequencing and notation
2. Digital audio
3. Graphics and image editing
4. Video editing
5. Animation
6. Multimedia authoring
