EVALUATION :]

To those who have played my game, could you please evaluate this survey:

(Just copy+paste this info an the comments box and either write or put the number next to it)
[1 is strongly agree/ VERY good, whilst 5 is strongly disagree/ VERY bad]

1 2 3 4 5 Was the objective of the game and instructions, clear? If not, why?

1 2 3 4 5 How was the Graphical user interface?

1 2 3 4 5 Was the game engaging?

1 2 3 4 5 Was the game a challenge and could you identify the degrees of difficulties?

1 2 3 4 5 How was the use of sound (background music and sound effects)?

Are there any suggestions for improvement?

I really appreciate your feedback and your time.

ASSESSMENT

15th November, 2010

Ok so I have thought of what types of games I wanted to make and these are some of the ideas for the different types. I know that I will not be able to start my game until exams are over because I have to study for them. So these are the ideas:

ROLE PLAY: i can't think of how i am actually going to materialise the Role Play game ideas i have. It would have been good if there was a programmer who takes my ideas and actually makes them work.

PUZZLE: I was about to do a game like "Bejeweled"- a game where you have to line up three of the same gems together to get points. There was also the type of game like a maze.

STORY TELLING: i would probably use a normal boy or girl that has to suddenly become a ninja because they are a prodigy. Then they have to retrieve various things and get to the end. (there HAS to be a HAPPY ending)

ARCADE/ACTION: I am probably going to use PONG because that is like brick breaker but what I want to create is one paddle but lots od balls with different levels of speed. My levels here are going to be based on speeds of the balls.

Scratch challenge 7

*Create a sprite that records the number of times you click it.

I found this challenge very easy as it is pretty straightforward. I set the count to zero whenever the flag is clicked to make it a new game. Then i put when the sprite it clicked change count by 1.

So it was VERY easy.

Scratch Challenge 6

*Create a sprite whose motion is controlled by keyboard input (eg. Arrow keys) similar to that used in Tetris. The starting position on the X axis should be random, the Y axis position should be the top of the screen. The object is to steer the sprite towards a target.

Here I copied what was given to me but added the random position for x through the operator blocks.

I also set broadcasts for the messages of success and failure. The background would either say "You WIN" or "You LOSE".

I used the "surprise sprite" button to get my target and funnily i got a baseball man. I put that guy as the target and obviously it still works but looks funny.

Scratch Challenge 5

* Scratch to tell a basic story with several backgrounds and some basic sounds associated with each background.

This script basically gives the sprite its dialouge and broadcasts signals so that the background changes.  

This script is when the backgrounds are receiving the broadcasts and are switching themselves. The sounds associated with each background is also visible. But i only put the sound for one background as i though it was pretty obvious that we copy the same blocks onto other background options.

SOLUTIONS...?

"1) I am trying to put three balls in. I have the option of putting in 2 balls but then when I do the same for the third ball, the balls just moves abruptly in one spot."

I have found an alternative- I messed with my scripts and something went wrong so i decided to delete the 2 balls options and accidentally I played it and three balls were coming so i decided to make it either one ball or 3 balls. when they click on the 3 balls button it will change into 1 ball so that they will know what to click on for one ball.

"2) The background music is seriously stuffed up! I try to have different sounds for different backgrounds but they all get mixed up."

I decided to have those multiple background music that will add depth to the music as they go to different levels. The music will be kind of soft. The players will be too consumed in playing the game that they will hardly notice the music. I have also added sound effects- when the unicorn gets hit it will make a "aaarrrgghhhhh" sound and whenever the ball hits the paddle, it will make a "fingersnap" sound. Also when the players clik on some buttons they make a "bubble" sound.

3) I wanted to put lives in but then I realise that the lives were going into minus numbers and i thought that if i have too much on my page it will look cluttered. Look it will be like this with the lives:

So you see it will be cluttered

I decided that i was not going to put lives in. If it goes into minus numbers then the game will not make any sense.

"4) I think that my game will be visually crowded because of the number of sprites there but i think it would be better if you have too much rather than have too less that will not enable you to continue with the game."

I decided to keep the rest SPRITES because they are essential components.

"5) I fear that my game is too easy..."

I actually realised that it is not that easy but this was because I knew a secret that would make a player in the definite top of the high score list.

FINISHED

I asked my brother to check my game and after he pointed out some mistakes i finished it and i am going to make sure that it is good and publish it on the due date.

PROBLEMS

Today I furthur worked on my assignment. I encountered a lot of problems. I hope to find alternatives or solutions to these:

1) I am trying to put three balls in. I have the option of putting in 2 balls but then when I do the same for the third ball, the balls just moves abruptly in one spot.

2) The background music is seriously stuffed up! I try to have different sounds for different backgrounds but they all get mixed up.

3) I wanted to put lives in but then I realise that the lives were going into minus numbers and i thought that if i have too much on my page it will look cluttered. Look it will be like this with the lives:

So you see it will be cluttered

4) I think that my game will be visually crowded because of the number of sprites there but i think it would be better if you have too much rather than have too less that will not enable you to continue with the game.

5) I fear that my game is too easy but when my friends tried it out they said that it was actually hard because you are getting killed so many times

I encountered a lot of problems but they were minor and i was able to solve them ,the major ones though were those that i mentioned earlier. I will post about any solutions i have found.

"SAVE THE UNICORN"- CHARACTERISTICS

These are the various characteristics I am going to use in my game:

There is going to be a score and a high score block. These are the main components that i have incorporated in my game to make it engaging. Players may play with others and see eho has the highest score or who beat who. It is a challenge and a competition.

This is also a really important button because it allows the player to play with one paddle and 3 balls. This, of course, will turn the notch up!

These are the settings for the different types of levels. Now that we have 3 levels and the option to play with 3 balls, we have a combination of levels (EASY being the easiest and HARD+3BALLS being the hardest)

Here we have a range of buttons or SPRITES to deal with.

RESET- Sets the score and high score to zero

Menu- Goes to the front page that has the options of PLAY and HELP

START- Starts the whole game without going to the front page

STOP- Stops the whole game without going to the front page

CHANGED DECISION

I've come up with a completely new idea. Ok so here is the run down on the new game. It is still like PONG but WWAAYYY BETTER!

NAME: Save The Unicorn

TYPE: PONG kind of game

OBJECTIVE: The objective of the game is to ultimatley save the unicorn from getting hit by demonic balls.

INSTRUCTION: I've already finished the instructions and they look like this:

Chosen game

So the game I have chosen is to make a kind of a PONG game.

