1. Storyboard

A direct translation of our group diagram, which breaks text down into 4 main characters with 8 scenes each based around an event. This is the fundamental structure of our product and its interactivity; which centres around the users choice of perspective.

Used to compile a list of the core assets needed to create the product- 32 QuickTime video clips, 16 screens of graphics, Flash clip for the intro, & Graphical interface to display product, and then assign team member roles.

As Director Programmer it provided a reference in compiling a list of Director/Lingo considerations that would need addressing i.e. how could I create a menu which is controlled by scrolling buttons in Director? (See ‘Personal Activity Log’ for full list in Q&A format).

Used in creating paper prototype, as our product was quite complex this provided me with an essential reference when building the product, as at a glance I could see character, location, time-all info I had to input into Director to make product work & make sense.

2. Logging

A group Blog was used to post minutes from each group meeting, product ideas, tutorial feedback and usability results:
http://nlna.blogspot.com/

3. Archiving:

Christiana created 3 assets logs in Excel:

1. DSWMEDIA - of all media elements in product
2. Images – Graphics used in product
3. Pictures Folder – Uncompressed Images

Having a description of each file helped me locate assets more easily, as there were so many similar files in the product.

Also, having a reference for uncompressed graphics made them easy and quick to locate when changes needed to be made during product building.

I backed up the ‘Sites’ folder (with all .dir files, images & .html for product) daily using usb flash drive, and also zipped and emailed it to myself 3 times each day. Once QuickTime was added I zipped and stored ‘Sites’ on the usb drive and burnt onto CD daily.