Flash Project 1: Self Introduction

Due

September 21th, submitted to Blackboard under Assignments.

Description

Create a 15-seconds long Flash movie of an introduction to yourself. The aim of this project is to become familiar with the basics of Adobe Flash, and to give you an opportunity to explore the various aspects of Flash. To keep it introductory, no programming is necessary for this project.

The following are the requirements for your Flash movie:

  1. 15-seconds long, 400-by-300 size
  2. Title
  3. Picture of yourself
  4. Some text (at least your name)
  5. An audio clip with your voice
  6. Animation

Other than the above, feel free to incorporate any other fun and creative elements to your movie. I would also suggest that you come up with an overall theme for your presentation to make it effective and organized.

Grading Criteria

The grading for this assignment will be based on:

  1. Completeness: (60%) Are all the requirements fulfilled?
  2. Aesthetics: (20%) Was your use of fonts, colors, animation, and so forth aesthetically pleasing (e.g. readable text)?
  3. Organization: (20%) How well did you introduce yourself?

Resources

I highly recommend the built-in help in Adobe Flash, since it provides very extensive tutorials and example projects. UMD has a number of labs with Flash installed; or you can download a 30-day trial version of Flash 8 (please note that Flash 8 is not compatible with Flash 7 installed in the labs). Finally, I've uploaded the introductory presentation on Flash (PDF).