At first I tried to modify the game that was already present in the examples of scratch but then i ended up changing the whole thing. It looked much more complicated and had different levels Below are some screen shots:

The above picture is the script for the brick that could get hit by the balls and give extra points. The scratch programme sometimes made it work and other times, it didn't even do anything.
And the one on the right is a script of the ball and what actions it must do to keep the game going.

scratch Challenge 2

* Create two sprites, have them randomly move around the screen (see challenge 1), when they touch have them stop (or react in some other way)

I completes this challenge and added some of my extra features to it as well. I actually made the shark close its mouth when it eats the fish. I did this by switching between different costumes under the  if statements. I also made the characters start at a certain place rather than at random places.

everyone was experiencing problems with this one because the shark seemed to be constantly going out of the screen, i just put the command if on edge bounce. However it was alway son the edge again. Everything seemed to be going too fast. so i slowed down the steps. but that did not seem to work.
To make it more realistic i made the little fish faster than the big shark.
I am probably going to use these variables as part of my game because it is an essential part in any game.

Broadcast

Broadcast:
 The process of a web construction with the combined and synchronized motion of two sprites.  

It uses broadcast signals to activate different parts of the process.

  It basically is when two sprites "communicate with each other and perform processes at the same time whilst interacting.

Gliding/ scratch challenge 3

I used this glide control structure to make bees fly around flowers. Gliding allows a character to smoothly follow a given direction. we can give them the directions points either through typing in the specific points x and y. Or you can type in the name of a character and make another character glide in that direction.

Mouse pointer

This is the simple script for making a character move to a mouse pointer.

• We have to put the "when flag clicked" button so that we know when the character will begin to chase after the mouse pointer
• we need to put the forever control option otherwise it will have a time limit which doesn't make any sense
• of course we need to put the point towards a mouse pointer so that the character faces that way. if we simply do this and not put the "move 10 steps" bit then the character will not move but will simply turn to the mouse pointer
• The purpose of "move 10 steps" is to make the character chase after the mouse rather than just staying still. I personally found out that 10 steps was too fast therefor  I would recommend 6 steps.

Ants - moving the character

We have made an example in scratch that relates to moving a character. We basically used the same controls we would use for any character and they are listed below. To make an example and actually implement it on a project we added some extra control structures in which enabled us to have a smooth finish. we did find little bugs all the time but  finding them is what made us keep on improving them. Here is a little screenshot of the script.

 This example is basically- making the "mother" ant move towards the fortune cookie. Then when it touches the fortune cookie, it will say "yummy" and make the sound of a "shaker"(we couldn't find the sound of chomp). Then the rest of the "lazy baby" ants come and make that noise too and stay there. and appear to be eating the fortune cookie.

We had to make each of the baby ants eat the fortune cookie. Therefore we had to have separate control structures for each of the ants which instructs them to point towards the cookie and walk to it when the mother ant says yummy. 

Control structures

This is a control structure that I made.


When I press the space bar it will rotate 15 degrees and if I press it continuously it will move around itself continuously. If it touches the colour, then it will switch to a different costume or different image.

Moving a character

To basically make a character  move youy need to create 4 different algorithms. Each for the separate directions that you need to go(right left, up and down)
Firstly you put the "when ___key is presses"[The basic keys that are widley used are the left arrow, right arrow, up arrow and down arrow] . This is so that the person has a choice of where to go and this certain key will instigate the algorithm associated with it.
Then we need the "point in direction___". This is to change the direction of the sprite so that it will go to a specific direction.
Then we need to put the "move__steps". this makes the sprite move__steps in the direction they were turned to in the previous command.

That is basically how you make your cahrater move.

 

Scratch challenge 4 - Animation

* Using the flying bat you created in challenge 3, now have your bat fly towards you, by using the “change size” function.

• This is the script that I can possibly use to make moving animation. This works by firstly adding the "when (green flag) clicked" block. This will help the animation to be organised and start at a certain time rather than just randomly starting.
• Then we need to put the "forever" block. What this does is makes the instructions inside the block loop forever. That means the bat, which is the animal in this script, will keep flying forever.
• The purpose of the instructions inside the forever block is to make the bat appear to be flying. How we do this is cahnge between two pictures/ costumes- one of the bat's wings up in the air and the other with the wings down. The 'switch to costume "bat-a"'. I put this at the beginning because the costume needed to be changed from the orignal sprite which was a cat. So basically the bat has its wings up, waits for 0.3seconds, then moves 5 steps forward to make it look like its flyign forward. Then it switches costumes which makes it look loke the wings go down, waits for 0.3 seconds and moves 5 steps forward.
• At the end i put the "if on edge bounce" block. I f i don't put this then the bat will fly away from the screen. To make the bat stay in the screen, we need to make it turn from teh edges and that is what this block does.
• Also we need to look at the options at the top of the programme and click on this(the highlighted part which says (only left-right)

• Usually the bat will go upside down after it bounces off the edge but if you click on this the bat will stay upright.

So this is how to make an animation.

Flowcharts

This flowchart is the algorithm for how long the LED light is turned on. After one second it turns off.

This flowchart simply is the algorithm to tell us if the"sunstance" is above freezing or below freezing.

1. Convert one of the algorithms you have created in the previous task into a flowchart, e.g. opening a door, moving through a traffic light.

This is my flowchart for the traffic lights:) click on it for a better view.

Algorithms

“Computers never do what you want them to do,

they only do what you tell them to!”

Using the web, find definitions for the following terms and post them on your blog. Make sure the definitions relate to computers and programming.

1. Algorithms: Step by step instructions required to complete a task

2. Pseudocode: Pseudocode is kind of structured English for describing algorithms. It allows the designer to focus on the logic of the algorithm without being distracted by details of language syntax.
3. Machine Language: Sometimes referred to as machine code or object code, machine language is a collection of binary digits or bits that the computer reads and interprets. Machine language is the only language a computer is capable of understanding.

4. High Level Computer Language: A programming language that enables a programmer to write programs that is more or less independent of a particular type of computer. Such languages are considered high-level because they are closer to human languages and further from machine languages.

5. Flowchart: It is a type of diagram that represents the algorithm/processes in step by step boxes.

6. Sequence: A boot sequence is the initial set of operations that the computer performs when power is switched on.

7. Selection: Is a type of control stucture when programming and the computer makes a "selection" if the requires criteria is available

8. Repetition: Is a type of control structure in programming where the action is repeated again until a specified time or forever.
Then with the aid of class discussions, write an algorithm for the following processes;

ALGORITHMS

In your algorithm write each step of the process on a new line. Remember not to assume the computer knows anything.

