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    Chapter 8: Multimedia Skills

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    Overview

    • Members of a multimedia team


    • Roles and responsibilities in a multimedia
    team

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    Members of a Multimedia Team

    • A team of skilled individuals is required


    to create a good multimedia project.
    • Team building refers to activities that help
    a group and its members function at optimal
    levels.
    • The diverse range of skills required for a
    project is called the multimedia skillset.

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    Members of a Multimedia Team
    (continued)

    • A multimedia team consists of the following:


    – Project manager
    – Multimedia designer
    – Interface designer
    – Writer
    – Video specialist

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    Members of a Multimedia Team
    (continued)

    • A multimedia team consists of the following


    (continued):
    – Audio specialist
    – Multimedia programmer
    – Producer for the Web
    – Computer programmers

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team

    • The project manager is responsible for:


    – The overall development, implementation,
    and day-to-day operations of the project
    – The design and management of a project
    – Understanding the strengths and limitations
    of hardware and software
    – Ensuring people skills and organizational skills
    – Conveying information between the team
    and the client

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    Project Manager

    Mark Williams
    Production of a CD-ROM reference
    guide at Microsoft involved a core
    team headed by project manager
    Mark Williams, along with additional
    specialists, technicians, and
    assistants, who were brought on
    board as needed.

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    • Multimedia designer – This team consists of:


    – Graphics designers, illustrators, animators,
    and image processing specialists who deal with
    visuals, thereby making the project appealing
    and aesthetic
    – Instructional designers, who make sure that the
    subject matter is presented clearly for the target
    audience

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    • Multimedia designer - This team consists of


    (continued):
    – Interface designers, who devise the navigational
    pathways and content maps
    – Information designers, who structure content,
    determine user pathways and feedback, and select
    presentation media

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    Multimedia
    Designer

    Kurt Andersen
    Kurt Andersen is an instructional
    designer and was a senior designer
    at the George Lucas Educational
    Foundation, where he designed
    multimedia prototypes for middle
    school math and science curricula.

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    • An interface designer is responsible for:


    – Creating a software device that organizes content,
    allows users to access or modify content, and
    presents that content on the screen
    – Building a user-friendly interface

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    Interface
    Designer

    Nicole Lazzaro
    Nicole Lazzaro is an award-winning
    interface designer with XEODesign in
    Oakland, California, and teaches
    interface design at San Francisco
    State University’s Multimedia Studies
    Program. She spends her days
    thinking of new ways to design
    multimedia interfaces that feel more
    like real life.

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    • A multimedia writer is responsible for:


    – Creating characters, actions, point of view,
    and interactivity
    – Writing proposals and test screens
    – Scripting voice-overs and actors' narrations

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    Writer

    Domenic Stansberry
    Domenic Stansberry is a
    writer/designer who has worked on
    interactive multimedia dramas for
    commercial products. He has also
    written for documentary film and
    published two books of fiction.

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    • A video specialist needs to understand:


    – The delivery of video files on DVD, or the Web
    – How to shoot quality video
    – How to transfer the video footage to a computer
    – How to edit the footage down to a final product
    using a digital nonlinear editing system (NLE)

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    Video Specialist

    Oliver Streuli
    Oliver Streuli has worked as a post-
    production editor on several
    Hollywood productions (Silence of
    the Lambs, Family Man, and Rush
    Hour 2). He currently works in
    Switzerland, where he specializes in
    post-production of commercials,
    corporate marketing and educational
    videos, and broadcast programming.

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    • An audio specialist is responsible for:


    – Locating and selecting suitable music talent
    – Scheduling recording sessions
    – Digitizing and editing recorded material into
    computer files

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    Audio Specialist

    Chip Harris
    Chip Harris studied trumpet and
    electronic music composition at the
    Peabody Conservatory of Music,
    and he has worked with the noted
    composer Jean Eichelberger Ivy.
    He has recorded releases on major
    and independent labels, including
    Atlantic, RCA, and Warner Brothers;
    has composed music for CD-ROM
    titles for Virgin Games, Accolade,
    and E-greetings; and has created
    soundtracks for Clio and Joey
    award-winning spots.

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    • A multimedia programmer, also called a


    software engineer:
    – Integrates all the multimedia elements into a
    seamless project, using authoring systems or
    a programming language.
    – Writes codes for the display of multimedia
    elements, and to control various peripheral
    devices.
    – Manages timings, transitions, and record keeping.

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    Multimedia
    Programmer

    Hal Wine
    Hal Wine is a programmer familiar
    with both the Windows and
    Macintosh environments. In his
    many years of experience, he has
    worked in most of the important
    areas of computing and for many
    of the leading computing companies.

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    • Multimedia producer for the Web:


    – Web site producers put together a coordinated set
    of pages for the Web.
    – They also co-ordinate updates and changes.

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    Roles and Responsibilities
    in a Multimedia Team (continued)

    Producer

    Kevin Edwards
    Kevin Edwards is Senior Multimedia
    Producer for CNET, a publicly traded
    media company that integrates
    television programming with a
    network of sites on the World Wide
    Web.

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    Summary

    • The diverse skills required to create a


    multimedia project are called the
    multimedia skill set.
    • Team building refers to activities that help a
    group and its members function at optimal
    levels of performance.
    • Roles and responsibilities are assigned to
    each team member in a multimedia project.

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