Final Thoughts On Flash

So, after finishing off my project on Flash and spending a few days enjoying the sun, I'm starting to think about solidifying my reasons for thinking Audio Visual is the best option for me to go for next year.
Looking back on my Flash project, I'm still very pleased with it considering it's the one of the first big interactive projects I've ever undertaken with Flash. There are a few minor presentation points I think could do with sharpening up, such as when text changes size and appearance when the mouse hovers over it for example. In many cases the text becomes slightly off centre and doesn't look quite as good as it could do. I didn't quite get to grips with Flash well enough to execute some of my ideas as well, but this isn't a total loss as I feel I'll be able to approach any more work done with Flash with more confidence and ability now.
Of all the work I've produced so far, I think the ones I'm definitely most satisfied with were the projects in the first term, that included more filming and editing work. I think continuing in this direction would be the most productive and satisfying route for me to take, but I still need to give this a little more thought.

Paint The Town Red!

I recently had a go at some wall art at one of my friend's houses on his back wall. Here are the results -


I drew the perilous demon, the little rabbit, and Inta Stella Abe was a collaborative effort!
The whole thing was painted onto plaster or something that was flaking off (hence the demon's gaping eyes!) so it can all easily be pulled off.

And here's a cool stop-motion animation I was shown that uses graffiti and wall art, you can see it here!

Flash! Ahhh-aaahh!

Success! After frantically trying to figure out why my videos weren't working in Flash when I put the box project online, I think I've finally cracked it! I need to go to 'Import video', then upload the film file that's on the Z:\ drive on the uni computers. I'd been doing this before with no luck, but if after this has been done, if I save the whole file as an entirely new one, also on the Z:\ drive, it all seems to work OK!
Here's another very rough prototype version -
http://maeda.ads.ntu.ac.uk/~n0183775/
The Audio and Sight games aren't on this one, I have in fact finished all of the different portions and segments of the project, but these are saved on a file that's currently sat on my laptop at home...d'oh! I'll copy the completed file onto my memory stick and come in and get it all sorted out tomorow, and then my project should be finished!