1. opening a door and entering a room.

1. move 90 degrees to your right,
2. take 5 medium steps forward,
3. lift your hand so that it is in level with the door knob,
4. grab the knob,
5. turn it 180 degrees, and
6. push out the door so that it is fully open
7. end

2. Negotiating traffic lights as you drive down a street.

1. Approach lights
2. if you see a green light, continue
3. if you see a red light, stop
4. if you see a yellow light, slow down
5. end

SCRATCH or ALICE

Scratch is a programming  software designed to make animations, interactive programmes, games etc...
I have a feeling that we are supposed to only use scratch for our assignment but I found another programme called ALICE which is a 3D programming software. I think it would look more professional. But then I think it would be better if i do Scratch because if i get any problems in Alice, Sir might not know the answer.

Oh well, we'll see:)))  

P.S. Here is a video on how to use ALICE:
http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice
go to this page and watch the video named: LeaLearn about the Alice interface and how to start creating your own worlds

Broadband Research

1. What is broadband?


Broadband is actually a shortened word for broadband Internet access, and is a high data rate Internet access. It is often juxtaposed with Dial up access which is a relatively low rate internet access when compared to broadband.
2. Outline the methods of delivery of broadband (wireless, cable, ADSL and fibre)? Identify the speed of each method.


Satellite: 512 kb/s

Wireless:1Mb/s

ADSL:8 Mb/s

ADSL2: 12 Mb/s

HSDPA: 14.4 Mb/s

ADSL+: 24 Mb/s

Cable: 30 Mb/s

CPU Research(again)

For some reason my previous post did not appear so i am doing it again.
• A CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the main component of a computer that does most of the processing. It accepts input data, processes the information and sends it to the component that is in charge of executing the action.
• The “interactivity” part of Multimedia connects to CPUs. We interact with CPUs - giving them instructions and they respond to our requests and finish the given task. They also allow us to look at images, animation, videos and texts. In fact, CPUs allow us to create multimedia within the computer. Examples include creating images with paint, making videos through adding images and sounds, writing text in word, recording sounds through microphones, and making animations with programmes such as pencil and inkscape.
• There are different types of processors. The designs include 8bit,12bit, 16bit, 32bit, 64bit, multicore, RISC(Reduced Instruction Set Computer) etc.. There are countless but we can classify them generally as high-end CPUs and low-end CPUs. The two main producers of these chips are Intel and AMD. However the popular and interesting ones are multi core processor and the atom processor. These are the advantages and disadvantages of each:
ADVANTAGES OF MULTI CORE PROCESSOR:
Better responsiveness when multitasking
faster performance in single multithreaded applications
Higher instructions processed per clock cycle
cache coherency is greatly improved
Saves more power
DISADVANTAGES OF MULTI CORE PROCESSOR:
Expensive
Software application support and Operating system support is needed for it to work
“Production yields” decrease and become more difficult to manage.
Architectural perspective: single CPU designs make better use of the silicon surface area than a dual core processor

ADVANTAGES OF AN ATOM PROCESSOR:
Cheap
Uses less energy
Great for web books because it gives them 7-9 hours of battery life
Ideal for basic computing and in netbooks
DISADVANTAGES OF AN ATOM PROCESSOR:
Low performance
“Slow” computer
Cannot play 3Dgames or use softwares such as Photoshop.
• 64 bit processor was a sudden popular one so I decided to evaluate it as well.
• ADVANTAGES:
Some operating systems for 64 bit processors had the capacity to support the previous 32 bit designs as well.
Can certainly make working with large data sets in applications such as digital video, scientific computing, and large databases easier than 32 bits.
Makes multi tasking easier
Reduces clustering for high performance computing
Allows to address more RAM
• DISADVANTAGES
• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=368607
A possible depletion in performance due to the larger memory address taking up twice as much room in the cache.
Hardware and software compatibility
• A CPU has four primary functions: FETCH, DECODE, EXECUTE, and WRITEBACK.
FETCH: The CPU retrieves the instruction that it needs to run from program memory.
DECODE: This is the process of breaking down the complier for the specific programme and breaking it down to assembly language so that the CPU can understand it.
EXECUTE: Based on the instructions it is given, the CPU can then do one of three things:
1) Using its Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), the CPU can calculate extremely complicated mathematical functions;
2) Move data from one memory location to another;
3) Jump to different addresses in the program based on decisions made by the CPU itself.
WRITEBACK: Each of the actions taken by the CPU produces some sort of output. The CPU takes this output and writes it into the computer’s memory.
• CPU’s can be extremely costly because they are the main source of the whole process of a computer. They usually come with a tower (which is the box which we usually refer to as the CPU, but as we know now, a CPU is the chip.) They may range anywhere between $200-$10,000.
NOTE: We are not including the microprocessors of supercomputers in the price range.
• In the near future Intel is planning to release some new designs of chips. These new designs are called the Sandy Bridge and the Ivy Bridge. The purpose of both of these chips is to improve the performance of a computer when multitasking to allow for a smooth experience. People are working towards improving the processors so they we completely get rid of computer “freezes” and “hang ups”.
• SANDY BRIDGE (Release date – January 2011): Its features include: Using Intel AVX which in turn accelerates the trends toward floating point intensive computation in general purpose applications like image, video, and audio processing, as well as engineering applications, including 3D modeling and analysis, scientific simulation, and financial analytics. It is also a 32 nanometre processor
• IVY BRIDGE (Release date – 2012): Its features include: It is a 22nanometre processor. Ivy Bridge will bring quad-core to the entry level, while delivering hexa-core and octa-core for other segments.


- http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Multi-core_computing_-_Development_motivation/id/4998265
- http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cpu-technology- explained/
- http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20100412comp.htm
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=368607

WIX evaluation again

I was right about the graphics taking too long to load problem. Hopwever I am satisfied with my final website as it looks really good to me. I suggest the person marking will wait a little bit for my pages to load. I was having a weird problem with WIX as it sometimes said"encountered Error#23" and did not save my work. I had to save it again after a while and it worked. It had some technicla difficulties.
Remember how I thought that WIX had a hard interface for the designer? Well, I realised that it is really really EASY!! Once you get used to it is is the same.

So i am very happy with choosing WIX mainly because of the amount of animation it allowed me to use on my website that made it look more like a website. So along with its distinct qualities just mentioned I honestly still think it is the most versatile and had the same interface for the designer. The user interface for my website greatly depends on the person themselves(me!). This is because io was the one who made the whole navigation system and i am pretty sure that visitors will not be lost or confused whilst navigating through my website. I would like to say that i know know where to go in case I need to reccomed a website making website to someone who wants to make a website.

