Multimedia Systems -Tutorial 01 (Interactive Media- SLIIT)

 SRI LANKA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS & MULTIMEDIA

B.Sc. (Hons) Degree in IT specialization in Interactive Multimedia Technology

Tute 1

 Exercise 1

You have been given the task of creating an interactive Web presentation for marketing a new Mobile phone.

Task 1

a) Visit four different bicycle web sites using a suitable search tool.

b) For each web site you visit, write in the table below the name of the site, its URL, and Describe each site in terms of its multimedia incorporation.

c) Discuss whether its multimedia content is appropriate and where and how additional media content might improve the site.

d) Describe what multimedia presentation formats it uses. Video? Virtual reality? 3-D animations?

Site 1
i.	URL (address):	http://www.bikesoup.com
ii.	Describe the GUI. What navigational elements does it have?	The GUI is very user friendly. It has a search bar which provides convenient search facility for any user according to his/her needs. It can be easily understood at one glance.
iii.	What colors does it use?	Green, black and white.
iv.	Is it cluttered?	No
v.	Is the content relevant and appropriate?	Yes. The website is totally focused on bicycles.
vi.	What additions/deletions of content might improve the site?	Addition of flash player and a slide show could have been much useful and attractive.
vii.	Describe any multimedia presentations of specific products.	Using text, image and graphics to advertise bikes.
viii.	What formats did they use?	User interactive. Graphical, text , animations and image formats have been used.

Site 2
i.	URL (address):	http://www.pinkbike.com
ii.	Describe the GUI. What navigational elements does it have?	GUI consists of a lot of information and news section is given the main focus. User friendly. Navigation elements are available to change pages.
iii.	What colors does it use?	Red, black, white, blue
iv.	Is it cluttered?	A little bit cluttered
v.	Is the content relevant and appropriate?	Yes
vi.	What additions/deletions of content might improve the site?	It is better if the advertisements were much lesser. A more advanced search bar could be added for the convenience of users.
vii.	Describe any multimedia presentations of specific products.	There are hyperlinks to videos and images promoting news about bikes around the world.
viii.	What formats did they use?	User interactive and nonlinear.

Site 3
i.	URL (address):	http://www.lankabike.com/
ii.	Describe the GUI. What navigational elements does it have?	User friendly Simple Categories are shown from a side.
iii.	What colors does it use?	Blue, white.
iv.	Is it cluttered?	No
v.	Is the content relevant and appropriate?	Yes
vi.	What additions/deletions of content might improve the site?	A user friendly search facility could be added to enhance the site. More real images of bikes instead of graphical images should be added.
vii.	Describe any multimedia presentations of specific products.	Using flash player for advertising
viii.	What formats did they use?	User interactive

Site 4
i.	URL (address):	http://www.usjcycles.com
ii.	Describe the GUI. What navigational elements does it have?	GUI user is attractive, friendly, and clear. Navigation elements to see another part of bicycle.
iii.	What colors does it use?	Grey, white
iv.	Is it cluttered?	No
v.	Is the content relevant and appropriate?	Yes. Content is totally focused on bikes.
vi.	What additions/deletions of content might improve the site?	Can add flash player for descriptions and some videos.
vii.	Describe any multimedia presentations of specific products.	Using text, image, and graphic art. Flash animation for advertising.
viii.	What formats did they use?	User interactive and nonlinear.

Exercise 2

Review an educational multimedia CD-ROM title

Task 1

a)      Fill out the table that follows.

i	Title of CD	Practical English
ii	Describe the GUI. What navigational elements does it have?	GUI is appropriate and attractive. There are navigational elements which are suit with DVD player.
iii	What color scheme(s) does it use? Is it cluttered?	Mostly GUI has used purple colour. It is not cluttered. Very neat.
iv	Describe the educational content. Is it well organized?	Educational content is well organized.
v	Would you be able to easily learn the subject matter using this package?	Yes. Using this package I could able to easily learn the subject. There are some videos and demonstrations. Those are helpful for understanding.

b) Describe the product in terms of its multimedia incorporation.

In this program the visual displays of text, graphics, videos and photographs are also synchronized with the audio information. Such techniques enable the audio medium to carry most of the information in a clear natural voice, while the text is used to hold attention.

c) Discuss whether its multimedia content is appropriate and where and how additional media content     might improve the site.

