Idea

My first idea was to create a flash player in the style of a retro tv or radio. I liked this idea in theory but was struggling with ideas for sound that would relate to the design of the player. I then came up with a completely different idea altogether. I have decided to aim my flash player at young children, mainly girls aged 3 to 9 years old. My flash player will be based on the idea of Disney sound books i used to read when i was younger.





The viewer will read the story and click buttons to incorporate sounds. There will also be a separate page to play the sounds together in any combination to create an interesting mixture of sound. I have decided on the story 'Sleeping Beauty' as this is an easy story to shorten and minimize down. I have decided on 10 sounds that i will need to record for the story. I'm really excited about creating this flash player incorporating a story as I think it will be fun to design for a young age group which I have not done before. The actionscript should not be too complicated but will be a challenge for me as I do not know much about programming actionscript.

I have divided the project into different stages to help me keep focused throughout the workload. I have also labeled them small (s), medium (m), and large (l) to give me an estimated amount of time I should be spending on each section.
- Character design (s)
- Plan flash player navigation (s)
- Layout design (m)
- Page design (l)
- Record sounds (m)
- Alter sounds (l)
- Complete flash page designs (m/l)
- Import sounds (s)
- Flash actionscript (l)
- Testing (m)