Final Website link

http://www.wix.com/08ptalada/Final-multimedia

The future

The topic future directions had taught me that the new technologies are being created in order to suppress the rising problems we have relating to multimedia. For example the dual cores for CPUs are a great way to play games which have a high amount of graphics or for multitasking with different tasks that require a high amount of energy. Many people notice problems in hardware devices and feedback to the companies. Then, if the amount of people that agree on this is a large amount, they work out a solution for it and include it in their devices. Sometimes they have to create new devices, which people need to buy. Consumers get frustrated then because of this reason. This is what happened with Anroid creating new Bluetooth devices which then had to be purchased again.

Bluetooth research

• A short-range wireless technology designed to allow connection of portable devices in a wire-free manner. It offers short-range wireless communications between compatible devices for transferring data files such as photo or music files
• It is used to transfer multimedia content such as audio, video, text and animation to other devices that have Bluetooth capability. Examples of Bluetooth capable devices include phones, laptops, computers etc…
• There are different types of bluetooths. The exterior features of Bluetooths vary according to the manufacturers. These are visible differences but there are types of Bluetooth with different interior technical distinctions.
Firstly there are classified by their power levels. There are three basic power levels: Class1 devices which use 100mW (milliwatts) and have an operating range of up to 100 meters, Class2 devices which use 10mW (milliwatts) and have an operating range of up to 10 meters, and Class3 devices which use 1mW (milliwatts) and have an operating range of 0.1-10 meters.
Bluetooths are also classified according to their security levels: Mode1- Non-secure where No security is implemented, Mode2- Service-level security where Access is granted to individual services, and Mode3- Link-level security where Security is enforced at a common level for all applications at the beginning of the connection.
• The advantages and disadvantages of each type is pretty self explanatory. Obviously if you have a Class1 device with Mode3 link-level security, you are much better off than if you were to have a Class3 device with Mode1”non-secure”. But the advantages and disadvantages of Bluetooth as a whole are:
Advantages:
 Inexpensive
 Its range for transferring files even when you have walls, windows, or other physical obstructions.
 Automatic(unless you set it to manual)
 Wireless
 Bluetooth devices are capable of communicating with multiple other Bluetooth capable devices at any given time.
 Low energy consumption, which means longer sharing.
 Share voice and data
 It is upgradeable
Disadvantages:
 Minor interferences (however the new technology is rapidly fixing emerging problems like these ones in an instant)
 Bluetooth implementations normally limit the PIN number range. A PIN number is usually only four digits and the scalability for large environments is difficult.

• The YouTube video explains how Bluetooth works. But this is how it works: It comprises of a base band processor, a radio and an antenna. The base-band processor converts the data into signals, which radios can decipher. The antenna of another blue tooth device, within at least 30 feet distance, receives a transmitted signal in the air. The signals are processed in the reverse order. Bluetooth technology provides a 10-meter personal bubble that supports simultaneous transmission of both voice and data for multiple devices.
• Bluetooth was introduced by Toshiba for $199. Now it can range from $40 to $200 depending on the type of the device.
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1328113
• This website states that there are going to be two new versions of Bluetooth available for the market in 2011. These include Bluetooth 3 which has 802.11 as a bearer-This bearer apparently makes data transmission faster. It is very suitable for consumer class lifestyle as consumers are demanding for a greater bandwidth in order to transfer large files such as images and videos. Bluetooth 4 will introduce a new low-energy (LE) mode that will enable communication with external peripherals and sensors. This will be used more in the industrial areas such as fitness, healthcare and environmental control. They can also use it enable new functions in handsets such as autolock when users move away from them. The improvements for Bluetooth always include better security levels and battery life.

- www.mobilefonereviews.co.uk/mobile-phone-glossary.aspx
- www.vodafone.com/start/investor_relations/shareholder_services/faq/glossary.html
- http://www.tech-faq.com/bluetooth.html
- http://www.bluetomorrow.com/about-bluetooth-technology/general-bluetooth-information/bluetooth-advantages.html
- http://www.bluetomorrow.com/bluetooth-reviews/phone-and-phone-system-reviews/vtech-ls6245-expandable-bluetooth-phone-system.html
- http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1328113

Handheld Research

• A handheld device is a pocket-sized computing device, typically having a display screen with touch input and/or a miniature keyboard. We use it for entertainment (camera, games, music, videos), storage so that we can access multimedia while we are on the go, organization with the help of applications such as calendars, memos, tasks and timers, to socialize with social networking sites(facebook, twitter), to contact each other via calling or text messages and many more.
• As we know multimedia is a medium with a combination of different contents such as audio, video, animation, text, interactivity, and still images. Most handheld devices come with all of these contents- making it part of the multimedia world. We use cameras to produce images and videos, we use the microphones to record sounds, in laptops we can create animation through software, and in order to do all this, we interact with the device. Therefore it is a part of the multimedia world.
• Mobile computers – The whole idea of using a mobile while on the go is cool- it’s portability. Bu the disadvantages include: Insufficient bandwidth, power consumption, Transmission interferences in places like tunnels, Potential health hazards (accidents because of using mobile phone while driving, and human interference with device (getting used to the small keypads etc…
Mobile internet device (or MIDs)- It is a multimedia-capable mobile device providing wireless Internet access. It is a consumer class lifestyle device and runs a "lightweight" Operating system. It is also optimized for things like media playback and web surfing.
o Personal digital assistant/enterprise digital assistant
o Calculator
o Handheld game console
o Portable media player
o Digital still camera (DSC)
o Digital video camera (DVC or digital camcorder)
o Mobile phone
o Pager
o Personal navigation device (PND)
Smartphones:
Advantages:
With the help of electronic diaries, contact lists, and automatic reminders, they can help you be organised.
 Similar to a PDA, you can take notes, review and edit your appointments, contacts and documents, all while you're on the move.
 More applications are being added to smartphone to make it easier for the user. Examples include access to maps and directions, television transmissions with news coverage or weather reports to traffic information and scheduling alerts.
 Email and web access while you are on the go. The web access has also grown considerably faster over the years.
 Better information sharing- you can share files worth greater amount of data than previously.
 Greater functionality- taking a picture and sending it instantly

Disadvantages: http://it.medicine.dal.ca/handheld/connectivity/smartphones.htm
 requires an expensive wireless data plan
 bigger and heavier than a regular digital cell phone
 hard to use your PDA at the same time as talking on the phone



