Wednesday, 28 January 2009

Initial Ideas

I have come to the conclusion that I would like to produce an interactive website, game or study aid.

The website would be produced using HTML and flash.
The game would be produced using Flash, C#, Java, Visual basic or HTML.
The study aid would be produced using Flash and/or HTML.

Memory research

Types of Memory

There are two forms for memory I will focus my assignment on, which are:

Computer memory:
RAM
Memory card
Cache memory

Human memory:
Short term
Long term
Working memory

Tuesday, 27 January 2009

Brief

This is the brief that I will follow when creating my interactive multimedia product:

It's a production based assignment and ask you to create an interactive multimedia product or application (website, interactive video or animation, mobile application, installation, etc). You are free to explore the digital world and to select the appropriate media for your concept. The subject for your piece needs to deal with MEMORY, in particular exploring how we deal with the DIGITAL MEMORY. What is meant by DIGITAL MEMORY is quite broad and it could go from the physical support to the archiving process itself. MEMORY, as a brief for your content, is therefore intended in a broad sense: physical, political, social, historical, cultural, etc …