Design
My idea that I am going to use is of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This is because I went on a run of watching 3 series! As it’s very popular and many people enjoy Buffy, I thought that it would be of a good topic to base my assignment on.
My flash assignment comprises of three sections, a pre-loader, a 10-20 second clip and then finish on an interface in which there are several links to other pages or external websites. I will for now, just use two links that will work linking to external websites.
My plan is to have the pre-loader having five things to make it quick to load up but to make it simple. This will have a logo of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, text saying “Loading” and then underneath the loading percentage ad I will be using action scripting to enable this, and lastly a bar underneath comprising f a bar that will fill u as the percentage increases so that when its 100%, the bar is full.
The next scene will be the 10-2 second clip. I decided on having Buffy clips that will be quick shots, from which I will edit in Adobe Premier and then export in a resolution to fit nicely on the page but making sure that it’s in 12 FPS to match the flash document. I will then import this into the library on flash. This scene will also have the letters B, U, F, F and Y scrambled around the page and will move while the clip in going until they align in the centre of the page. The words “The Vampire Slayer” will just stay in the same place. To make it look slightly better the words and the letters will be in black and gradually change into white, as the Buffy words are typically white. I will use part of the part introduction theme music to match the pace of the shots and also because everyone who has watched Buffy will know the tune.
The last scene will be the interface. I will keep this simple so that the users don’t have to fight their way around the site, they can simply go on and find what they want. There will be a background image, again that I will edit in Adobe Photoshop so that the images comprises of the logo in the top right with Buffy in the bottom right, but with Angel to the left with the words Angel underneath. I will black out the picture of Angel and the words so it’s just Buffy and the logo, as this could look very good, so that the buttons for navigation is in the top left which is black. It makes the page not look so cluttered.
I decided that in the bottom left of the page will be a circulation of the picture of the main actors throughout the series with a decent amount of time before the picture changes, like 3 or 4 seconds. The sound effects will be a click on the buttons and a sound track in the background, not sure on this but maybe of a fighting scene or some slow type of music, I will see which one suite it better. After the music stops it will quieten down and then repeat itself.