• The two main devices from which the others branch out are MIDs and UMPCs. Therefore here are the advantages ad disadvantages of each:

ADVANTAGES OF MIDS:
 Runs on a lightweight OS
 Useful for web surfing
 Are portable
 Can socialize online effectively


DISADVANTAGES OF MIDS:
 Internet and bandwidth reliant
 Security Issues- “spyware”
 Cost of the device
 Cost of the internet (excluding hotspots)


ADVANTAGES OF UMPCs:
 Powerful processor
 A big, bright display
 Support for the latest connectivity standards.
 Optimized for office use applications

DISADVANTAGES OF UMPCs:
 Costlier than MIDs
 Runs on a heavy OS- less battery time
• The price range of all handheld devices is from $20(calculator) to $1240(I pad).
• Nintendo 3DS. It uses the latest technology called “autostereoscopy”. No glasses required. It falls into the category of portable game consoles. This is a revolutionary technology that will change other things like televisions or even computers and laptops. Other video games will quickly grasp onto this “glasses free” 3D experience. Since it is new, a lot of people would be eager to get the latest technology but I am betting you that other problems will arise with this new invention and then again people will invent solutions for those problems. So we can see that inventions have invisible threads to them that attach to bring out the creation of other inventions.
• Sony is planning to release a playstation phone, which will essentially be a new smartphone capable of downloading and playing Playstation games. This will be popular because it will reduce the number of devices being bought by people and also makes various playstation games portable.
• The other will be a tablet device combining a netbook, and e-book reader, and gaming functionality. Another combination of entertainment for consumers that will be popular because of the reduction of devices.
• In order for handheld devices to work a range of components are essential.
• These include the display screen, sizes, storage capacity, hard disk drives, how to input data, type of keyboard, memory, Wi-Fi connectivity and camera. However I believe the main component is the battery that brings the whole device to life without the use of any wires. People are moving towards creating new batteries which are less heavy but ones that provide longer lasting battery life. In order to display content display screens of all sizes are available in today's market. The average would be 3 inches but sizes vary. The resolution of the display screen is important. This is because no matter how big the device is, you need to be able to see the content. Handheld devices also store multimedia and there is a limit to its capacity. However by inserting SD (secure digital) cards into the devices, we can invariably increase its capacity. An example could be my phone- I had put a 2GB SD card into it otherwise, my mobile would only be able to store about 20 photos. In order to store we have o input data somehow: through cameras, ports (usually USB ones), and through keyboards (such as the QWERTY keyboard or touch screen).To enjoy social networking on the go, devices work through wireless internet connection called Wi-Fi.

- http://www.is4profit.com/business-advice/it-telecoms/smartphones/the-benefits-of-smartphones.html
- http://communication.howstuffworks.com/smartphone.htm
- http://www.squidoo.com/mobile_internet
- http://www.ehow.com/list_6500784_advantages-disadvantages-mobile-internet.html

CPU research

Difficulties/ Interesting Things/Solutions

• It is very hard to choose a template in wix because there are just so many of them. You would like to have a look on everything but time limit gets you.

• I just realized that I have too much information from the research. I probably will have to cut it down a liitle bit and include more pictures and videos , which reminds me that I have to even research videos on youtube about the specific topic I am doing and talk about it as well.

• I actually found making your own page was easier than choosing a template because the template is fixed to a certain theme but when you do it you can customize your website. This way we could also explore and find out many interesting features.

• I found out that Wix does not let me load bitmap images into the editing pages. in fact the bitmap images do not even come up on the screen when i try to upload them from my computer. The only files it supports are jpg. JPEG. Gif. and Png. files. I will have to convert them . These littl ethings just waste time.
• Wix has minipages in which you can put text. I became VERY VERY annoyed with the editing bit because you have to click on the "box" to edit. I click on it a thousand times but it does not let me edit. You have to literally click on it carefully 10 times to get it right. Then you should not put the cursor anywhere else otherwise you have to start the whole process again!! it is soooooo annooying!! I tried to close my window and open it again but still it was doing the same thing!
• There is also a problem with inserting tables into WIx or even this blogger posts. The format is completley mixed and messy. This means that i have to basically rewrite the whole thing again in point form.
• I kind of found a solution for the "table words mix up" but it was not effective. I used the snip tool and cut out the table part out of my word document. But when I added the table it was blurry. I figured out that putting it in a text box is better as we can see it clearluy and move it to our convenience.
• I have learnt a BIG lesson. I have to save my work after every chang ei make. My computer at my house kept shutting down every 20 minutes and i lost the changes i made for 5 times. Then I learnt to save it every 2 minutes.
• I did not put music in my website except for the future page because i thought that the music will interfere with the audio od the videos i put on the same pages. However i had no videos for the future page so i decided to keep music on that page.
• I also decided to put the topic of "future" in a completley different page as i thought that it is an important topic that drives attention to the latest technological updates and developments and the combination of the future of different topics will lead poeple to look at thje dramatic change in technology over many yaers.

Handheld Devices bibliogrphy

http://www.globalspec.com/LearnMore/Industrial_Computers_Embedded_Computer_Components/Mobile_Computing/Handheld_Portable_Computers

Types of handheld devices

Jimdo

I have decided to test jimdo as it looked intersting. you have to sign up in order to edit blogs in this one: this i sthe home page:

Ok so the first problem with jimdo is that it says you have to go to your email fo rthe login instructions, but when you open your email there is nothing there. The beginning step itself comes with problems.

So I didnt get an email and i have tried it twice. But on the site you can see the various featrues it has if i were to get a mail. thi sis what it look slike after i log on :

Jimbo has differebt pages as well . 1 jimdo basic- which looks good but wehen compared to other ones it is less appealing 2 jimdo pro- which is a slightly better version and opens up more features than the basic package. and 3 jimdo business which is the ultimate webpage designing tool.

Jimdo allows me to put pictures in two very convenient ways- as little grids, which , when you click on will enlarge or as a very pro-looking flash gallery. It also allows me to put PDF files on the site.

I can also change the overall deisign, the background colour, the background pattern and the header image at the top. 

I finally got the password in my email but I had to wait for an astounding3 hours!!! Any way I logged on to the site and immediately looked at the long side bar located on the right hand side. It allowed me to change the layout of my webpage, the font and colour of every text on my webpage, completely make a new blog in order for me to post things about my website, add friends and create links to their pages( a good sign of collaboration), message my friends on twitter, statistics of Jimdo usage, and a help button. There was also a settings button which had a lot of other things in tit such as my blog and profile settings, email and domain management, widgets to add to the website, and many more. Just take a look:

In order to edit the already premade text boxes, we just click on them. Then it opens up a format similar to blogger when postings, for us to edit any changes.

