Project 8

Swf | fla

How did Sound improve your movie result? If sound did not improve the movie, why not?

Well, you obviously have to have a catchy sound effect when one gets an item!  So yes, this movie would not be right without this sound. 

When including sound, what do you need to be aware of to optimize your movie? What program did you use to modify your audio file?

I needed to get the compression on my filesize, I tried the raw settings to make the sound not sound as terrible and it gave me a 331 kb movie, I fiddled around with things more though and got a very small 44 kb file.  I didn't use a program to edit my file since it was small and manageable already being a teeny 4 second 8-bit file.  It would sound terrible if it was compressed even more.

What were your intentions in creating your masks? Did you achieve these goals?

I wanted to make a fancy "Item get!" screen and I got one!

Did you think the stop at the end of the movie will improve the users experience?

Of course, who wants to listen to a 4 second clip over and over again?  Annoying.

What challenges and benefits did you experience using sound and masks to your movie?

 At first I was going to have moving confetti under the mask but I couldn't read what it said then.  Masks can be pretty visually appealing and used in creative ways.  My challenge with sound was 10 seconds of trying to increase the frames of it without it doing strange things.  Benefits to sound include a fun new way to communicate to those interacting with your swf.

 Please share anything else regarding your experience.

This flash is a reference to a video game called Cave story, that is all.