Ability to overcome coding errors and problems

I this lesson I learned how to overcome problems with coding when linking up my buttons to movie clips and different forms. If I had typed in the wrong code or spelt something wrong there would be a window telling me there was an error. If i double-click on the error it would highlight the line of code that was wrong. I would then check the code to make sure it matched the proper code. If it did not I would have to ammend it. This attribute refelected my client breif because it was another technical aspect of the creation of the front end. Also it links in with the design and creating of the front end because the coding help me design the front end and create it. Coding was one of the most important parts of creating my front end. it helped me produce my quiz, drag and drop puzzle, import files, linking buttons to forms. Every line of code had to be spelt properly otherwise it could create other problems on other parts of the front end.

Target audience - is mainly aimed at people who drive and regularly use car parks.

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Message of the film - to indicate that dangerous driving in public car parks can be hazardous and it can cause dangers to others.

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Technical elements - It will include different screens such as play movie, scenes, outtakes and subtitles.

The coding was a very significant technical element becasue without it my front end would have no srtucture or format. The coding enabled me to include other technical element such as scenes, outtakes and games.

Impact of the film on the audience - slightly humorous so the audience do not get the impression that I am accusing them of being bad drivers.

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New skills reference: Skill 13

Using the free transform tool

This lesson I learned how to use the free transform tool in Flash. This enabled me to edit my buttons, banners and backgrounds. I could resize them and arrange them on each screen more easily. This fitted in with my client breif as it was an element of designing the front end. I used the free transform tool in almost every aspect of designing my front end. I used it to resize things like buttons, banners, forms, text, text in buttons. i didn't just resize things with the free transform tool i was able to move things around so I could re-arrange things on each form where I wanted them. This was a key tool in designing my front end becasue without it I would be unable to choose where things go on each screen and I would not be able to base my front end on my design sketches.

Target audience - is mainly aimed at people who drive and regularly use car parks.

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Message of the film - to indicate that dangerous driving in public car parks can be hazardous and it can cause dangers to others.

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Technical elements - It will include different screens such as play movie, scenes, outtakes and subtitles.

The free transform tool is one of the most technical aspects of designing the front end and played a key part in producing the front end design. This is therefore related to the client brief.

Impact of the film on the audience - slightly humorous so the audience do not get the impression that I am accusing them of being bad drivers.

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New skills reference: Skill 22

Importing banners into Flash

In this lesson I learned how to create banners and import them into flash. I decided to do this because I did not like the banners that were available in Flash. I used Microsoft Word to create a banner so I could amend the colour, font and border. I then went to file>import>import to library in Flash and imported these to use on each screen. This met my client breif becasue this related to the design aspect of my front end. Once the banners were imported into Flash I was able to manouver them onto the different screensa and layers. I resized them and allocated them to the appropriate screens for example.

Target audience - is mainly aimed at people who drive and regularly use car parks.

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Message of the film - to indicate that dangerous driving in public car parks can be hazardous and it can cause dangers to others.

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Technical elements - It will include different screens such as play movie, scenes, outtakes and subtitles.

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Impact of the film on the audience - slightly humorous so the audience do not get the impression that I am accusing them of being bad drivers.

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New skills reference: Skill 14

Inserting buttons using Flash

I had to insert buttons into flash so I could navigate around my front end. This involved using the Flash library and choosing a particular style and font for my button. I chose a suitable button that was appropriate to my sketch design for my front end. This also complied with the technical element of my client brief because it was a tecnical process. It also linked with the style of my front end because it reflected my front end designs. I used buttons on every screen in my front end. For example the main menu had four buttons that linked to four different screens. The outtakes screen had another four buttons that included the four different outtakes for my movie. The buttons made it easy for the user to navigate around the front end, and this was made easier by the use of  'back' buttons, so if the user made a mistake they could go back to the previous screen and rectify it.

Target audience - is mainly aimed at people who drive and regularly use car parks.

The style of the buttons could relate to the target audience, the simple design of the buttons could make the DVD front end look more light-hearted and less serious.

Message of the film - to indicate that dangerous driving in public car parks can be hazardous and it can cause dangers to others.

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Technical elements - It will include different screens such as play movie, scenes, outtakes and subtitles.

The buttons were a technical element of producing the front end, they were a fairly simple process to produce because I did not have to manually create each one, just choose from a number of templates.

Impact of the film on the audience - slightly humorous so the audience do not get the impression that I am accusing them of being bad drivers.

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Skill reference number: Skill 11

Using layers in Adobe Flash Professional

This lesson I learned how to use different layers in order to create my front end. Each layer has a different section for each different screen on the front end. For example there would be layers for code, main menu, scene selection, extras and outtakes. The code layer would be used for coding all my buttons and different forms etc. This met the desing element of my client breif because by structuring my front end it would allow me to design the front end the way i wanted to. It also met the technical element becasue the layers are quite a tricky process at times and things can go wrong, like creating different screens on the same layer. The layers were basically the centre-peice for the design of my front end. This is becasue each peice of design came from a different layer and they are all separate. The main menu for example had its own buttons on it and background image. these elements were for this layer only and were to be kept separate from the rest.

Target audience - is mainly aimed at people who drive and regularly use car parks

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Message of the film - to indicate that dangerous driving in public car parks can be hazardous and it can cause dangers to others.
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Technical elements - It will include different screens such as play movie, scenes, outtakes and subtitles.
The layers used in the front end were a technical element becasue they helped me priduce the different screens. The helped a great deal with the design of each screen as they were basically thr paper for the pen to write on.

Impact of the film on the audience - slightly humorous so the audience do not get the impression that I am accusing them of being bad drivers.
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New skills reference: Skill 12