VERSATILITY: Jimdo is versatile as it allows me to add HTML links, pictures, firstly photos. However when compared to Wix, I think Jimdo will lose in versatility as Wix also provides animations and way more photos than Jimdo.

EASE OF USE: Jimdo is extremely easy to use as it is straightforward. If you want to change something you just click on it. But I don’t like it when you have to actually use an arrow to move the title or picture. I would have liked it if we could just move it with our cursor. In the ease of use, I think Jimdo defeats Wix because it looks complicated. Both work on the same method but Jimdo seems easier to my brain. Jimdo had additional features that are interesting but you can only access them if you upgrade.

COLLABORATION: I do not need to worry about collaboration as I am doing the assignment alone but I heard that In order to make a website in Jimdo with a friend, it would be better if you worked on different pages and linked the pages back to one website. IF they do work on the same page, the information done by one person will be deleted as the other one save after them.

Piracy Research

http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_views/what_is_piracy.html
I have accesed information from this website for the following research. I have already put it in my own words.
- Define piracy
- The word “piracy” is usually used to represent the purposeful intrusion of copyright on a profit-making scale.
- Who commits piracy? Why do the do it?
- Well... PEOPLE pirate different things like-movies, music, videos etc... In order to either make copies of it and distribute it illegally and gain profit from others works or to avoid paying for the actual piece and getting it for free.
- Define copyright
- “Copyright is a type of legal protection for people who produce things like writing, images, music and films. It is a legal right to prevent others from doing certain things (such as copying and making available online) without permission.” In other words it is a type of legal protection for the composers of pieces writing, images, music and films, from piracy.
- How does is protect piracy of information?
- First of all we need to understand that copyright protects the form or way an idea or information is expressed, not the idea or information itself. Therefore it protects the “information” through giving the owner of the information notice and asking them for permission. If they pirate without their consent, penalties, sentences and/or prosecutions may be instigated.
- Who can use copyright?
- People that use copyright usually include: A State, Territory or Federal Government, Films and sound recordings, Freelance photographers, engravers and people doing portrait, and Employees
- What kind of multimedia is pirated or can be copyrighted? (discuss the individual multimedia elements)
- As said before pieces writing, images, music and films can be pirated or copyrighted.
- What are the different ways that multimedia is pirated?
- Physical piracy: Physical music piracy (making or distributing copies of sound recordings on physical carriers without the permission of the rights owner), Counterfeits (they are a type of physical piracy, These are recordings made without required permission, which are packaged to resemble the original as closely as possible), and Bootlegs (unauthorised recording of live broadcasting programmes and the distributing of its copies) Internet Piracy: Now this is a broad topic. "Internet piracy" is commonly used to refer to a variety of unauthorised uses of music or other creative content on the internet.

This information below was gathered from:
http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~eroberts/cs201/projects/software-piracy/personal.html

- What are the advantages of piracy, if there are any?
- Don’t have to pay for information The first and foremost advantage is that there is no cost involved. You do not have to buy the original software. Then it is the ease of use- it is very easy to acquire and requires no physical strain that you would normally take part in if you were to buy the actual thing. Another advantage is that you remain anonymous whenever you do something illegal. It is often perceived as a “victimless” crime when actually the victims are the several businesses and composers of the actual thing. Profit is what might occur when you pirate something. All you would need is a cheap CD burner and voila!
- What are the disadvantages?
- Cost to industry, loss of income to artists The biggest problem is that piracy is illegal. If you get tracked, the police can fine you and you can get year’s long sentences in jails. The problem with piracy is that, if it is software, you can easily get viruses into your computer that may crash your whole system. Also you might not get much out of the pirated version as you would if it was an original one. You wouldn't have the manual and also the copied versions are usually not eligible for any upgrades.
This info was gatheres from a reliable government site-http://www.copyright.org.au/information/cit014/wp0125

- Are there different types of copyright?
- No, it is the same for everything. The minute a person finishes their piece, it is copyrighted- as in no one can copy it.
- What are the advantages of copyright?
- Protecting own work from illegal use, consequences on those who illegally use copyrighted information (what are the consequences? The consequences are fines, penalties and prosecutions as pirating is against the law.)
- How to you pirate something?
- Pirating has become easier with the creation of software on the internet such as specific programs-Limewire or Torrentz and multimedia devices (dvd’s, CD’s, Flash memory, DVD/CD Rom Burners). With the help of recording multimedia (audio/video recorders or even phones)people can record the live or actual piece
- How do you copyright something? Is there a cost involved?
- You would think that it is a long legal process over the Internet or phone but actually, after the second you finish your work, you are the rightful copyright owner of the piece.
- Is there a cost to pirate information?
- What is the loss of cost to the industry (music, movie, software etc.) when information is copyrighted
- An example is when apple lost 301million from piracy if the apps in the App store in Itouches and Iphones.
- What is the cost to the person if they are caught pirating or using copyrighted information? (fines)
- Fines may range. It depends of the scale of piracy.
- What is currently being done to stop or minimize piracy?
- Copyrighting pieces, applying fines and prosecutions to those who pirate, education, encryption (for digital material), and enforcement is what this website thinks will minimize piracy- http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/archive/ci/31/i05/html/05legal.html
- What are the future plans to stop or minimize piracy, if there are any?
More realistic ads, heavy fines on uploaders of pirated copies as well as downloaders, education etc...

- http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/archive/ci/31/i05/html/05legal.html
- http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYp4NM_ULivIuqPc42ZjTiXILtFvy9MH-hYIEFwV88Q3HtRBw&t=1&usg=__miF6hTtaxO1qmXA3v9a3EaJEVSs=
- http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYp4NM_ULivIuqPc42ZjTiXILtFvy9MH-hYIEFwV88Q3HtRBw&t=1&usg=__miF6hTtaxO1qmXA3v9a3EaJEVSs=

Piracy&Copyright

Through music and movies which are connected to the multimedia world , piracy can interconnect with the multimedia world

Disadvantages to the music indusrty/ film industry. loss of revenue for legitimate companies

Advantages- no money/ free
How people take part in  piracy - different softwares
the cost of the device

The next new software to stop piracy?


