Interactive Multimedia & Design

Interactive Multimedia & Design

Multimedia Design is a way of communicating a concept or information via a website, CD-ROM, kiosk, usually in an interactive form. Television uses multimedia specialists in the non interactive form. Many different varieties of media and techniques are used in production. As a multimedia professional you will be skilled in manipulating images and information from a variety of sources including audio, video, still images, animation, physical objects, text, soundtracks and digital data using computer applications and related visual and sound techniques. Let's take a closer look and compare the interactive vs the non interactive multimedia designer.

Interactive Multimedia Design

 

Interactive Multimedia Design includes work on kiosks, interactive DVDs, Blu-ray Apps, and Web Design. Audio, Video, Animation, Photos and more can be elements in the overall design of the output. But it is the Graphical User Interface (GUI)that sets Interactive design apart from Audio Visual Design. There has to be some sort of navigation involved that gives the user the choice of which content they choose to access, and when. So as an Interactive Multimedia Specialist, it will be your job to make sure that all media elements tie in together effectively, AND the user can easily navigate to find the information that they seek through the Graphical User Interface.

Non Interactive

This kind of work can be seen on non interactive output such as TV & the Internet. Commercials, websites using Flash or HTML5, and movies are all examples of work that an Audio Visual Specialist might have his or her hands in.