Flash 1 Final Exam (Performance Based)

 

Select 3 projects from the choices below and complete the task in Flash. Save the file with the file name: FinalProject(Question#). Save the project as both a Flash file and as a Flash SWF File.

For Example: FinalProject3 if I select number 3 below

Save all your work to your flash folder, into a folder called FINAL.

 

 

  1. You have been asked to create a short interactive movie on ocean life for the local elementary school, which is planning a visit to an oceanographic institute. This project should be colorful, interactive, and full of images, in order to appeal to 7-10 year old children. The opening page of the site should show some images of sea creatures which when clicked, lead to more information. You must include at least three clickable objects on this opening page.
    1. Obtain some images of fish, coral, and other ocean creatures from the Internet.
    2. Create a new Flash Document, name as above.
    3. Set the document properties including the size and background color, if desired.
    4. Create animated movie clips for at least three life forms. Try to use as many different types of animation as you can think of for these movie clips.
    5. Create buttons for the images, using your animated movies in the Up state and also designing a Hit state.
    6. Add some explanatory text.

 

  1. You work in the multimedia department of a university. A professor asks you to build an interactive study guide in Flash that includes a series of test questions. The professor would like to see a prototype of a multiple choice style test question with 2 choices, similar to the following:

            What is the periodic symbol of oxygen?

1.      Ox

2.      O

The professor would like you to build in feedback telling students whether the answer they supply is correct or incorrect.

a.       Create a new Flash Document, name as above.

b.      Set the document properties including size and background color, if desired.

c.       Use the Text tool to create a multiple choice style question of your own. The question should have two choices.

d.      Create an input field in which a student can type an answer.

e.       Create a text field that reads: Your Answer:

f.       Create a submit button near the input field.

g.      Create two feedback screens. One screen should indicate an answer is correct, and the other that an answer is incorrect.

h.      Attach ActionScript to the submit button which, upon the click of a button, uses if actions to compare the number the student has typed with the correct answer, then send the student to the appropriate “correct” or “incorrect” screen.

i.        Add a start again button to each of the feedback screens that returns the student to the original question.

 

  1. You have been asked to create several sample designs for the new homepage of a new student art, poetry, and fiction anthology called AnthoArt. This website will showcase artwork that includes painting, woodcuts, and photography, as well as poetry and fiction.
    1. Obtain some appropriate images from the Internet.
    2. Create a new Flash Document, name as above.
    3. Set the document properties including size and background color, if desired.
    4. Using a combination of tracing and breaking apart images, create a collage on the stage from at least four images.
    5. Create a title of AnthoArt, using a bitmap fill for some or all of the letters.
    6. Create an enter button, using one of the images as a bitmap fill.
    7. Link the Enter button to a secondary page, then create a button back to the homepage. Use ActionScript and frame labels to create this navigation.

 

  1. You have been asked to create a Flash movie for the JAM Basketball website. The movie is to highlight the upcoming High Intensity Hoops Clinic. Use this website for info: Jam Ball Brochure
    1. Obtain some appropriate images from the Internet.
    2. Create a new Flash Document, name as above.
    3. Set the document properties including size and background color, if desired.
    4. Create a title of JAM High Intensity Hoops, using bitmap fill for some or all of the letters.
    5. Create an animated text piece.
    6. Create an animation with a motion guide.
    7. Add sound.

 

  1. Create a simple interactive Flash movie of your choice. It must be different from your personal assignments (created just for the test). The movie should include elements that are controlled or alterable by the end user.

Technically, the piece must incorporate the following items:

    1. At least one button symbol with up, over, and down states defined.
    2. The button(s) must cause and use an event.
    3. A minimum of four points of user interaction.
    4. At least three sound effects that are triggered via a user interaction (sounds may be found on the web by searching “free mp3s”).
    5. Use of simple ActionScript commands. For example, playback control methods such as “gotoAndPlay”