Copyright is difefrent to piracy

How does copyright protect people
Advantages
How to create copyright- whats required in order for you to copyright
How much does it cost
How much does it cost for a person who is coaught going against copyright

A Start

Today i am goign to start editing my wix page.
I can do my research at my house
So i am going to edit my wix page and format it

IMPORTANT POINTS

Answer the questions on topic


Dont copy and paste

Qs 5 and 6refer to the cost but it may not aplly for some topics
Mention the and pictures videos to relate to the questions you are answering


For the research

It needs to be easy to read

The way that we present it must be Easy to find

Answer qs in a logical manner

Instead of questions you can do sub headings.
Thens answer in dot points

Should already evaluated and blogged

Should be up to research phase

Make sutre i am blogging about the websitesi found the info from

Problems I overcame

What I Did This Lesson

Today I decided to explore wix. I needed to get use to the editing process of Wix because i ahd already decided that I was going to use it for my project. But Miss showed us a new site called JIMDO. i don't have time now but i will evaluate it on the weekend. :))

Skimming of Topics

The topics I chose were :
- Hand held multimedia devices ( e.g. umpc, iPod, itouch, iriver, touch screen phones, iPad
- Piracy and Copyright
- CPU’s – eg. dual core, Atom
- Bluetooth

WIX

"The sky is the limit" says Mr lenon when he saw this website.

My immediate concern was that will it be easy to edit because it is loaded with a huge amount of graphics which will take a while to load. Which means the downloading speed for wix is the concern because it uses the flash player.

However I have to say that is the only problem.

The amount of graphics is also a positive point. It gives a very professional and a high quality finish. You can add many widgets, animations, text and pages.
Another problem is that we ahve to weave our way through all the editing processes. What i mean is that it is hard to edit and it takes a while to insert the corrext things in the correct place. Though i think it will be hard to use, i believe that practice makes perfect and i am really attracted to the many templates/animattions/ widgets i can put in my website.

Versatility:
There are no words to describe the versatility of wix. It lets you add animation, text, graphics, videos, anything.:)) I LOVE IT!!

Ease of use:
If I spend a bit of time and explore it will be easy to use but because the computer at my house is slow, it means that I will not be able to do much at home. However i can research at my house and do all the insertion of the info and editing of the layout at school.

SUMMARY:
Wix is by far the most versatile website tool- It allows you to add text, galleries, animation, icons, picture, videos (from YouTube and Metacafe), music(Wix has preloaded tunes but also lets you add your own music), players, RSS, comment boxes, contact forms, Google maps, PayPal, ecommerce, HTML links along with many templates. You are getting excited reading this, aren’t you? Because it presents me with a variety of multimedia to insert into my website, I think Wix is extremely versatile.


The user interface for designers like me looks very complicated but I am assured that if I practice, I will be able to get used to it. To my subconscious mind, it feels complicated because of the high amount of graphics but I know that it is easy to use and works on the same principle as Jimdo and Protopage. Practice makes perfect. The user interface for visitors is going to be very interesting and appealing. People can freely navigate to any page they like whilst being enticed by the amazing animations and layout. This depends on the designer and I am confident that I can present that kind of navigational structure for the visitors of my website. In order to add components I just click on the type of component I want and I can either get it from a URL or I can upload pictures from my computer or I can get some of Wix’s photos or animations.

PROTOPAGE

Since I was away yesterday my friend Sangeeta gave me a run down on how to use protopage.

This is the home page of protopage.
As you can see it is very crowded but as I begin editing I will be able to delete everything and put up things I want... I noticed that it is very easy to put texts and pictures and videos. But I don not like the layout. It doesn't look "neat". I am aware of the problem of colloboration- 2 people canot work on the same page because the changes made by one of them will be deleted. However I do not need to worry about that as I am working individually.

As you can see here is what we get when we click on "Add Widget".
We can choose to add bookmarks, videos, sticky note(which is really a text box), rich text sticky note(which is embedding a video), weather and many more.

Also we can alway edit the colour of the sticky note by clicking on "edit" which is on the sticky note.

This is how to change the colour settings of the whole webpage. When we click on colours/settings on the top right hand corner of the webpage, we get a box like this.

So my overall summary of protopage is that it is fairly versatile(sticky notes) and extremely easy to use but what worries me the level of its layout qualities and how it will work after i've published the webpage.

SUMMARY:
I have to firstly comment on the ease of use. This is because as soon as I go on protopage.com, I begin editing the page. This makes it very easy to use. It works on the same principle as the Wix and Jimdo, you click on the object you want to edit and a range of options are available. I think that visitors to a crowded protopage will get lost because of the amount of information/widget on the first page. However I need to have the skill of limiting the amount of information I put on my page. To be honest, I think all of the websites are good – we just need to use it correctly and will get the same result.


It is very versatile because it allows me to add bookmarks, comment boxes, weather, clocks (analogue or digital) etc… You click on add a widget, and then if you wanted to have a look at every widget you can click on it and you can see a sample. If you are completely satisfied with it, then you can drag it onto your page. The colour settings button not only allows you to change the font and colour of the page but also allows you to change the wallpaper or background of your page.

MULTIMEDIA ASSESSMENT TASK

We got our assignment today. We have to make a multimedia presentation about multimedia!
Today we were supposed to evaluate on the different kinds of online tools that we can use to make a multimedia presentation. we had an overview of how to use Wix.

I chose to do the Multimedia assessment task by myself. This was because it seemed like the there was no point in a group. People still had to do the same amount of work and link all of their pages together. I would also not take the risk of collaboration problems- incase my work will be ov erwritten by by partner(s).

The World of Multimedia on Prezi

Handheld Computing

1. What are MID and UMPC devices? How do they differ. List at least three examples of both types of devices &examples. include images.
MID stands for mobile internet device. It is a multimedia-capable mobile device providing wireless Internet access. It is a consumer class lifestyle device and runs a "lightweight" Operating system.Optimized for things like media playback and web surfing.

UMPC stands for ultra mobile portable computer. It is a business-class device for enterprise users and runs a "heavy" OS like Vista. it is also Optimized for office-use applications like Excel, Word, etc.

Just in the definition of these two devices, you can see the differences.