 The multimedia content is appropriate, attractive and well organized. There are some videos but accent of that acting is not matching.

Exercise 3

Contact a local multimedia company

Task 1

Ask them what kind of products they develop and whether they would describe two projects they have recently completed. Be sure that they provide you with enough information to answer each of the following questions.

Multimedia Project 1
i.	Name of project	Soovisi Vivarana Best Movie, Best Director (2014 SAARC Film Festival)
ii.	Kind of project created	Movie
iii.	What authoring tools were used to create the project?	Cameras- Sony F3                     Arri alexa                     Arriflex 435 xtreme Software- Final cut pro                    Davinci resolve                   Adobe After Effects                   Adobe premiere cc                   Adobe audition DCP (Digital Cinema Package) Negative cutting machine
iv.	Who made up the development team for the project?	Director- Sarath Dharmasiri Producer- jayantha Samarakoon (Vision Link Media) TVT Sri Lanka Anand Cine Service-India Editor- Ravindra Guruge               Ajith Ramanayake Cinamatography- Sumedha Liyanage
v.	How did the production of the project develop?	Cinamatography- Sumedha Liyanage Locations- Pinnawala                      Colombo                      Rambukkana                      Kithulgala Editor- Ravindra Guruge               Ajith Ramanayake ·        Editing was done in TVT Sri Lanka ·        Negative cutting and color corrections were done in Anand Cine Service-India. ·        The DCP format files were exported to India for colour corrections ·        Final DCP file was converted to cine format after color corrections. ·        Dubbing was done both in India and Sri Lanka
vi.	How long did the project take to complete?	4 years (2008-2012)
vi.	What problems were encountered?	·        Occurred a chemical problem in footages made by the camera ARRI3 due to a fungus and gave out blares when played. Therefor they had to be removed. Hence some scenes were reshot while some other scenes had to be changed. Some other scenes with blares could be fixed through color corrections. ·        Budget was not enough for all the artists to fly to India for dubbing. Therefore only the main artists were taken to India for dubbing while other artists’ dubbing was done in Sri Lanka, before finalizing in India.

Multimedia Project 2
i.	Name of project	Sathpaththini
ii.	Kind of project created	Tele Drama
iii.	What authoring tools were used to create the project?	Cameras-Sony FX100 (1st schedule)                   Sony FX700 (2nd schedule)                   Canon 5D- Mark iii (3rd schedule)                   Go Pro Hero 4                   After effects                   Adobe Premiere CC                   Adobe Audition                   Vegas Pro
iv.	Who made up the development team for the project?	Director – Sarath Dharmasiri                     Ananda Jayalath
v.	How did the production of the project develop?	Shooting Locations- Negombo                                        Wariyapola                                        Anamaduwa                                        Puttlam                                        Kalpitiya
vi.	How long did the project take to complete?	8 months (2014 May- 2015 January)
vi.	What problems were encountered?	·        Budget was not enough for color corrections. Therefor only selected footages were subjected to full color corrections while others were given basic color corrections. ·        A lot of time was taken to shoot since several lenses were used. ·        Since it was a period story (Historical), background sounds were disturbing (sounds of vehicles and machineries). Therefor it had to be redubbed although usually dubbing is not necessary for teledramas.

Exercise 4

Visit a large public area such as a shopping mall, the downtown area of a city, or a museum. Locate a

kiosk or other public multimedia installation.

Task 1

a)     Spend 15 minutes observing who uses it and for how long.

·         HNB ATM Machine

b) Describe the installation.

i. Where was it located?

·         By the Colombo- Kandy main road, in front of SLIIT, Malabe.

ii. Is there a lot of foot traffic going past it?

·         Yes

iii. Is it conveniently located?

·         Yes

iv. Is it accessible to a wide range of users (tall, short, disabled, wheelchair, or vision

impaired)?

·         It is accessible to moderate height persons. But there were no special facilities for disabled or vision impaired people.  None such people came to use the ATM and even if such person wanted to use it, he/she has to ask for someone else’s help.

c) Describe the usage pattern.

i. Characterize the users.

·         Normal people, mostly students of SLIIT used it. Children and old people could hardly be seen using it. There were no special users like disabled people.

ii. Were children attracted to it?

·         No

iii. Did users “play” with it?

·         No