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MULTIMEDIA SKILLS

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Overview

• Members of a multimedia team.

• Roles and responsibilities in a multimedia team.

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Members of a Multimedia Team

• A team of skilled individuals is required to create a good multimedia project.

• Team building refers to activities that help a group and its members function at
optimum levels.

• The diverse range of skills required for a project is called the multimedia skill set.

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Members of a Multimedia Team

A multimedia team consists of the following:

– Project manager.

– Multimedia designer.

– Interface designer.

– Writer.

– Video specialist.

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Members of a Multimedia Team

A multimedia team consists of the following (continued):

– Audio specialist.

– Multimedia programmer.

– Producer for the Web.

– Computer programmers.

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Project Manager

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Roles and Responsibilities in a Multimedia


Team
The project manager is responsible for:

– The overall development, implementation, and day-to-day operations of the


project.

– The design and management of a project.

– Understanding the strengths and limitations of hardware and software.

– Ensuring people skills and organizational skills.

– Conveying information between the team and the client.

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Multimedia Designer

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Roles and Responsibilities in a Multimedia
Team
Multimedia designer - This team consists of:

– Graphics designers, illustrators, animators, and image processing specialists who


deal with visuals, thereby making the project appealing and aesthetic.

– Instructional designers, who make sure that the subject matter is presented
clearly for the target audience.

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Interface Designer

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Roles and Responsibilities in a Multimedia
Team
An interface designer is responsible for:

– Creating a software device that organizes content, allows users to access or


modify content, and presents that content on the screen.

– Building a user-friendly interface.

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Multimedia Writer

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Roles and Responsibilities in a Multimedia
Team
A multimedia writer is responsible for:

– Creating characters, actions, point of view, and interactivity.

– Writing proposals and test screens.

– Scripting voice-overs and actors' narrations.

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Video specialist

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Roles and Responsibilities in a Multimedia
Team
A video specialist needs to understand:

– The delivery of video files on CD, DVD, or the Web.

– How to shoot quality video.

– How to transfer the video footage to a computer.

– How to edit the footage down to a final product using digital nonlinear editing
system (NLE).

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Roles and Responsibilities in a Multimedia
Team
An audio specialist is responsible for:

– Locating and selecting suitable music talent.

– Scheduling recording sessions.

– Digitizing and editing recorded material into computer files.

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Roles and Responsibilities in a Multimedia
Team

Multimedia programmer, also called a software engineer:

– Integrates all the multimedia elements into a seamless project, using authoring
systems or programming language.

– Writes codes for the display of multimedia elements, and to control various
peripheral devices.

– Manages timings, transitions, and record keeping.

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Roles and Responsibilities in a Multimedia
Team
Multimedia producer for the Web:

– Web site producers put together a coordinated set of pages for the Web.

– They also co-ordinate updates and changes.

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Summary

• The diverse skills required to create a multimedia project is called the multimedia skill
set.

• Team building refers to activities that help a group and its members function at
optimum levels of performance.

• Roles and responsibilities are assigned to each team member in a multimedia project.

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Reference

Vaughan, Multimedia: Making It Work, Seventh Edition, McGraw Hill, New York.

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