experiments in flash

to make a button that when you click on it it goes to a web page was easy. i made a button on the stage and then
use the code snip it called 'click to go to web page' then once you have to coding up you have to replace the web address they have to a web page you want it to go to

button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToWebPage);

function fl_ClickToGoToWebPage(event:MouseEvent):void
{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://my.deviantart.com/messages/"), "_blank");
}

in this one we made a motion guide by making a path on the stage with the pen tool and 

then made the path into a motion guide layer and tweened everything so it followed the path

fist we made put a circle on the stage and turned it into a movie clip then jumped inside of it and made a shape tween of it starting small and then getting bigger

then to make it into a game we added in this code

var score: Number =0

 scoreText.text="SCORE "+String(score)

target.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,hitTarget);

function hitTarget(event:MouseEvent):void

{   score+=1

    scoreText.text="SCORE "+String(score)

trace("SCORE")

}

once this code was put in it made a scoring system appear and you are now able to be told how many times you have clicked the circle   

design

when first designing my banner I mind mapped for ideas. i looked at the types of banners i could make. i could make a fun looking banner with games or a form of cartoons. or i could make a more professionally looking web banner. i chose to try and create a professional looking banner.  

these are the ruff designs of my banner. the first one i thought that you could have the Plymouth college of art information on a black box to the left and a picture slide show of the course. my second idea was to have the website on the banner and you have the ability to scroll down but when you click on it it takes you to the actual website. my final design was to have a corner of a computer and to have the website on the screen scrolling down and up. i ended up using this idea for my banner   

this is my my web banner that I designed for plymouth college of art.
i wanted to make something that is recognisable as the colege so what i thought of was having a black box like above and having the plymouth colege of art on it. i was inspired by the college's building as it has the same thing on the front of the building. for the idea of having a computer in the background i though it would look probational and it would also be relevant to the course that the banner is advertising.

unfortunetly the interactiveness of this banner is pretty limited and i would have liked to have made it more interactive.

research

this web banner is a bad example of a web banner because the image is unsuitable for what the company is selling. with having a picture of animals it makes you think that this advert is about animals but after reading some of the text you find its not about animals but even after reading the information it is still hard to tell what this company is selling. this banner should have clearer information on it so that you can tell what it is their selling.

this banner did have an animation were different prices and places came up but the places that it was advertising were less known places so if your not good with geography  then like me you would have no idea what they are selling because it doesn't say flights or anything

this web banner is also a bad example because it is advertising 3 different companies at the same time. its plain with very small pictures and text. this makes the text very hard to read. it also doesn't tell you what it is about very well.

  this is a good example of a web banner because it has a good use of colour without putting to many in. it also made the word cash stand out by turning them into coins. it has the company's logo on the banner and were it is placed it is easily seen but doesn't take away from the rest of the advert

this is another good example of a web banner because the image shows you exactly what their selling. there isn't allot of information on it but there is no knead for information because when you look at it you automaticly  know what it is about


over all i think that the best designs for banners are ones with clear easily read information. the information is best if there inst much on it. all they need is the most important information that tells you clearly what they are selling.
they are also better if they have colour on them but not to many because they end up looking unprofessional.
and if they have a picture or photo on them they have to be relevant to what is being sold