Examples:
UMPC

• Viliv N5 - [notebook UMPC]
• MSI Windpad- [Tablet UMPC]
• Fujitsu UH900-[notebook UMPC]

MID

• Laptop
• Itouch
•  Nokia N810

2. What are the differences between a Notebook handheld computing device and a Netbook handheld computing device?

• Screen size for net book- usually 7, 8 or 9 inches monitor screens but for a note book the smallest that they go into is 12.1 inches.
• Notebooks- has dual core processor. it can run Windows XP or vista. It has a large, regular hard drive that spins.
• storage-  Notebooks can have anywhere from 80 to 320 Gigabytes of storage onboard.
  Whilst netbooks have only 4Gb to 80 Gb
• Netbook- is not for loading games or applications such as photoshop or word.
• Net book- useful for net-centric computing. Net centric computing is surfing the web, checking your e mail, running web applications
• Net book- mostly come with the atom processor. Nitebook- Dual processor
• DVD drives- Notebook includes isk drive whilst net books don't.
• pRICE: REGULAR PEOPLE CAN AFFORD NET BOOKS VERY CHEAPLY.
• Net books operating sysytem is either windows XP or Linux whilst Notebooks -WIndows XP or Vista
• Batteries and battery life: Netbook- 3 to 4 hours. Notebooks- 2 to 4 hours
  

1) A digit is either a 0 or a 1.
2) 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
3) The word bit cames from the word binary digit
4) Binary numbers do not use base 10. They use base 2. The digits available in base 2 ore 0 and 1.
5) BASE 10 } 4, 321 = (4*1000)+ (3*100)+(2*10)+(1*1) 
6) BASE 2} 21 = 10101
                     24 = 11000
                     30 = 11110
7) 8 bits make a byte
8) 1000 Bytes = 1 kilo byte
    1000 kilo bytes = 1 megabyte
    1000 Megabytes = 1 Gigabytes
    1000 Gigabytes = 1 Terrabytes

9)

MEMORY

In its very essence computers are a combination of a number of digits.

Bit: 0 or1 (one digit)

8 bits=00000000 or 11111111 or 00001111 or 11110000 and so on...... = 1 byte

1000 Bytes = 1 kilo byte
1000 kilo bytes = 1 megabyte
1000 Megabytes = 1 Gigabytes
1000 Gigabytes = 1 Terrabytes

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Everything a computer does is made up of 0s nd 1s
there is an ASCii code
Eg. the ascii code for "a" is 01100001
       the ascii code for "b" is 01100010

CPU [central processing unit]

1. What is the function of the CPU?
     Cpu accepts input data, processes the information and sends it to the component that is in charge of executing the action.


2. What was the name of the first CPU?
    Intel 4004, created in 1974

3. Referring to the graph on page 2 of the article, describe how the speed of CPU’s has changed.
   The speed of the Cpu has changed rapidly throughout time. In just 30 years [1974-2004] the data width cahnged from 8 bits to an amazing 64bits. That is a drastic change.
4. What does MIPS measure?
MIPS is short for "millions of instructions per second" and is an approximate measure of the performance of a CPU.

Most modern PC’s use what are called dual core processors. It is often stated that such processors improve multitasking.

5. Research (Google it) what is a dual core processor, what is multitasking and how do the two work together.
A dual core processor is part of a category called multi-core processors. These computer processors have more than one independent processor on the chip or package.
In the case of dual core processor, the entire chip has two independent computer processors that can work together to increase total computer performance.

BROADBAND & BANDWIDTH

What is broadband?
Broadband is actually a shortened word for broadband Internet access, and is a high data rate Internet access. It is often juxtaposed with Dial up access which is a relatively low rate internet access when compared to broadband.

What units are used to measure bandwidth?
Through bits per second
How much faster is broadband than dial up?
Dial up can only go up to 56K, while broadband can go up to 4 times that.

What are the speeds that broadband operates at compared to dial up?
Dial up- 58Kbps
Broadband- at least 200Kbps
What are some of the advantages of using a broadband connection to download something like a video compared to dial up?
Basically the advantage is speed. Broadband has faster transfer feeds. With boradband connection most music and videos can be downloaded from ITunes legally in less than 1minute. On a dial up connection it would take 10-15minutes to download on a 56kbps.

PROBLEMS

As with any other project, we faced a number of problems within our IST video, but of course we overcame all those problems with solutions and alternatives:

There was one major problem I faced was when I was editing. Since I have windows movie maker, instead of windows live movie maker 07, the project I made at home did not open in the computers at school. Luckily I had made a movie out of my half finished project so that I was able to show the movie to members of my group. Then sir told us to use the "split" tool so that we could cut the movie into separate clips and put effects/transitions/angles/shots into our movie.

When we transported the files from the phone (because we shot our video with a phone) to the computer, our audio was not playing. When we opened it with the VLC player it said 'The audio format could not be played because it was not supported by the program'. Therefore sir told us to use a programme called "Zune converter". We converted our video into a mp4 [audio + video] format and soon we could hear the audio.

When we were planning to do the credits, we wanted to play the credits on the side and have our bloopers playing on the other side, just like how you see it in some movies. later on, we could not work out how to do this as there was no option in "Windows live movie maker". Therefore we decided to use the "caption" tool in on top of the videos. Suppose if it was the blooper video of the host, then the caption would be “host-Priyanka” (I was the host by the way)...
This way we achieved a solution for the credits which was similar to our original idea.

SCRIPT

Phew.. I hope this works. This is our script...

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcKUH0u-01cIZGNrNmZqczlfMGNieGNrNmhj&hl=en&authkey=CMGwqYEE

STORY ANALYSIS

There were many steps that we had to take whilst making our video. We took all of them carefully and implemented them proficiently. Firstly we chose a phone camera because we believed that it was extremely convenient and portable. Then we had to come up with a plan
Initially we had a bunch of plans (some were silly):
· Things to do when people got bored
· Cyber bullying
· How to knit
Then we decided to do bullying as ii is a constant issue around high schools. When choosing this we knew that we knew that it was going to be especially challenging because we had to do all of the shooting at school as it was related to school bullying. But all of our hard work had paid off at the end of the producing the video.
The video is started with writing which states “The act of bullying” followed by an introduction of the bullies. The mischievous acts of the bullies towards the victim keep the audience in suspense as they are waiting to be instructed. Then the host informs the audience about bullying. “Here is a way to be assertive” clarifies the audience’s suspense. Then our background research and knowledge shines when you look at the “BULLYING NO WAY” site. The victim then stands up for herself and soon the bullies back away.
Our video consists of comic elements:
· The song “how could you be so heartless” when the victim is bullied.
· “IT ACTUALLY WORKED” after the victim becomes assertive.
· The bloopers at the end of the video.
In conclusion, I would like to say that our video had instructed people on how to be assertive, had entertained them by having comic elements and had displayed the research that we had gone through. Our effort has been rewarded by, I believe, our final piece of work.

-Priyanka